Specialist, Laboratory

Standard Aero•San Antonio, TX

6d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Calibration Lab Specialist, you’ll plan, document, and implement methods related to the verification and calibration of inspection, measuring, and test equipment. Ensures continued compliance to standards of all inspection, measuring, and test equipment by performing the registration, identification, inspection, and calibration of all tools and instrumentation used by the company.

Requirements

5+ years’ experience calibrating / adjusting electronic or physical / dimensional test and measurement equipment or equivalent experience working with precision measuring instruments.
College diploma in an engineering technology discipline; or equivalent professional experience.
Registration as a Certified Engineering Technologist (CET) by a provincial association of engineering/applied science technology, or equivalent
Must be able to meet the physical requirements of the position, including frequent standing and walking throughout the workday, with or without reasonable accommodation
Lift up to 50lbs without assistance, with or without reasonable accommodation

Nice To Haves

Thorough knowledge of precision inspection, measuring, and test instruments and systems. Precision Measurement Equipment (PME), Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE)
Knowledge of calibration and certification principles, root cause analysis principles, and application of calibration technical data principles in the field of Metrology.
Working knowledge of electronic systems and control instruments. Knowledge of circuit schematics, diagrams and detailed drawings to effectively calibrate and certify a variety of complex precision measurement equipment, instruments, and reference standards.
Ability to apply established techniques and methods of repair, testing, alignment and calibration of equipment. Able to use electronic circuits, transducer, pressure, torque, optics, flow, dimensional, hardness, vibration measuring equipment, etc, to measure parameters to determine the performance characteristics and accuracy of other instruments and test equipment.
Ability to use computers and metrology-based data collection systems to document, track and store data necessary for traceability, quality management requirements and third-party laboratory certification requirements.
Working knowledge of Thermal and Fluid Flow principles.
Thorough understanding of Measurement Uncertainty.
Thorough knowledge of Statistical Techniques applicable to metrology.
Experience in an aerospace or manufacturing environment preferred.
Former Military PMEL / TMDE training.
Familiarity within an ISO 17025 quality system laboratory.
Familiarity with TO 00-20-14 Air Force Metrology and Calibration Program
Familiarity with TO 33K-1-100-2
Familiarity with TO 33K-1-100-1
Familiarity with Methods and procedures for the management of Air Force Metrology and Calibration (AFMETCAL) Program.
Effective written and verbal communication skills, proficient with MS-Office suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc) and able to read, understand, and interpret blueprints

Responsibilities

Recognize and understands flight/product safety critical parts and processes and immediately reporting any flight/product safety concerns.
Register, maintain, calibrate/inspect, and apply identification markings to inspection equipment technical data and procedures.
Monitor and adjust calibration frequencies for optimal equipment performance and minimal downtime.
Designs and maintains calibration procedures for inspection, measuring, and test equipment.
Investigate and source qualified subcontractors for tooling which cannot be repaired or calibrated in-house.
Inspect, troubleshoots, repairs, overhauls, modifies and aligns to original manufacture specifications, customer technical instruction or local engineering instructions, a variety of equipment ranging from common to unusually complex electronic and physical/dimensional TMDE.
Provide technical advice in the selection, maintenance, troubleshooting, repair and calibration of new and existing inspection, measuring, and test equipment.
Calibrate and certify a variety of (TMDE) Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment ranging from common to complex laboratory base reference standards. Perform verification and calibration on complex and intricate measuring and test equipment.
Maintain records and documentation for all registered equipment, including calibration schedules, results traceable to applicable standards, and preparation of calibration data reports, data sheets, and related required documentation.
Quarantine items found unserviceable, of poor quality, or those that cannot be maintained.
Employee may be required to work extended or other than normal duty hours to include evenings and weekends and may be subject to recall.