Electronics & Electrical System Technician

Redwood City, CA, USA

Chemelex is a global leader in electric thermal and sensing solutions, protecting the world’s critical processes, places and people. With over 50 years of innovation and a commitment to excellence, we develop solutions that ensure safety, reliability, and efficiency in diverse environments – from industrial plants and data centers to people’s homes. We deliver future-ready technologies, advanced engineering capabilities and local expertise backed by global standards.

Our offering includes a leading portfolio from our trusted brands:
Raychem, Tracer, Nuheat and Pyrotenax.

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own.

This hands‑on role will require problem‑solving skills to diagnose problems and support their resolution and solutions. You will be a member of the Quality team in diagnosing and documenting field problems, supporting their disposition, resolution, and reporting information back to our Design, Engineering, Sourcing, Manufacturing, and Installation teams to prevent future field issues. In this position, you will:

• Evaluate electronic and electrical Thermal Management system issues. Test system and sub‑system functionality, diagnose and solve problems, identify failure modes, support disposition, resolution and continual product improvement.
• Generate written reports of evaluation, test results, failure modes and root cause in an accurate, concise manner, drawing sound conclusions and observations. Record information in software systems as required.
• Set up and operate lab equipment, test apparatus, and contribute to the organization and layout of the lab to enhance safety and operational efficiency.
• Accurately read and interpret engineering drawings, schematics, manuals, and industry standards.
• Utilize, maintain, modernize, and develop new equipment and fixtures to conduct evaluation and testing for current and new products. Maintain existing and create new evaluation and test procedures as required.
• Support Quality, Engineering, Sourcing, Manufacturing, and Suppliers on corrective and preventive action identification and continual product improvement.
• Support and participate in new product development activities, e.g., Conceptional Design reviews, DFMEA and PFMEA Reviews. Evaluate and test electronic and electrical prototype systems, conduct FAIs, and support Value Engineering projects.
• Adhere to health and safety rules and regulations.

May be required to perform additional duties as assigned.

• Electrical or Electronics Technician Certificate, or Electrical or Electronics Engineering Technology Diploma or equivalent experience. AA Electronics diploma preferred.
• Two years’ hands‑on experience with electronic and electrical testing, diagnostics, completing RMA or failure evaluation and reporting, working in an industrial manufacturing company or in a test lab environment.
• Technical report writing experience, accurate, concise, and easy‑to‑understand.
• Skills in identifying the root causes of problems and the ability to develop and communicate recommendations for their resolution.
• Skills to quickly and constantly learn, to evaluate and test a variety of products and operate a wide variety of diagnostic, test and measurement equipment.
• Ability to utilize good written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively interface with people across multiple functional areas within the company.
• Ability to independently work, effectively organize, plan workload and work in a self‑directed manner.
• Experience with Microsoft tools (Word and Excel);
  Experience with documentation and workflow software preferred.

• Industrial & commercial lab environment.
• Ability and desire to perform some physical labor, e.g., lifting 50lbs, disassembly, use of cutting tools.
• Some interaction with dust.

We protect places of progress through electric excellence. Pioneering plants, sprawling data centers, busy transport hubs, and your own home. These are the places that bring progress to the world, and the places that we protect with time‑tested technologies, advanced engineering, and a suite of services. Because here, excellence is everything.

Our Dimensions of Excellence reflect the core values of Chemelex. Together, they inspire our decisions and guide our actions – defining excellence in our work for colleagues, customers and communities.

• Experts with empathy
• Example for others
• Exceptional impact

We are committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national, federal, state or local law.