Electronics Manufacturing and Testing Technician

Position Summary:

Responsible for the electronic testing and any necessary electronic board solder work to support electronic engineering efforts. Responsible for the assembly of finished electronics products, components, or sub-assemblies. Reads work instructions, work orders, follows production drawings and sample assemblies, or receives verbal instructions regarding duties to be performed. Assembles various parts of manufactured products using hand tools, power tools, machines, and equipment. Creates assembly procedures for all manufactured products. Responsible for inspecting and testing products from external vendor’s production runs to verify quality of manufacturing (called Destructive Investigations). Work with other areas of Product Development to help test components, systems and software. Ability to investigate customer returns and either refurbish or scrap product. All job responsibilities are to be executed in harmony with our Quality Procedures, Code of Business Ethics and Conduct policy and our Core Values which sets the standard by which we operate and how we treat others.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Electronics skills, 3 + years

• AMR/AMI experience a plus; Utility water industry a plus.

• Ability to read schematics

• Ability to solder and assemble boards from schematics

• Ability to understand failure methods and determine ways to test

• Experience working with hand tools and power tools to assemble products

• Ability to frequently sit, stand, walk, reach within hands and arm’s length stoop, kneel, and crouch.

• Ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 40 pounds

• Ability to read & understand procedures, layouts

• Ability to document procedures, methods and suggestions

• Willingness to test units, systems and software with an eye to find issues.

• College degree or equivalent experience desired

• Travel up to 10% will be required at times.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Task

Percentage of Time

General electronics technician functions working on the Stealth AMI system.

40%

Responsible for the final assembly of finished Stealth products, components, or sub-assemblies. Inspects and tests all finished products, components, subassemblies, etc. to assure they meet the accepted quality standards.

30%

Assembles various parts of manufactured products using hand tools, power tools, machines, and equipment.

5%

Prepares technical reports for customers and management as required

5%

Destructive Investigations

5%

System and component testing

5%

Documentation and Inventory

5%

All other duties as assigned

5%

Follows all quality procedures, safety policies, Code of Business Ethics and Conduct policy while performing their jobs

Continuous across all functions