Manufacturing Assembly Technician III

Your Day To Day
To perform a variety of difficult mechanical and technical assignments such as constructing, troubleshooting, and maintaining of microwave products. Works from sketches and verbal instructions under limited supervision.

Machine and Equipment Used: As determined by coach.

• Performs difficult mechanical and technical assignments such as constructing, troubleshooting, adjusting, and maintaining tubes, microwave products, electro-mechanical devices, component, and systems, works from schematics, engineering drawings, written and verbal instructions.
• Conducts testing of mechanical systems and improvises procedures and processes if necessary.
• Develops or modifies mechanical products to company or customer requirements.
• Operates related mechanical equipment necessary to construct, troubleshoot, process, and maintain specific products.
• Prepares and assists in determining prescribed compounds and solutions for use in processing, etching and metalizing materials.
• Evaluates various types of mechanical products and equipment and develops tuning, test and alignment procedures.
• Recommends changes or modifications to improve the operation or quality of mechanical products.
• Determines methods, operations, and sequences in settling procedures for constructing, processing, and modifying mechanical products as required.
• Designs and improvises difficult mechanical tools and fixtures as required.
• Performs the more complex analyses of rejected returned, or in-process microwave tubes in support of engineering/manufacturing as required.
• Provides technical assistance, training, and leadership as necessary.
• Ability to train others on various standard electronic and technical assignments
• Provides technical assistance, training, and leadership as necessary.
• Performs other duties as needed and assigned.

• Proficient in use of VNA, PNA, Oscilloscope, DVM, spectrum analyzer, and other test equipment
• Proficient computer skills
• Team-oriented
• Strong communication skills
• Good manual dexterity
• Ability to use microscope daily
• Typically requires A.A degree in related technology or equivalent technical training plus eight 6-9 years related experience or the combination of experience and training equal to ten (10) years.
• An in-depth understanding of the instruments and equipment encountered in assigned area.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain/maintain a U.S. Department of Defense Security Clearance
• This position requires potential access to technology controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The successful candidate must be a “U.S. Person” as defined under ITAR and EAR. In order to be a U.S. Person for ITAR and EAR purposes, you must (i) be a citizen or national of the United States; or (ii) be a lawful permanent resident of the United States;
  
  or (iii) a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

With a history spanning more than seven decades, Communications & Power Industries’ thousands of products have impacted people’s lives in numerous unseen ways every day. Our highly engineered products serve as the backbone of modern-day commercial and military communications systems, assist in diagnosing medical conditions, empower scientific discoveries and space exploration, and much more.

CPI is headquartered in Plano, Texas and is a global manufacturer of electronic components and subsystems. We have manufacturing locations in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. With a heritage of technological excellence, our team serves customers in the communications, defense, medical, industrial, and scientific markets.

Whether you are a seasoned professional or just embarking on your career, CPI is an ideal place to expand your knowledge and expertise. We cultivate a healthy, dynamic, and team-oriented environment that empowers our employees to develop, create and deliver innovative, reliable technology solutions to power, connect, protect, and support a better tomorrow.

We offer our employees an attractive…