What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineering Technician position at Advanced Input Systems?
AIS, a division of 1HMX, is a global leader in Human Machine eXperience (HMX) solutions, delivering innovative, high-performance products that power the future of human interaction with technology. Our portfolio includes electro-mechanical assemblies, virtual reality components, infection control interfaces, and industrial and medical display systems. With a focus on quality, precision, and customer satisfaction, we support a wide range of industries from our state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities.
Position Summary
We currently have an opening for an Engineering Technician. In this role, you will troubleshoot, analyze, repair, and co-develop manufacturing test and automation systems. You will collaborate with design, manufacturing, test and automation engineering teams to support the tools, equipment and processes needed to sustain production of electro-mechanical assemblies.
Primary Responsibilities
Position Summary
We currently have an opening for an Engineering Technician. In this role, you will troubleshoot, analyze, repair, and co-develop manufacturing test and automation systems. You will collaborate with design, manufacturing, test and automation engineering teams to support the tools, equipment and processes needed to sustain production of electro-mechanical assemblies.
Primary Responsibilities
- Provides technical assistance to Production Assembly Leads and Associates related to all production cell equipment, fixtures, and test systems
- Acts as a real-time support function to triage, troubleshoot, and repair of production test systems
- Build, deploy, and validate production test systems from various documentation, instructions, schematics, drawings, diagrams, layouts and plans.
- Provides technical assistance to Product Development Engineering team for all related prototyping and testing
- Provide process improvement contributions related to test development, deployment, and management.
- Provides design detail where lacking and recommends modifications where appropriate.
- Performs routine calibration and maintenance on instruments, systems and electronic circuits
- Provide production operations fixture and tooling design support for both NPI and sustaining product applications
- Provide design verification test (DVT) and related product performance test support (to include environmental exposure)
- Support production operations equipment preventative maintenance, upgrade, repair and troubleshooting as necessary
- Other duties as assigned.
- Competency for analyzing, troubleshooting, and repairing mechanical and electronic systems.
- Knowledgeable of computer hardware and Windows applications, and ability to support application installations and device drivers to ensure function of hardware peripherals.
- Familiarity with analog and digital electronics and associated low voltage systems and communication protocols.
- Adept at using electronic instruments such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, multi-meters, power supplies, audio analyzers, and vision systems.
- Understands electrical schematics and correlates how to troubleshoot and repair circuit boards.
- Ability to build and repair low voltage cable and connector assemblies, including associated soldering and crimping activities.
- Ability to design, build/fabricate, and validate production fixtures, tooling, and related support equipment.
- Ability to support and execute product performance testing to include test planning, procedure development, test conduct, report development; data analyses support as required.
- Ability to define and execute preventative maintenance requirements in support of production operations equipment.
- Capable of communicating on a technical level with engineers when issues need to be escalated for additional support.
- Able to conceive, evaluate and implement design changes to instruments, circuits or processes.
- Capacity to multitask and support various projects differing in scope and complexity.
- Proficient with MS Office programs such as Excel and Word.
- Ability to develop and troubleshoot test software such as LabVIEW, Visual Basic, or related.
- Industrial Automation Equipment (motion control, vision systems, robotics)
- Schematic Capture / Circuit Design
- PCB Layout
- SolidWorks CAD
- IPC Certified
- Product test experience (e.g. acceptance testing, qualification/DVT, HALT/HASS/ESS, environmental, reliability demonstration/growth, life/aging)
- AA degree in electronics or equivalent work experience, minimum 6 years.
- Previous manufacturing experience preferred.