What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineering Technician position at Covetus?
experience interpreting engineering drawings, following detailed procedures, working with machining equipment (lathes, mills, CNC), or working in lab/manufacturing environments, your skills are transferable here. While photonics experience is a plus, it's not required, we provide comprehensive on-the-job training to help technicians from other technical disciplines learn photonics-specific skills, including fiber optics handling, optical alignment techniques, and specialized testing procedures. If you have the technical aptitude and attention to detail, we'll teach you the rest.
Essential Functions:
- Execute fabrication, assembly, integration, test, or inspection processes in accordance with detailed work instructions and drawings, such as: Optical Fiber Splicing and Recoating, Fabrication, assembly, and inspection of photonic circuits, Mechanical Builds and Assemblies, Metal Soldering, Microscopy and Profilometry.
- Experience with machining parts with standard tooling and shop equipment.
- Integration of COTS optical equipment (power meters & monitoring equipment, optical laser sources, etc.) per detailed architecture block diagrams and wiring diagrams.
- Assistance with equipment calibration in accordance with vender or custom calibration procedures.
- Communicate regularly with management to ensure team is meeting expectations for cost, schedule, and quality.
- Ensure preventative maintenance is performed regularly in accordance with documentation.
- Maintain and operate wire bonding, photomasking, epoxy application, and other systems commonly used for optical device fabrication.
- Maintain high standards for cleanliness, workspace organization, and reliability.
- Experience with precision building and assembly operations.
- Working knowledge of engineering processes and methodologies.
- Ability to interpret and execute technical specifications.
Qualifications:
- Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 6 years of prior relevant experience or 2 years post-Secondary/Associates Degree with a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.
- Active Top Secret/SCI clearance.