Electronics Assembler

Ametek, Inc.•Athens, OH

31d•$30,000 - $35,000

About The Position

Since our founding in 1974, Sunpower has been the world leader in free-piston Stirling technology. Sunpower has implemented free-piston technology in our commercial line of CryoTel cryocoolers and our aerospace Stirling cryocoolers and Stirling engines. Sunpower's Engineering services include production of spaceflight cryocoolers and design, development, and fabrication of prototype free-piston Stirling machines. Sunpower's has strong ties to the local community including a long history of connections and collaboration with Ohio University. Our founder and the inventor of our technology is a former OHIO professor, and ~25% of our current staff are OHIO graduates. Including graduates from Hocking College and local high schools, more than half of our staff can be traced to the Southeast Ohio community. Learn more about us at www.sunpowerinc.com. This position works as part of an assembly team having responsibility for creating individual components, sub-assemblies, and final assembly of the entire product. The incumbents are required to perform repetitive manufacturing assembly operations with little supervision.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent.
Minimal Experience with a strong mechanical aptitude
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving variables in standardized situations.

Responsibilities

Good communication (oral and written) skills.
Presents positive impact within the work group by assisting co-workers.
Continuously develop skills through training, observation, and/or through additional education.
Demonstrated ability in troubleshooting, soldering, and hand assembly.
Experience reading schematics, wiring diagrams, mechanical drawings, process documents, and quality inspection documents
Safe operating practice in compliance with all site requirements.
Perform all assembly operations.
Assemble, test, and repair electronic assemblies as directed.
Install and replace through hole and surface mount components.
Inspect all individual components/sub-assemblies/final assemblies for quality/accuracy.
Document and communicate all testing and inspection results in both oral and written formats.
Use of computer software, electronics test equipment, and hand-held tools.
Ability to read and use tools such as: calipers, micrometers, multimeters, thermocouples, oscilloscopes, and relevant powered tools/machines.
Safe use of chemicals including solvents, adhesives, lubricants, compressed gases, liquid nitrogen, solder/flux, and cleaners.
Basic mathematical skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division)
Ability to communicate effectively (oral and written)
Ability to work independently
Ability to receive and follow instructions/processes precisely while paying strict attention to the details.