Kryoflex Lab Technician

Description

Pacific Aerospace & Electronics (Pac Aero) is seeking a Kryoflex Lab Technician to join our team. A successful candidate is committed to pushing the boundaries of technology, performance, and innovation. Join us and connect your career to the future!

Pac Aero’s core businesses include an array of electronic connectors and housings for the world’s most extreme environments. Pac Aero is primarily located in Wenatchee, WA with a remote manufacturing site, Bonded Metals, located in Sequim, WA. Working together, we employ proprietary technologies, best practices engineering, and specialized manufacturing techniques to produce hermetic connectors and electronic packaging that perform in the world’s most extreme environments.

Pac Aero’s products are hard at work in medical components, such as cardiac-function devices, on key aerospace & defense programs, in space and deep below the earth's surface.

Working under general supervision, the Kryoflex Lab Technician I is responsible for two primary functions: preparation of ceramic materials (powders) for preform production and the final inspection of Kryoflex preforms. This role requires basic knowledge of measurement and hand tools, timers as well as the ability to follow technical instructions and blueprints. This position requires basic knowledge of computer systems.

Schedule:

Mon-Thurs, 5:00am to 3:30pm

• Work cooperatively with all employees.
• Willingness to adapt work schedule to company needs.
• Attendance / Punctuality:
  Is consistently at work and on time.
• Following company handbook policy and companies cell phone policy.
• Perform other miscellaneous duties as assigned by area Lead or Supervisor
• Observe safety regulations and follow protective equipment requirements. Report hazardous observations to Management personnel.
• Follow daily clean up and housekeeping procedures.
• Comply with all quality, safety, and work-related rules and regulations.
• The ability to complete tasks in a reasonably timely manner.

• Demonstrate a basic ability to read and comprehend drawings and other applicable documentation.
• Understand the necessity of high-quality standards.
• Ability to find and interpret Engineering Drawings to correctly determine requirements.
• Perform the following functions:
• Proficient usage of microscopes.
• Ability to learn and use applicable area equipment.
• Must be able to utilize specified tooling as needed.
• Demonstrate the ability to accurately and efficiently use applicable measuring tools such as, but not limited to Calipers, Micrometers, gauge pins and Digital Indicators.
• Process both new and in use qualified Kryoflex powders for bead room operations, ensuring material consistency and purity.
• Learn to use the correct tools, techniques, and equipment necessary for final inspection of completed Kryoflex preforms, ensuring they meet the dimensional and visual preform requirements.
• Must be willing to work with known hazardous materials, under controlled conditions.
• Maintain controlled‑environment cleanliness standards during all production and inspection activities.
• Perform miscellaneous duties as assigned by area Lead or Supervisor.
• Must be able to retain information and show continued progression towards a Kryoflex Lab Technician II role.
• Ability to operate equipment including ovens, scales, roller micrometer and microscopes.
• Maintain workload while achieving departmental efficiency and quality standards.
• Communicate efficiently with lead and supervisor regarding work status, issues, or material need.
• In process visual inspections under a microscope to confirm compliance with quality standards.
• Ability to run the roll micrometer.

Pac Aero provides equal employment opportunity 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, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law.

At Pac Aero, we strive to create an inclusive and supportive work environment,…