Engineering Technician

Pacific Defense • Sunnyvale, CA

10d • Onsite

About The Position

Pacific Defense is looking for an Engineering Technician to support the Sunnyvale, CA location. The position includes engineering development, troubleshooting, production support, and maintaining complex instrumentation to ensure reliability, configuration control, and specifications. Due to the classified nature of our work, candidate must be a US Citizen. Must be IPC Certified.

Requirements

• US Citizen
• IPC Certified
• Experience with reading/interpreting drawings, bills of materials (BOMs), and complex assembly instructions in order to assemble PCBs
• Duties include installation of connectors, substrates, components and modules in highly complex microwave assemblies, often utilizing using paste and sheet epoxies
• Experience solder both SMT and through hole parts onto PCBs
• Operate autonomous without direct engineering or management oversite
• Proven experience transitioning products from design to manufacturing as part of a cross-functional team
• Demonstrated experience in fast-paced iterative design environments with complex RF and high-speed digital processing electronic products and associated software and gateware
• Demonstrated experience with reviewing hardware designs to define test coverage
• Proven ability in communicating project status and updates across departments and disciplines
• Self-starter, with ability to work within teams or as an individual contributor to accomplish design goals
• Excellent communication (oral and written) with all levels; collaboration, organizational, and prioritization skills
• Ability to read, understand, and apply schematics and assembly drawings
• Solder fine electronics on printed circuit cards, wires, and assemblies
• Develop and troubleshoot electronics systems from incomplete information

Responsibilities

• Use schematics, blueprints or sketches and verbal and written instructions to assemble, rework, or re-assemble units
• Hand solder components onto PCBs
• Perform rework (i.e. 0201 size parts) and PCB modifications as needed
• Perform surface mount, fine pitch and through hole soldering
• Perform other duties assisting with PCB assembly as required
• Able to attach wires to load cell tabs by following schematics or wiring diagrams
• Able to work with precision and follow standardized, existing procedures
• Able to work with miniaturized tools such as tweezers, fine screwdrivers and soldering irons
• Write or modify a board level test procedure with guidance from design engineer
• Collect and organize RF characterization and test data, follow test procedures and instructions for the completion of assigned tasks
• Clearly communicate status using the established collaboration tools
• Demonstrate the ability to organize information, job tasks, and manage time for most efficient and "best value" performance

Benefits

• Immediately vested 401K match
• 100% coverage for the employee, and 75% coverage for dependents’ medical, dental, vision, and life insurance premiums
• Flexible spending account for incidental health care expenses
• Paid time off
• Federal holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED