Test Technician

We are looking for a Test Technician to join our Pittsburgh (Cheswick) location.

• You will perform various mechanical, electrical, hydrostatic, and gas leak tests in accordance with established procedures and specifications on stators, rotors, stators-windings, cans, jackets, thermal barriers, thermowells, casings, terminal boxes, pumps, and generators in support of our manufacturing facility.
• In addition, you install facility related equipment, such as pumps, motors, and mechanisms, and operate such equipment on test after initial setup has been made.
• Collect and summarize all operational data and compare results obtained to specification requirements, and where necessary, take corrective action to assure accurate test results.
• Report results and deviations to Test Engineer or Supervisor.
• Maintain test records and logbook for mechanism, hydrostatic and leak tests.
• Operate leak test equipment and ovens to dry component parts, such as rotors and stators.
• Maintain surveillance of operating test equipment and report any indication of a malfunction to Test Engineer or Supervisor immediately.
• Perform minor service functions on operating equipment, such as changing charts, changing oil, replacing orifice plates, or tightening flanges.
• Perform resistance and electrical tests on pumps, motors, and components.
• Operate cranes, fork trucks, or other testing department material handling equipment.
• Maintain inventory of liquid and dry nitrogen, helium, lithium hydroxide, and existing testing fixtures.
• Collect and test water samples for resistivity and pH.
• Set up test facilities and prepare equipment, such as commercial motors, and pumps for any operational testing including installation and removal of test articles from the test facility.
• Calibrate and zero adjust test instrumentation used at assigned test facilities, such as pressure gauges and Helium Leak detectors, to assure accurate test data results.
• Fill out and affix calibration stickers or tags for proper equipment status identification.
• Calibrate computer instrumentation, such as pressure transducers.
• In addition, utilize the computer instrumentation at remote panels to the extent of analyzing and modifying readout data.
• Calibrate pressure switches and flow raters.
• Assist in the operation of test pump facilities.
• Checkout and operate instrumentation used to monitor equipment tests per Test Procedure, Routing, or Special Instructions consistent with their job code level.
• Perform operational tests and runs on commercial motors per Test Procedure, Routing, or Special Instructions.
• Perform calculations and evaluate test results to determine any deviating conditions from acceptance criteria or comparison to past data and report same to the Test Engineer or Supervisor.
• Fabricate and assemble engineering testing devices, such as bearing text fixtures.
• Revise mode or scope of test to obtain meaningful data and working with design engineer to observe phenomena.

• Paid Time Off
• 401K with Employer Match and Profit Sharing
• Health and Wellness Benefits
• Learning and Development Opportunities
• Referral Program
• Competitive Pay
• Recognition
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Inclusive & Supportive Culture

• High School graduate with two years of technical school, or the equivalent.
• 3+ years’ experience with mechanical or electrical testing.
• Experience in electrical, electronic, mechanical fields, or equivalent will be considered.
• Due to DoD requirements, candidates must be US citizens
• Must be able to obtain and maintain DoD Security clearances and approvals.

• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings
• Experience working with and adhering to written work instructions
• Experience in a manufacturing environment

Our Values Environmental, Social and Governance EMD a business unit of Curtiss-Wright in Cheswick, PA designs, manufactures, tests, and provides after-market support for the most advanced, proven and reliable critical function pumps, motors, generators, seals, control rod drive mechanisms and power conditioning electronics available anywhere in the world today. Curtiss-Wright EMD has a long-standing and distinguished reputation for the design, development, manufacture, and qualification of critical-function machining solutions for the United States Navy and the commercial nuclear utility industry.  

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