What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hardware Technician position at PRI Global?
Hardware Technician
6 Months Contract
Sunnyvale, CA
Required Qualifications
- :6-8 years of experience Hardware Technicia
- nExperience in repairs; taking apart small electronics, root cause analysi
- sAbility to prioritize and balance multiple tasks to complete a given statement of wor
- kExperience with reaching out to responsible design engineers for troubleshooting, clarification, and feedbac
- kWillingness to propose and implement process improvements (including SOPs) to increase production efficienc
- yUsing AI agents and internal tools to flash and program the repair
- sAbility to adapt to a daily changing statement of wor
- kProficient use of text, photos, and videos to clearly convey assembly processes to other
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Responsibilities
: Rework and Repa
- irAssess condition of returned prototype units and confirm failure mo
- deRun the prototype unit through a prescribed set of functional tests depending on reported defect, and perform failure analysis to determine root cau
- seStrategically disassemble the unit, guided by SOPs, and perform a visual inspection of systems that might be related to the failure sympt
- omPerform component/module exchanges to isolate the failu
- reDocument the work performed on each unit in a thorough, consistent mann
erPrototype Assemb
- lyStrong written and verbal communication for documentation and live discussion with Engineering team
- s.Failure Analys
- isQuality variations/anomali
- esSolution proposals and repai
- rsAssembly/operating instructions (SOP
- s)Provide solutions to teams with electrical, mechanical and software troubleshooting and repa
- irAssist with scaled prototype assembly/disassembly and small pre-production units in varying number
s.Prototype
- QAFlash, program and calibrate prototypes or testing equipment following outlined SO
- PsRun software scripts and basic commands using the command line interface of Linux, MacOS, and PC platforms. Not expected to write those script
- s.Needs to be familiar with
ABElectrical Technici
- anUse electronic analysis tools to perform systematic QC of electronic assembli
- esLight soldering to repair electrical componen