Lab Technician; III

Lab Technician (III)

Pay range: $36-$40/hr on W2

Duration: 6 Months contract (ends on 1st week of Feb)

Location:

Goleta, CA

Role

Description:

As an electronics team technician, you will leverage expertise in the assembly of mechanical and electrical devices and their testing to reliably assemble everything from bespoke electronics prototypes to production electronics. You will also leverage strong written and oral communication skills, as well as detail-oriented diligence, to assist engineering and research staff with everything from soldering PCBs, designing and implementing the test procedures to validate the functionality of the assembled devices, to helping put together electronics test-setups, assisting in data collection, and handling logistics such as equipment inventory and lab organization.

Top Responsibilities:

• Assemble and configure electronics (soldering, wire bonding, and mechanical assembly), fridge wiring configuration, as well as networking test equipment.
• Testing of assembled electrical and mechanical devices to validate proper assembly.
• Gather data using testing procedures designed by electronics team engineers
• Support deployment and operation of technologies developed by the electronics team that serves the greater organization.
• Help maintain organization/operation of lab test equipment and materials including inventory.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2+ year of experience as an electronics technician
• Experience performing electrical measurements
• Experience with electronics assembly techniques

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associate or higher degree in engineering, technology, or related fields
• Experience with more sophisticated electronics test equipment, such as vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and oscilloscopes.
• Familiarity with EM and circuit theory at the level of a first year college electricity and magnetism course.
• Experience with and ability to use UNIX-based command-line interfaces
• Ability to analyze data and troubleshoot.
• Ability to manually build and assemble electrical and mechanical devices that involve soldering, wire-bonding, and other wiring form factors.
• Knowledge and experience with common mechanical and electrical tools and units of measurement, e.g. use of a hand-held multi-meter, operation of basic power supplies, use of calipers.
• Proficiency with and ability to learn the use of modern software programs such as google sheets, keysight electronics equipment interfaces.
• Ability to read a schematic and follow documented operations procedures.