SQA Lab Technician (Integrated System Test, North Reading)

Teradyne•North Reading, MA

4d•$69,100 - $110,500•Onsite

About The Position

The SQA Lab Technician supports Teradyne’s Integrated System Test Software Quality Assurance organization by maintaining the systems, equipment, and infrastructure used for software testing and development. Reporting to the Software QA Engineering Manager, this hands-on role helps maximize system uptime, reliability, safety, and availability through routine checks, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, calibration, and repair coordination. As system knowledge grows, the technician will take on increasingly independent setup, recovery, test-lot execution, and engineering support activities.

Requirements

Associate degree, technical certification, military technical training, vocational training, or equivalent practical experience in electronics, electromechanical systems, robotics, automation, equipment maintenance, or a related discipline.
Hands-on experience operating, maintaining, servicing, or troubleshooting complex equipment in an engineering, manufacturing, test, or laboratory environment.
Experience performing preventive maintenance, basic system troubleshooting, and effective escalation when specialized assistance is required.
Strong mechanical and technical aptitude, including the ability to work with mechanical assemblies, electrical connections, sensors, motors, computers, and automated equipment.
Ability to follow technical procedures, maintenance instructions, system diagrams, checklists, and safety requirements.
Experience using basic hand tools, measurement equipment, diagnostic tools, and service documentation.
Strong organization, documentation, communication, collaboration, and follow-through skills.
Ability to safely perform the physical activities associated with equipment maintenance, system setup, and laboratory support, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Candidates must be local to North Reading, Massachusetts; relocation is not provided.
The position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Experience maintaining mission-critical semiconductor test equipment, robotics, medical-device equipment, automated manufacturing systems, industrial automation, or similarly sophisticated electromechanical platforms.
Experience with equipment calibration, system alignment, machine teaching, test-lot execution, maintenance tracking, root-cause analysis, or continuous-improvement methods.

Responsibilities

Lead daily readiness checks, preventive maintenance, initial troubleshooting, recovery, and escalation for SQA lab systems.
Develop accurate maintenance procedures, service records, calibration schedules, equipment documentation, and lessons learned.
Collaborate with SQA engineers, development and automation teams, Facilities, IT, Environmental Health and Safety, suppliers, and service providers to resolve equipment issues.
Maintain tools, spare parts, cables, fixtures, consumables, inventory, and supporting infrastructure for reliable lab operations.
Support system installation, relocation, configuration, teaching, alignment, calibration, test-lot execution, diagnostic routines, and post-maintenance verification.
Follow security, lockout/tagout, electrostatic-discharge, and equipment-handling procedures to ensure safe, organized, reliable laboratory operations.