Engineering Technician II

Summary

This will be an off-shift (3rd shift) position.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Sets up test equipment, monitors and measures instruments.
• Performs testing on prototype units and production units, supporting M60 product lines and purchase product.
• Makes setup of testing and mechanical support equipment, monitoring and measuring instruments and other apparatus and performs a wide variety of testing of materials, such as breadboard circuitry, prototype units and production units, production units and electronic circuitry.
• Supports both technical bench and field set-up / deployment / retrieval and repairs with travel to remote site areas as required.
• Builds prototypes for testing and experimentation and makes samples for further analysis.
• Conducts tests and experiments with new materials, equipment, and processes to develop data for specification call-out or to determine suitability of a material for particular applications.
• Evaluates test results for validity, accuracy and completeness.
• Performs chemical processing and mechanical evaluations as applicable.
• Locates and corrects malfunctions in product and testing equipment.
• Performs post-mortem analyses to determine exact reasons for failure.
• Drafts calibrating and operating procedures based upon comprehensive knowledge of product and testing equipment.
• Maintains appropriate primary and secondary metrology standards, test laboratory equipment or control consoles and associated monitoring, measuring and recording instruments; and calibrates equipment, instruments, electrical/electronic standards and standards of mass, force, dimension and other phenomena during or after maintenance, and on regularly scheduled calibration dates.
• Records laboratory notes and other details, as specified by engineering personnel.
• Works with Management/Engineering to establish test techniques for new product during development and to resolve product or equipment problems.
• Improves and refines existing fixtures, devices, methods, process steps or procedures, implementing changes as necessary.
• Uses all equipment, techniques and tools necessary to completion of the task.
• Conducts activities in a safe and healthy manner and works in accordance with established HS&E requirements to ensure the protection of employees, the public, and the environment.
• Takes actions necessary to stop work when an unsafe condition or action is identified.

You Must Have

• A High School diploma or equivalent
• 2 or more years of experience in technical field
• United States Citizenship
• Ability to work on-site as directed by management and as determined by the needs of the business
• Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of this job
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) security clearance (some positions require additional DOE designations)