Technician

Position would require the candidate to be a W2 employee of Donatech. US Citizenship Required.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of duties in the electronic, mechanical, electromechanical, and/or optical areas.
• Constructs, troubleshoots, calibrates, adjusts, tests, diagnoses, and maintains equipment, components, devices, or systems.
• Works from schematics, engineering drawings and written or verbal instructions.
• Operates related equipment; conducts tests and reports data in prescribed format.
• Performs calibration and alignment checks; makes adjustments, modifications, and replacements as directed; prepares prescribed compounds and solutions.
• Sample Preparation: Execute precise sectioning, mounting, grinding, and polishing of metal alloys, composites, and electronics assemblies for microstructural analysis. Conduct metallographic acid etching as required.
• Materials Characterization: Operate sophisticated analytical tools to support Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS), Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), and Thermal Analysis platforms (DSC/TGA/DMA/TMA).
• Mechanical Testing: Conduct mechanical testing on metals, composites, elastomers, and other materials in accordance with ASTM standards and/or client internal procedures. Bond strain gages as required.
• Data Logging & Documentation: Compile raw data into technical presentations, record and communicate observations.
• Physical Material Handling: Safely install test fixtures and sub-assemblies under test.
• Equipment Maintenance & Safety: Perform routine calibration and preventative maintenance on materials characterization platforms, environmental chambers, and other lab infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Lab Competency: Minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience in a materials characterization or mechanical testing laboratory environment.

Skills

• Prior experience evaluating mechanical test results and operating mechanical load frames (Instron).
• Experience conducting failure analysis activity.
• Familiarity with aerospace/military specifications and industry standards (ASTM).
• Strong communication skills.