Engineering Technician (US Citizen) - Palm Bay, FL - JP7212

We've determined which skillsets are most beneficial for this role. These skills are listed first below as the Must Haves and Nice to Haves our hiring team highly prefers. Below that you'll find the standard job description for this opportunity.

Must Haves:

• Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 6 years of prior relevant experience or 2 years post-Secondary/associate's degree with a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.
• Experience operating RF and Digital test equipment and technology is a must
• Very strong computer skills, must be able to run automated tests. Strong windows, navigate directories, MS office programs etc., able to adhere to strict documented processes.
• Strong attention to detail and able to work with small/fragile/detailed parts
• Excellent communication, technical writing and presentation skills

Nice to Haves:

• Experience with qualification testing, including vibration, thermal and thermal vacuum testing

Job Description:
This opportunity is for a position with the Environmental Test Laboratory. Candidate will setup and execute environmental testing projects designed to take our products to the limit of their functional and structural design. Candidate will learn to operate climatic chambers designed to replicate the freezing temperatures of earth poles, the scorching temperatures of the deserts, the humidity of the jungles, the altitudes of the skies, and the frigid vacuum of space. Similarly, the candidate will learn to operate electrodynamic shakers where harsh vibration environments are reproduced to test products for their survivability to transportation, gun fire, aircraft-carrier arrests, and rocket launch conditions. Candidate will be working in a team orientated environment in a laboratory that runs year-round.

Activities include (but are not limited to) the handling and manipulation of extreme high value hardware, installation of instrumentation such as thermocouples and accelerometers, programming of test chamber computer control systems, monitoring of data acquisition systems, monitoring/controlling chamber/shaker performance.

Essential Functions:

• Setup and execute environmental exposure tests according to documented procedures on high-technology, high-value hardware produced for the defense industry.
• Monitor ongoing test events and ensure test activities are operating within established limits. Identify anomalies, stabilize test events, and support the documentation and investigation of anomalies and failures.
• This position may require overtime work depending on critical milestones.
• On-the-job training will be given regardless of experience level.

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