Quality Assurance Bench Technician

The Quality Assurance Bench Technician will calibrate, test, tune, and validate products to ensure results meet specifications. (THIS IS NOT AN IT/COMPUTER SOFTWARE/COMPUTER ENGINEERING POSITION)

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

Reasonable accommodations will be provided to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.

• Detect PCB, soldering, and test harness discrepancies per IPC 610/620 Standards.
• Successfully use a variety of test equipment, including multimeters, continuity testers, DVMs, DC loads, oscilloscopes, microwave frequency counters, noise-figure meters, noise figure test sets, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, signal analyzers, TV analyzers, vector network analyzers, temperature chambers, and custom in-house built PCB test sets.
• Read schematics and troubleshoot printed circuit board assemblies to the component level.
• Test, tune, and troubleshoot Troll’s current line of RF components, such as block down converters, antennas, microwave assemblies, and switching power supplies.
• Understand how to measure power amplifier characteristics, including output power, DC power consumption, spectral content, and gain of RF power amplifiers.
• Read and understand assembly drawings pertaining to wire harnesses, PCBs, and electromechanical assemblies.
• Determine the appearance quality of different surface finishes such as color, bead blasting, passivation, plating, powder coating, anodizing, and paint.
• Use dimensional measurement tools such as rulers, calipers, telescoping gauges, digital protractors, depth gauges, and micrometers.
• Test and troubleshoot test harnesses/cables using truth tables, assembly drawings, and schematics.
• Use computer software and services within Windows operating environments, with the ability to learn various test software.
• Read, understand, and execute Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP).
• Write Non-Conformance Reports and Engineering Change Requests.
• Be accurate, consistent, and vigilant.
• Self-motivated.

Qualifications:

• Required Education and Experience:
• Degree preferred: BS in Electrical Engineering and one to three years related experience OR an AS in Electronics Technology with five to ten years related experience.
• Preferred experience in the aerospace industry as an electronics technician.
• Preferred knowledge of the AS9100 standard.
• Preferred professional certifications: Certified IPC Specialist (CIS), ASQ Certified Technician (CQT).
• Professional licenses
• Must be a U.S. citizen or Green Card holder for authorized access to controlled technology/data, as subject to ITAR
• Valid driver’s license
• Valid passport

Required Skills and Abilities

• The employee must regularly lift and/or carry up to 25 pounds and frequently push and/or pull up to 50 pounds.

Relocation is not available for this position.