Test Technician Sr

Test Technician

The Test Technician will be responsible for performing a wide variety of technical tasks in support of processes, engineering, quality control, calibration, laboratories, production/test environment, line maintenance and/or chemical handling.

What You Will Do

• This position requires lifting, walking, and could involve stair/ladder climbing at the test range(s)
• Test, troubleshoot, repair, maintain, and install a wide variety of electronic, electro-mechanical, and mechanical, computer, laboratory, and scientific systems and/or equipment.
• Observe, analyze, and report test data; and when appropriate makes necessary repairs to equipment.
• Work closely from approved procedures, schematics, and drawings.
• Ability to validate the correctness of procedures. Select, set up and operate engineering and scientific equipment.
• Utilize various engineering and scientific drawings, manuals, and other related documentation in the performance of their tasks. May include configuration/data administration. Checks for work correctness.
• Train junior test technicians focusing on basic electronic principles and radio frequency theory of operations and troubleshooting methodology.
• Communicate technical issues by generating comprehensive failure entries which correlate failure modes back to the associated test specification(s)
• Interpret test data (plots, graphs, tabulated parameters) to choose pass/fail condition and resolve when further analysis is needed.
• Troubleshoot and accurately diagnose failures from system level to Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) down to Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) and to component.
• This will be a 1st shift, onsite role in our Forest, MS facility.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires an AA/AS degree (or other 2-year post high school training with minimum of 6 years relevant experience.
• Experience with troubleshooting electronic circuits to component level and effectively identify failure trends.
• Experience with Radio Frequency System and subsystem (Transmitter, Receiver, Antenna, Signal/Data Processor, Power Supply) evaluation.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience with Radio Frequency or Electronic Warfare (EW) systems.
• Previous work in a manufacturing/production test environment
• Data entry experience with and industry ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) such as PRISM, Oracle E-Business, Microsoft Dynamics 365 or etc.

What We Offer

Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value:
Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.