Test Technician

Gavial ITC • Santa Barbara, CA

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About The Position

Gavial ITC, a Gavial Holdings company, designs, manufactures, and tests acoustic sensors, including piezoelectric transducers, sonar arrays, associated hardware, and legacy ITC models. The company is based in Santa Barbara, California, and is hiring a full-time Test Technician. The role conducts electronic, mechanical, and electromechanical tests on electronic systems, subassemblies, and parts to verify performance against specifications or identify the cause of failures.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Electronic troubleshooting experience.
• Ability to read drawings.
• Ability to perform the essential duties satisfactorily.

Nice To Haves

• A college degree in electronics or electrical engineering from a two-year college or technical school.
• One to two years of equivalent education, training, and experience.
• MATLAB experience.
• SolidWorks experience.

Responsibilities

• Read test procedures, work orders, test manuals, performance specifications, wiring diagrams, and schematics to determine testing procedures and equipment.
• Test functional performance of systems, subassemblies, and parts under specified environmental conditions, including temperature changes, vibration, pressure, and humidity.
• Connect units to test equipment, including digital multimeters, hi-pot testers, signal generators, frequency meters, spectrum analyzers, and oscilloscopes.
• Analyze defective-unit test results and troubleshoot failures to the component level using electronics theory.
• Read measurements of electronic characteristics such as voltage, frequency, distortion, inductance, resistance, and capacitance.
• Compare results with specifications and record test data or plot test results on graphs.
• Record minor defects on tags and return units to production for repair; generate Non-Conformance Reports for major defects.
• Confer with engineers, technicians, production personnel, and others about testing procedures and results and to resolve problems.
• Devise test-equipment setups to evaluate performance and operation of nonstandard or customer-returned units.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Employee assistance program.
• HSA accounts.
• Company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off (PTO).
• Floating holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED