Title:  Engineering Technician C

Job Title: Engineering Technician C

Job Code: 36221

Job Location: Palm Bay, FL

Job Schedule: 4/10: Employees work 10 hour days, 4 days a week

Job Description:

We are seeking a self-directed, experienced Engineering Technician C to join our team.  This position will perform manufacturing operations in a hands-on prototype assembly laboratory for communications-based hardware, including cables assembly and Circuit Card Assemblies (CCAs).  The role will support prototype, first article, and low volume manufacturing while providing feedback on design and process improvements throughout rapid cycles of learning.  The ideal candidate will have experience in electronic hardware assembly, electronic hardware and component soldering, and complex rework for CCAs and cable assemblies. The technician will play a vital role in our manufacturing operations, ensuring high-quality and reliable performance of our products.

Essential Functions:

• Collaborate closely with other engineering disciplines to communicate issues, draft technical procedures, and review designs within specified areas to meet project and program deadlines.
• Operate in a dynamic and interactive team environment within a rapid development laboratory.
• Independently perform and lead various assembly tasks, including surface mount technology using a pick and place machine or harness and cable builds, ensuring adherence to required tolerances and customer specifications.
• Interpret and follow moderately complex sketches, schematics, drawings, wiring diagrams, and work instructions.
• Participate in process improvement initiatives and provide feedback on assembly drawings, BOMs, engineering change orders, process control instructions, and detailed work instructions.
• Conduct hardware kit verification.
• Perform hand soldering of surface-mount technology (SMT), through-hole, and fine-pitch components.
• Additional duties in alignment within engineering technician scope as necessary 
• Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph

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.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience in SMT and assembly operations, utilizing specialized equipment such as Pick-and-Place machines, solder paste printing, and reflow ovens.
• 2 years’ experience conducting work using a microscope.
• 2 years’ experience working independently in a small lab environment, interacting and collaborating with other functions.
• Experience writing procedures and assisting others with hardware manufacturing operations.
• JSTD 001 solder and rework certification.
• IPC 610A certification.
• IPC 620 certification.
• Active TS/SCI clearance
• Proficiency in soldering techniques and experience with complex solder rework.
• Experience with cleanroom environments and ESD (Electrostatic Discharge) protocols. 

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