R&D Lab Technician

Responsibilities

• Completion of technical tasks.
• Provides technical support to engineers on a variety of technical tasks.
• Gathers, maintains, formats, compiles and manipulates technical data, including laboratory or material test results and engineering design changes.
• Product technical documents, reports, and drawings (may include flow charts, block diagrams & schematics).
• Prepares reports and summaries, including quantitative analysis.
• Works with their team to organize lab activities and functions, including calibration.
• Notifies their supervisor upon recognition of factors that may affect project results or progress vs. goals.
• Develops prototype processes and test set-ups.

Qualifications

• A combination of equivalent education and experience, or a minimum of training beyond high school or secondary school in a technical discipline, with more than 6 years relevant experience, or a combination of equivalent education and experience.
• A minimum of an Associate Degree with less than 2 years relevant experience.
• Capable of applying basic scientific principles and concepts, as well as developing solutions to routine technical problems of limited scope.
• Uses standard and approved research and development methods.
• Capable of developing solutions to assigned problems of simple to moderate scope & complexity, through the exercise of judgment within defined practices and policies, for determining appropriate actions.