Automation Technician

Flex•Austin, TX

About The Position

Flex is seeking an Automation Technician to maintain and troubleshoot automation and robotic systems and related process-support equipment. The role includes preventive maintenance, equipment repair, calibration, requalification, and support for installing and removing process equipment. The technician works with engineers and process technicians to qualify automated systems, support automation designs, and maintain the accuracy and serviceability of instruments and equipment. This position works the second shift, 3:00 p.m. to 11:15 p.m., Monday through Friday. The highest level of the role may perform both software and hardware maintenance.

Requirements

Computer skills.
Experience with material-handling, automation, and/or robotics equipment.
Electronic assembly skills, including reading schematics, PCB loading, and mechanical assembly.
Cable skills, including crimping, harness assembly, connector and wire soldering, and cable preparation.
Testing skills, including use of an oscilloscope, cable and harness testing, troubleshooting, component testing, and use of a logic analyzer.
Machine-operation skills involving automatic component insertion equipment, surface-mount insertion equipment, and wave soldering.
Experience using mechanical and electrical tools, including power air guns, taps and dies, alignment tools, and measuring tools.

Responsibilities

Maintain continuous system operation by adjusting, repairing, replacing, or modifying automation and robotic system components.
Troubleshoot electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems and components and return them to serviceability.
Complete scheduled preventive maintenance on robotic and process-support equipment.
Read and interpret electrical schematics, mechanical diagrams, and complex automated-system drawings.
Collaborate with the automation team in qualifying automated systems.
Assist engineers in developing and designing hardware and software for automation solutions according to specifications.
Identify machine malfunctions and isolate failure mechanisms through troubleshooting.
Repair failure mechanisms in the most cost-effective manner.
Perform preventive maintenance, calibrations, and equipment requalifications at specified intervals and schedules.
Assist process technicians and engineers with installing and removing process equipment.
Analyze and implement corrective-action reports and process-tracking mechanisms.
Disassemble instruments and equipment and inspect components for defects.
Align, repair, replace, and balance component parts and circuitry.
Assist engineers in formulating test, calibration, repair, and evaluation plans and procedures to maintain the precision and accuracy of measuring, recording, and indicating instruments and equipment.
At the highest level, perform both software and hardware maintenance.