Engineering Technician

Innova Solutions•Palm Bay, FL

24d•Onsite

About The Position

Innova Solutions is hiring an Engineering Technician to support manual and automated testing of space hardware. Testing may be performed at the circuit card, assembly, subsystem, or space-vehicle level. The role requires experience handling sensitive hardware, strong computer skills, strict adherence to documented procedures, and prior experience with RF, optical, and/or digital technology. The position is onsite in Palm Bay, Florida, on the first shift. It is a 12-month contract-to-hire opportunity, and candidates must be eligible to work on a W-2 basis. An active Secret clearance is required.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent and at least 6 years of prior relevant experience, or 2 years of post-secondary education/an associate degree and at least 2 years of prior related experience.
Active Secret clearance.
Prior experience with RF, optical, and/or digital technology.
Experience handling sensitive and fragile hardware, including mating and de-mating high-density connectors and RF and optical connections.
Strong computer skills and ability to strictly follow documented procedures.
Excellent communication, technical writing, and presentation skills.
Willingness to work overtime as requested.
Must be eligible to work on a W-2 basis; 1099 contractors and Corp-to-Corp arrangements will not be considered.

Nice To Haves

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 has not expired.
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 under 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.