Lab Technician

Chipton-Ross is seeking a Lab Technician for a contract opportunity in Moorestown, NJ.

• Lab
  
  Competency:
  
  Minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience in a materials characterization or mechanical testing laboratory environment.

• Performs a variety of duties in the electronic, mechanical, electromechanical, and/or optical areas. Constructs, troubleshoots, calibrates, adjusts, tests, diagnoses, and maintains equipment, components, devices, or systems. Works from schematics, engineering drawings and written or verbal instructions. Operates related equipment; conducts tests and reports data in prescribed format. Performs calibration and alignment checks; makes adjustments, modifications, and replacements as directed; prepares prescribed compounds and solutions.
  
  Exclude technicians working in production or quality assurance.
• Sample Preparation:
  Execute precise sectioning, mounting, grinding, and polishing of metal alloys, composites, and electronics assemblies for microstructural analysis. Conduct metallographic acid etching as required
• Materials Characterization:
  Operate sophisticated analytical tools to support Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS), Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), and Thermal Analysis platforms (DSC/TGA/DMA/TMA).
• Mechanical Testing:
  Conduct mechanical testing on metals, composites, elastomers, and other materials in accordance with ASTM standards and/or LM internal procedures. Bond strain gages as required
• Data Logging & Documentation:
  Compile raw data into technical presentations, record and communicate observations
• Physical Material Handling:
  Safely install test fixtures and sub-assemblies under test
• Equipment Maintenance & Safety:
  Perform routine calibration and preventative maintenance on materials characterization platforms, environmental chambers, and other lab infrastructure

• Prior experience evaluating mechanical test results and operating mechanical load frames (Instron).
• Experience conducting failure analysis activity.
• Familiarity with aerospace/military specifications and industry standards (ASTM).
• Strong communication skills

• Accredited Bachelor's Degree or Accredited Master's Degree.

• Full-Time; 4/10-1st Shift.