Equipment Automation Technician

Flex•Austin, TX

16h

About The Position

Flex is seeking an Equipment Automation Technician to maintain, troubleshoot, repair, and qualify automated, robotic, and process-support equipment. The role includes preventive maintenance, equipment calibration and re-qualification, assisting with equipment installation and removal, and supporting engineers and process technicians. The technician may perform both software and hardware maintenance at the highest level. The work shift is 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and every other Saturday.

Requirements

Computer skills.
Experience with material-handling, automation, and/or robotics equipment.
Electronic assembly skills, including working with schematics, PCB loading, and mechanical assembly.
Cable skills, including crimping, harness assembly, connector and wire soldering, and cable preparation.
Testing skills, including use of an oscilloscope, cable and harness testing, troubleshooting, component testing, and a logic analyzer.
Machine-operation experience with automatic component-insertion equipment, surface-mount insertion equipment, and wave soldering.
Familiarity with mechanical and electrical tools, including power air guns, taps and dies, alignment tools, and measuring tools.

Responsibilities

Maintain continuous system operation by adjusting, repairing, replacing, or modifying automation and robotic system components.
Troubleshoot electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems and components and return them to serviceability.
Complete scheduled preventive maintenance on robotic and process-support equipment.
Read and interpret electrical schematics, mechanical diagrams, and complex automated-system drawings.
Collaborate with the automation team in qualifying automated systems.
Assist engineers in developing and designing automation hardware and software according to specifications.
Identify machine malfunctions, isolate failure mechanisms, and repair them cost-effectively.
Perform preventive maintenance, calibrations, and equipment re-qualifications at specified intervals and schedules.
Assist process technicians and engineers with installing and removing process equipment.
Analyze and implement corrective-action reports and process-tracking mechanisms.
Disassemble instruments and equipment and inspect components for defects.
Align, repair, replace, and balance component parts and circuitry.
Assist engineers in developing test, calibration, repair, and evaluation plans and procedures to maintain the precision and accuracy of instruments and equipment.
Perform software and hardware maintenance, where applicable.