Manufacturing Technician 2
WORK SHIFT: 1st Shift (9/80A)
Our company is looking for a Manufacturing Technician 2 to support the Mission Enabling Products (MEP) Business Unit. Within our company's Payload and Ground Systems (PGS) division, MEP is a leading designer, producer, and supplier of spacecraft components that power and enable satellites of all classes. Products include spacecraft panels, bus structures, precision optical structures, deployable structural systems and mechanisms, solar arrays, and antenna reflectors. Our products are on virtually every U.S. satellite built in the last 20 years.
We are seeking a Test Technician (Level 2) to join our team in Oxnard, CA.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Run functional, electrical, or mechanical tests on components following written instructions
Document results, log errors, and report non-conformances to engineers, quality, and manufacturing.
Identify and analyze equipment failures or defects during testing. Execute comprehensive component- and system-level test plans, procedures, and test events
Participate in test planning and test readiness reviews
Analyze measurement requirements and equipment measurement tolerances
Define and maintain documented best practices for test processes and equipment
Contribute to maintaining and improving test equipment and infrastructure
Gathers, maintains, formats, compiles, and manipulates technical data, such as component- and system-level test results and engineering design changes
Conduct tests and record data to assist with engineering evaluation or analysis.
Maintains engineering documentation and reports (procedures and test reports)
Support internal and external customers' needs.
Identify, troubleshoot, and solve test problems and provide assistance with manufacturing, inspection, and test engineering-related issues.
Analyze data and provide reports in various customer formats.
Must be able to support working multiple shifts; ie: 1st shift 6 am to 3:30 pm and 2nd shift 2:30 pm to Midnight
Basic Qualifications:
High School diploma or equivalent and 3 years' additional education and/or related experience.
Ability to read blueprints, schematics, and wiring diagrams, plus experience with multimeters, calipers, or torque wrenches
Attention to detail, ability to spot minor flaws and record accurate data
3+ years overall experience as a technician in the manufacturing/engineering field
Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics and mechanical drawings
Experience working with Microsoft Office products and process documentation
Experience working in a cleanroom environment and Environmental Test Area
Availability to work overtime and weekends as needed
Must be able to work on feet for extended periods of time
Ability to manipulate equipment weighing up to 50 pounds
Preferred Qualifications:
Familiarity with working around delicate spacecraft hardware an advantage
Certification in engineering disciplines
Some college preferred
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