R&D Technician II

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assists in concept generation, design, development and evaluation of new products, materials and technologies.
• Develops prototype products, processes and test set-ups.
• Sets up and operates manufacturing and/or test equipment.
• Records data with limited supervision.
• Provides technical support to engineers on a variety of technical tasks.
• Gathers, maintains, formats, compiles and manipulates technical data, such as laboratory or material test results and engineering design changes.
• Produces engineering documents, reports, and drawings (flow charts, block diagrams and schematics).
• Prepares reports and summaries, including quantitative analysis.
• Scope equipment for use and completes installation qualifications.
• Notifies manager upon recognition of factors that may affect project execution of designed test protocol.
• Effective documentation and communication of test results.

Qualifications/Requirements

• A combination of high school education (technical focus is preferred) and 2 or more years of relevant work experience (4 or more is preferred)
• OR
• A minimum of an Associate Degree with less than 2 years relevant work experience.
• Preferred Qualifications and Experience:
• Experience in prototype building and testing.
• Ability to work with basic computer programs.
• Ability to manufacture devices including small components.
• Ability to understand and perform designed test procedures.
• The ability to work effectively in a cross functional group is critical.
• Application of technical principles and concepts.
• Develops solutions to routine technical problems of limited scope.
• Uses standard and approved research and development methods.
• Develops solutions to problems of up to moderate scope and complexity, as assigned, through the exercise of judgment within defined practices and policies for determining appropriate actions.