Test Engineering Technician, Weekend Shift (2025-098)

Astronics • Kirkland, WA

82d • $31 - $47

About The Position

The Test Engineering Technician will build, test, troubleshoot, repair, and modify developmental and production electronic components, parts, equipment, and systems while applying principles and theories of electronics, electrical circuitry, and electronic and electrical testing.

Requirements

• Associate degree (AS) in Electronics Technology or related field/ equivalent electronics military schooling and experience required.
• High-power electronics and/or high-power avionics technician experience may be considered in lieu of formal education.
• Demonstrates competency (typically 2-4 years of direct experience in the essential functions of the position).

Nice To Haves

• Strong customer service skills.
• Technical and problem-solving competencies.
• Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Responsibilities

• Performs electrical, mechanical or software troubleshooting to determine problems in non-functioning test equipment.
• Works from schematics, diagrams, written and verbal descriptions, layouts or defined plans to perform testing, checkout and trouble-shooting functions.
• Performs operational test and fault isolation on systems and equipment.
• Assists in determining methods or actions to remedy malfunctions.
• Uses test and diagnostic equipment to perform checkouts.
• Perform preventive maintenance of test fixtures, cables, thermal chambers, vibration systems and a variety of other equipment.
• Build, calibrate, maintain, troubleshoot, or repair electrical instruments or testing equipment.
• May perform equipment modifications as directed by test/manufacturing engineers.
• May assist in the selection and set-up of specialized test equipment and ordering standard parts.
• Supports engineering activities such as design, test, check-out, modification, fabrication and assembly of electro-mechanical systems, and specialized test equipment.
• Assists in the construction, test and check-out of test equipment, may include documentation markup.
• Uses manufacturing, test, development or diagnostic equipment, including, but not limited to, test programs, oscilloscopes, signal generators and specialized test apparatus.
• May be required to train Production Test Technicians.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, FSA, HSA, as well as voluntary life/AD&D, voluntary critical illness, accident prevention and hospital indemnity.
• 401K & Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Employee Assistance Program, work/life balance culture.
• Generous Paid Time Off, starting at 120 hours annually, plus 12 Paid Holidays per year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees