What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineering Technician II position at Co-Operative Industries Defense LLC?
Description
Job Title: Engineering Technician II
Job Summary:
The Engineering Technician serves as a critical link between engineering, quality, and production by reviewing and interpreting customer specifications, engineering drawings, and technical documentation and translating them into clear work instructions, manufacturing process sheets, and shop aids to establish and create step by step guidelines for operational processes.
Essential Job Functions:
The Engineering Technician creates, updates, and maintains shop work instructions, Manufacturing Process Sheets (MPS), setup procedures, and shop aids based on customer provided purchase orders, specifications, drawing and standards. This position conducts peer reviews and verifies engineering process controls to ensure document accuracy before release. Acting as a primary technical resource on the shop floor, the technician provides daily operational support to clarify product requirements, resolve engineering-related inquiries, and coordinate departmental projects. In addition to technical documentation, the technician must be 19familiar with hands-on manufacturing operations—including wire stripping, crimping, soldering, wire bundling, and accessory installation—and operates bench test equipment to verify proper electrical wiring and functionality.
The position plays a key role in quality assurance by assisting with First Article Inspections (FAI), preparing customer qualification processes, and leading root-cause investigations for product failures, warranty claims, and non-conformance reports (NCRs) to verify corrective actions.
The Engineering Technician supports business operations by evaluating cost and labor hours compared to estimates/quotes, conducting technical research via internet sources and databases, and managing manufacturing data within the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to interpret engineering diagrams, tolerances and specifications
- Able to interpret customer specifications and build standards
- Proficient in Microsoft Office tools
- Familiar with electrical assembly practices, processes and tools
- Familiar with Military and Commercial specifications
- Strong technical writing and verbal communication skills
- Perform tasks with minimal supervision
- IPC/WHMA-A-620 experience
- Ability to interface with all departments
- Military aviation experience
- Trouble shooting skills
- Familiar with Military and Commercial specifications is a plus
- Strong technical writing and verbal communication skills
- Perform tasks with minimal supervision
- IPC/WHMA-A-620 experience
- Ability to interface with all departments
- Military aviation experience
- Trouble shooting skills
Education and Certifications:
- 5 years or more of electrical assembly in a manufacturing environment
Environment:
Office working environment
Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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