Engineering Technician - Analytical Labs
Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Kansas City
Posted on: May 2, 2024
Job Description:
Summary
Conducts tests, sets up and operates equipment, experiments,
gathers data, builds prototypes units and testing equipment.
Maintains and calibrates standards and equipment; and devises new
testing methods. Drafts procedures and records laboratory notes and
other pertinent details. Provides technical direction and training
to other technologists. Works in accordance with general
objectives, improving and refining devices and methods, as
necessary. Sets up of test equipment, monitors and measures
instruments, performs testing on breadboard circuitry, prototype
units, production units, and electronic circuitry.Duties and
Responsibilities
- Support consists of both technical bench and field set-up,
deployment, retrieval, and repairs with travel to remote site areas
as required.
- Builds prototypes units 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 applications.
- Gathers and evaluates data for validity, accuracy, and
completeness.
- Locates and corrects malfunctions in product and testing
equipment.
- Performs post-mortem analyses to determine exact reasons for
failure.
- Performs chemical processing and mechanical evaluations as
applicable.
- Drafts calibrating and operating procedures based upon
comprehensive knowledge of product and testing equipment.
- Makes sketches and marks up drawings as needed to show changes
as they occur.
- 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.
- Supports activities identified by Management/Engineering to
maintain equipment in a reliable efficient manner.
- Works with engineering to establish test techniques for new
product during development and to resolve product or equipment
problems, and may install, characterize and/or design
equipment.
- Improves and refines existing fixtures, devices, methods,
process steps or procedures, implementing changes as
necessary.
- Uses equipment, techniques and tools needed for task
completion. May provide technical direction and training to other
technologists and hourly employees to include task or project lead
duties.
- May perform other duties as required.
- 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. Every employee has the right and responsibility to
stop work when unsafe conditions or actions are identified.You Must
Have
- U.S. Citizenship required in order to obtain and maintain US
DOE "Q"-level security clearance.
- Four-year technical degree or equivalent practical experience.
Equivalency will be considered to be four or more years of combined
formal education/military training and practical experience, to
include at least two years training/experience in a
laboratory/technical environment or utilizing technical
instrumentation.
- Two (2) or more years of experience in a technical skills or
technician role.We Value
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