Engineering Technician

RC Mowers•Suamico, WI

4d•Onsite

About The Position

RC Mowers is hiring an Engineering Technician to be the person who turns a new concept into something real. You'll be the first person to build it, run it, break it, and report back — and your findings go straight into what gets built next. You will report to our Lead Engineer and work at the center of the development process — in the R&D build area, where concepts become real hardware. Some weeks you're building prototypes or helping engineering develop ideas for our future products. Others you're running tests, chasing a failure mode, updating drawings, or writing a service procedure for something you just validated. The work shifts. What doesn't change is that your output goes directly into decisions about what gets built, fixed, or changed next. This is a hands-on technician position, not for a degreed engineer. You need strong mechanical instincts, the ability to read a drawing and build from it, and the discipline to document what you find clearly enough that engineers and service techs can act on it.

Requirements

Real hands-on mechanical or electrical experience working on actual equipment
Ability to read and interpret part drawings, assembly drawings, and schematics
Experience with hand tools, power tools, and diagnostic equipment
Strong troubleshooting instincts: you investigate why something failed, you don't just swap parts
You document clearly enough that engineers and techs can act on it without asking you to explain it
Comfortable managing multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment without losing track
Basic computer skills: spreadsheets, reports, and technical files using Microsoft Office products.

Nice To Haves

Experience with prototype equipment, off-road machinery, robotics, mowers, vehicles, or industrial equipment
CAD familiarity or hands-on drawing update experience
Hydraulic, electrical, mechanical, or control system experience
Experience building test fixtures or writing service procedures
Welding, fabrication, machining, or electrical harness work

Responsibilities

Build prototypes, test fixtures, and subassemblies from drawings, sketches, or verbal direction
Run functional, durability, and validation tests — set up equipment, collect data, document findings
Create and operate bench tests for mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic subsystems
Help track down root causes when tests fail or machines come back broken from the field
Prepare test summaries, build notes, inspection reports, and issue reports for engineering
Review drawings for fit, function, and manufacturability based on what you see during builds
Write step-by-step service procedures and validate them by doing the actual repair
Make minor updates to drawings, assembly documentation, and bills of materials from engineering approved markups
Keep the R&D build area clean, highly organized, stocked, and ready to work