Instrumentation Technician C

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At Boeing, we are all innovators on a mission to connect, protect, explore and inspire. From the seabed to outer space, you’ll learn and grow, contributing to work that shapes the world. Find your future with us!

Boeing Test and Evaluation (BT&E) is seeking a Instrumentation Technician C to join our teams in either Tukwila, WA or Seattle, WA. In this role, you will work with blueprints, schematics, technical manuals and bulletins, National Bureau of Standards, manufacturers’ specifications, oral and written instructions. You will be installing instrumentation, primarily strain gauges and thermocouples on all models of Boeing aircraft civilian, military and space.

Position Responsibilities:

Receive work assignment from team leader or supervisor and obtain necessary materials and equipment

Obtain appropriate engineering drawings and test documents, as required, for assignment if drawings, sketches, and documents are not with work assignment

Fabricate wire or fiber optic bundles used to connect various types of test and computer equipment together or test sensing equipment used to monitor and measure, for the purpose of collecting and storing data during test

Set up and perform qualification test, bench test, or automatic test as required per work assignment, test document, test equipment manuals, and/or engineering instructions

Install fiber optic strain gages, thermocouples, accelerometers, and strain gages by soldering, bonding, spot welding, or using mechanical fastening devices

Use a scissor or boom lift to access areas for instrumentation installation this work is performed both inside hangars and outside on airfields

Perform modification of test equipment to meet engineering configuration, as required

Select proper hand, power, and/or bench tools needed to perform required operation, such as screwdrivers, pliers, torque wrenches, crimpers, cable tools, band saw, drill press, and sander, as required

Use shop tools and any test equipment required to complete work assignment

Write tie-ins, and maintain records such as work log for areas/equipment as required

Devise and/or build shop aids and work around methods as necessary to test/troubleshoot systems

Handle and protect components and assemblies such as static sensitive equipment in accordance with shop procedures and drawing requirements

Handle and dispose of hazardous materials (ketone, naphtha, alcohol, epoxy, acids) in approved manner (in accordance with Safety Data Sheets) using personal protective equipment as required

Pack electronic equipment for travel as required per drawing and Boeing applicable specifications

Check work after completion of each operation to be sure job is per drawing or other instructions

Put completed job or reworked job up for inspection as required

Contact team leader/supervisor/engineer/planner when assistance is needed (e.g. if there is questions about drawings or paperwork, if drawings and paperwork do not match, or when any other problem arises)
Maintain personal and tool certifications, as required

Comply with applicable tool control policies

Effectively accomplishing the tasks, duties and responsibilities of this job requires at least these attributes

Ability to use precision measuring tools and test equipment and interpret results

Knowledge of routing, clamping, tying, connecting and terminating wires and/or wire bundles in electrical systems and assemblies, per the appropriate electrical codes

Knowledge of aircraft electrical and mechanical systems

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