Job Title: Assembly Technician

The Agrology team is seeking a dynamic Assembly Technician that will assume ownership of final assembly, testing, and provisioning for Agrology’s suite of environmental monitoring and sensing devices.

About usis an early-stage Climate Tech company on a mission to advance equality in agriculture, reduce environmental impact and secure our global food supply in a time of intensifying climate change. Today, our founding mission means more to us than ever.

Agrology helps farmers adapt and fight back against climate change in two key ways. Predictive insights get farmers ahead of climate threats like heat waves, droughts, and wildfires. And regenerative agriculture monitoring helps farmers improve soil health and make their farms more resilient to climate change threats.

About you

You are passionate about solving complex problems while assisting in the deployment of high-quality IoT products. The Assembly Technician will work directly with Engineers to produce electromechanical assemblies, conduct quality checks and inspections, and document assembly processes. We are looking for a creative technician who can bring ideas, solve challenges, and help drive our products into production on schedule, at cost targets, and with great quality.

• You have a keen interest in climate tech solutions, regenerative agriculture, food sustainability, and our mission
• You are passionate about delivering high-quality user-centric products to customers
• You are excited by the prospect of utilizing ground-truth instrumentation based measurements to quantify climate effects
• You are a fast learner who leans in with curiosity, creativity, courage, and determination
• You thrive in fast-paced, quickly changing situations
• You are tolerant and open-minded to others who may have differing viewpoints
• You love to get your hands dirty (literally)
• You genuinely love collaboration and teamwork
• You want to be pivotal to building a culture, and growing a team where every person loves coming to work, feels valued, and has critical input into seeing the business succeed

About the Role

This role is ideal for an early to mid-career Assembly Technician who has comprehensive experience performing hands-on electromechanical device assembly. Your role will encompass the following key areas:

• Full ownership of IoT device system level functional testing and provisioning
• Performing assembly for new inventory and organizing shipments to customer sites
• Executing QA/QC inspections
• Troubleshooting and refurbishing field failures and returned units
• Drafting and updating assembly work instructions and ancillary documentation as required
• Managing and organizing warehouse inventory

Knowledge, Skills, & Experience

Required competencies

• Minimum high school/GED with technical school background preferred
• 3 years of experience with electromechanical assembly
• 3 years of soldering experience (through hole and SMD)
• Knowledge of basic electrical lab equipment including multi-meters, oscilloscopes, and power supplies.
• Ability to read and interpret schematics and work instructions
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work on site in Alexandria, VA

Other desired skills

• Technical writing skills to aid in documentation review and completion of work instructions and assembly documentation
• Experience with Google Workspace including Docs, Sheets, and Slides
• IPC610 certification/endorsement
• Basic knowledge of hardware is strongly preferred, including previous experience with board level bring-up, debug, and troubleshooting

The successful candidate must have a general ability to:

• Learn about our products, technology, and industry processes
• Ability to work autonomously and exercise sound judgment
• Create new building blocks, tools, and repeatable processes for others to follow

Location & Travel

• Location: Alexandria, VA (On-Site)
• Travel: < 5%
• Desired Commitment: Full-time (hourly), 3-month contract with possibility of extension
• Employee Type: US citizen

Compensation

• $18-22/hr

Agrology provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Job Types: Full-time, Temp-to-hire

Pay: $18.00 - $22.00 per hour

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• electromechanical assemblyAssembly: 3 years (Required)
• Soldering: 3 years (Required)
• multi-meters: 1 year (Preferred)
• oscilloscopes: 1 year (Preferred)
• power supplies: 1 year (Preferred)
• interpret schematics: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• IPC-610 Certification (Preferred)

Location:

• Alexandria, VA (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Alexandria, VA (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Alexandria, VA: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person