Senior Electro-Mechanical Test Technician
About The Position
At RTX’s Collins Aerospace, the Senior Electro-Mechanical Test Technician supports equipment reliability, engineering development, and a culture of safety, precision, and continuous improvement. The role focuses on repairing, adjusting, troubleshooting, and maintaining complex equipment, machinery, instrumentation, and test systems to ensure reliable functionality and compliance with process and safety specifications. The technician serves as an expert supporting critical test equipment and operational systems in an aerospace environment, with opportunities to take on responsibility and provide leadership. The position involves electrical and electro-mechanical test systems, as well as mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic subsystems. The technician configures test stations to engineering or divisional specifications, supports test integrity and availability, and develops maintenance and troubleshooting documentation to improve equipment uptime and repeatability. The role is onsite in Cheshire, Connecticut. U.S. citizenship is required to access program/contract information.
Requirements
- Associate of Arts/Associate of Science degree or other two-year post-high-school training, typically, with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience with electronic and electro-mechanical test systems.
- Ability to read and interpret schematics and mechanical drawings.
- Adeptness in using electronic test equipment, including oscilloscopes and multimeters.
- Experience identifying equipment failure root cause down to the component level.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools for reporting, documentation, and data analysis.
- U.S. citizenship, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with industrial PLC programming.
- Familiarity with LabView and/or Visual Basic.
Responsibilities
- Troubleshoot, repair, overhaul, and perform preventive maintenance on electrical and electro-mechanical test systems.
- Perform advanced fabrication, troubleshooting, repair, and preventive maintenance across electrical and electromechanical equipment.
- Diagnose equipment using oscilloscopes, multimeters, function generators, specialized electronic test instruments, and other test hardware; isolate faults to the component level using schematics and technical prints.
- Apply knowledge of mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems in testing or maintaining parts and systems.
- Identify replacement parts, source or order components, and validate corrective work through functional testing.
- Develop and refine maintenance procedures, repair instructions, and troubleshooting workflows to improve equipment uptime and repeatability.
- Learn and operate assigned test machines; maintain and repair pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical, electromechanical, and electrical subsystems to ensure test station availability.
- Configure and instrument test stations according to engineering or divisional specifications, ensuring test integrity and compliance.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
- 401(k) plan with employer matching funds and a separate employer retirement contribution
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Life insurance
- Disability coverage
- Optional pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal coverage, and identity theft protection
- Birth, adoption, and parental leave benefits
- Fertility and family-planning support
- Adoption assistance
- Autism benefit
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
- Wellness rewards program
- Virtual doctor visits
- Child and elder care services
- Second-opinion medical expert program
- Flexible spending accounts
- Flexible work schedules
- Paid time off and holidays
- Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation, depending on position level and collective-bargaining coverage
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
