Engineering Technician III

Kansas City National Security Campus•Kansas City, MO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position performs a variety of intermediate- to complex-level technical activities, applying advanced knowledge of engineering concepts, processes, and tools to complete project subtasks and ensure compliance. The technician gathers data, conducts tests and experiments, sets up and operates equipment, builds prototype units and testing equipment, maintains and calibrates standards and equipment, and devises testing methods. Work may include technical bench and field support, including deployment, retrieval, and repairs at remote sites as required. The position is listed as on-site in Kansas City, Missouri, with travel required as business needs dictate. The technician works with engineering on test techniques for new products and on resolving product or equipment problems. Duties also include evaluating test data, correcting malfunctions, conducting failure analyses, documenting work, maintaining laboratory equipment and metrology standards, drafting procedures, calibrating equipment, and refining fixtures, methods, processes, and procedures. The role may include providing technical direction and training to other technologists and hourly employees. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Energy security clearance; some positions require additional DOE designations. Employment offers are contingent on a federal background investigation and a pre-employment drug test and background review. The position requires regular and reliable attendance.

Requirements

Four years of relevant experience, or 2+ years of experience in a related technical role plus a two-year technical degree or four-year technical degree.
Some positions may require specific electrical, mechanical, chemical-processing, and/or electronic skills and abilities.
Ability to travel as determined by business needs.
Ability to work remotely, hybrid, or on-site as directed by management and business needs; the posting lists this opening as on-site.
Regular and reliable attendance.
U.S. citizenship.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Energy security clearance; some positions require additional DOE designations.
Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test and background review, including reference, credit, law-enforcement, and employment/education-history checks; employment offers are contingent on a federal background investigation.

Responsibilities

Set up test equipment and monitor and measure instruments.
Test breadboard circuitry, prototype units, production units, and electronic circuitry.
Provide technical bench and field support, including setup, deployment, retrieval, and repairs; travel to remote sites as required.
Build prototype units for testing and experimentation and make samples for further analysis.
Conduct tests and experiments with materials, equipment, and processes to develop specification data or determine material suitability.
Gather and evaluate data for validity, accuracy, and completeness.
Locate and correct malfunctions in products and testing equipment.
Perform post-mortem analyses to determine causes of failure.
Perform chemical processing and mechanical evaluations as applicable.
Make sketches and mark up drawings to document changes.
Maintain primary and secondary metrology standards, test laboratory equipment or control consoles, and associated monitoring, measuring, and recording instruments.
Draft calibration and operating procedures based on knowledge of products and testing equipment.
Calibrate equipment, instruments, electrical/electronic standards, and standards of mass, force, dimension, and other phenomena during or after maintenance and on scheduled dates.
Record laboratory notes and other details as specified by engineering personnel.
Support management- and engineering-identified activities to keep equipment reliable and efficient.
Work with engineering to establish test techniques for new products and resolve product or equipment problems; may install, characterize, or design equipment.
Improve and refine fixtures, devices, methods, process steps, and procedures, implementing changes as needed.
May provide technical direction and training to other technologists and hourly employees, including task or project lead duties.
Maintain regular and reliable attendance and work on-site and travel as needed.