Electronic Fabrication Technician

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

5d•$60,736 - $76,648•Onsite

About The Position

The Electronic Fabrication Technician supports the Electronic Manufacturing, Packaging, & Technical Services Section within JPL’s Mechanical & Control Systems Division. The section provides engineering services including electronics fabrication, electronic packaging and manufacturing engineering, hardware analysis, cleanroom services, measurement systems and instrumentation, calibration, metrology, technical inventory management, cryogenics, and flight hardware logistics. The technician fabricates and assembles electronic hardware for engineering-model and flight systems, using modern and manual manufacturing tools and equipment to produce high-reliability printed-wiring and hybrid/microelectronic assemblies. The position also supports design-modification assessments and, when required, customer laboratories and the Spacecraft Assembly Facility during final integration. The posting describes this as a temporary assignment that may last up to 36 months, with approvals based on 12-month assignments; it is not an employment contract and may end at any time, with or without notice.

Requirements

High school diploma and at least 3 years of related technical experience, with required fabrication training.
Experience with electronic assembly, soldering, crimping, and cable/harness fabrication.
Ability to read and follow schematics, wiring diagrams, and assembly drawings.
Experience with surface-mount technology, printed-wiring-board assembly, or electromechanical hardware fabrication.
Experience working in cleanroom and ESD-controlled environments.
Strong attention to detail and ability to use precision hand tools, microscopes, and manufacturing equipment.
Ability to work under a microscope.
Experience using innovative and creative approaches to resolve unusual situations.

Nice To Haves

Experience performing cable operations such as soldering, crimping, routing on mockups, wrapping cable assemblies, testing, potting, and closing connectors; and operating manual tools and equipment to produce high-reliability cable and harness assemblies.
IPC J-STD-001 and/or NASA 8739 certification training.
Demonstrated experience in surface-mount-technology printed-wiring assemblies.
Experience with polymeric adhesives, potting, and conformal-coating material application and mixing.
Experience with JPL fabrication standards for printed-wiring electronic assemblies, cables, and harnesses.
Knowledge of electronic and mechanical fabrication techniques for fabricating and assembling complex mechanical, electronic, electromechanical, cable-harness, device, fixture, part, or equipment assemblies.
Understanding of work techniques and applicable policies, procedures, and practices for planning, setup, repair, and/or modification of mechanical, electronic, or electromechanical systems, experimental-design circuitry, prototype models, or specialized test equipment.
Experience working from schematics, rough sketches, diagrams, layouts, or plans that may require interpretation.
Experience working in cleanroom environments and at ESD workstations.

Responsibilities

Perform surface-mount technology setup and printed-wiring-board electronic assembly.
Perform hand soldering, connector-pin crimping, cabling, cable and harness fabrication, chassis wiring, and mechanical assembly for engineering-model and flight electronic systems.
Operate modern and manual manufacturing tools and equipment to produce high-reliability printed-wiring electronic assemblies and hybrid/microelectronic assemblies.
Support the manufacturing engineer in assessing and recommending design modifications.
Support customer laboratories and the Spacecraft Assembly Facility in final integration when required.