Engineering Technician

Innova Solutions•Palm Bay, FL

About The Position

Innova Solutions is hiring a full-time contract Engineering Technician in Palm Bay, Florida, for a 12-month contract with potential to convert to hire. The role supports manual and automated testing of space hardware at the circuit card, assembly, subsystem, and/or space vehicle level. It requires experience handling sensitive hardware, strong computer skills, strict adherence to documented procedures, and prior experience with RF, optical, and/or digital technology. An active Secret security clearance is required.

Requirements

Active Secret security clearance.
Prior experience with RF, optical, and/or digital technology.
Experience handling sensitive hardware.
Very strong computer skills.
Ability to strictly adhere to documented procedures.
Either a high school diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 6 years of prior relevant experience, or 2 years of post-secondary/associate-level education and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.
Must be engaged on a W-2 basis; 1099 and Corp-to-Corp arrangements are not considered.

Nice To Haves

Excellent communication, technical writing, and presentation skills.
Experience handling very sensitive and fragile hardware, including mating and de-mating high-density connectors and RF and optical connections.
Experience with qualification testing, including vibration, thermal, and thermal vacuum testing.

Responsibilities

Transport test equipment, fixtures, and cables to required testing locations.
Set up tests according to written documentation and engineering direction.
Verify that test equipment is in calibration and licensed test software is current.
Assemble custom or commercial off-the-shelf equipment and fixtures.
Perform tests and record required information.
Document failures and report anomalies to key stakeholders.
Execute automated software using LabVIEW and/or TestStand graphical user interfaces.
Troubleshoot failed assemblies with engineering oversight.
Operate RF, optical, and/or digital test equipment, including network analyzers, signal generators, spectrum analyzers, noise figure analyzers, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, OTDRs, OBRs, lasers, SOAs, BERT, DMMs, and power supplies.