Manufacturing Lab Technician - 2nd Shift (Onsite)
About The Position
The Manufacturing Lab Technician supports second-shift manufacturing operations onsite in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with typical hours of 3:30 PM to midnight, Monday through Friday. By preference, the schedule may be adjusted to an earlier shift of 12:30 PM to 9:00 PM. Some travel to local Iowa regional sites is required. The role applies engineering concepts and analysis tools to improve manufacturing operations, including test-station quality, equipment uptime, and production efficiency. The technician works independently and collaboratively with manufacturing engineers, production personnel, management, and support organizations. The role supports high-frequency communication radios and circuit-board manufacturing processes.
Requirements
- Typically requires an associate of arts/science degree or other two-year post-high-school training, with a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience.
- U.S. citizenship is required because only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under the program/contract.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in electronics manufacturing, testing, and troubleshooting.
- RF experience, such as tuning, testing, troubleshooting, and path normalization.
- An electronics-based or EET-specific two-year technical degree.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical interpretations of drawings and specifications and assist test technicians with troubleshooting.
- Own and maintain test stations and help resolve daily station issues.
- Develop, implement, and maintain test-station calibration in collaboration with test equipment services.
- Reduce test defects and improve test yields for routine issues of varying scope.
- Perform root-cause analysis and take corrective action to resolve test failures.
- Travel to local Iowa regional sites as required.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.
- 401(k) plan with employer matching and a separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option.
- Tuition reimbursement program.
- Student loan repayment program.
- Life insurance and disability coverage.
- Optional pet, home and auto, additional life and accident, critical illness, group legal, and identity-theft protection coverages.
- Birth, adoption, and parental leave benefits.
- Fertility and family-planning benefits.
- Adoption assistance.
- Autism benefit.
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions.
- Healthy You Incentives wellness rewards program.
- Virtual doctor visits through Doctor on Demand.
- Bright Horizons child and elder care services.
- Teladoc Medical Experts second-opinion program.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation, depending on position level and applicable collective-bargaining coverage.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
