Test Technician 3 - 3rd Shift

RTX•Forest, MS

1d•$39,100 - $74,300•Onsite

About The Position

The Test Technician performs a wide variety of technical tasks supporting processes, engineering, quality control, calibration, laboratories, production and test environments, line maintenance, and chemical handling. The technician tests, troubleshoots, repairs, maintains, and installs electronic, electro-mechanical, mechanical, computer, laboratory, and scientific systems and equipment. The position is onsite at the Forest, Mississippi facility on third shift and includes production and acceptance testing.

Requirements

High school diploma or AA/AS degree, or other two-year post-high-school training, with a minimum of four years of relevant experience.
Experience testing electronic circuits and/or identifying failure trends.
U.S. citizenship, because the role requires an active and existing DoD Secret security clearance after day one.
Ability to lift, walk, and potentially climb stairs or ladders at test ranges.

Nice To Haves

Experience with radio frequency (RF) communications or power systems.
Experience evaluating RF systems and subsystems, including transmitters, receivers, antennas, signal/data processors, and power supplies.

Responsibilities

Test, troubleshoot, repair, maintain, and install electronic, electro-mechanical, mechanical, computer, laboratory, and scientific systems and equipment.
Observe, analyze, and report test data, making necessary equipment repairs when appropriate.
Work from approved procedures, schematics, and drawings.
Isolate problems between the test environment—including test stations, interface adapters, and test cables—and units under test, and resolve issues as necessary.
Validate the correctness of procedures and select, set up, and operate engineering and scientific equipment.
Generate comprehensive failure entries that correlate failure modes with associated test specifications.
Interpret plots, graphs, and tabulated test parameters to determine pass/fail conditions and when further analysis is needed.
Work independently to complete production and acceptance tests and interpret pass/fail data to achieve production goals.
Perform work that may involve lifting, walking, and climbing stairs or ladders at test ranges.

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Short-term disability
Long-term disability
401(k) match
Flexible spending accounts
Flexible work schedules
Employee assistance program
Employee Scholar Program
Parental leave
Paid time off
Holidays
Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be available, depending on position level and collective-bargaining coverage; payments are not guaranteed.
Relocation assistance is not provided.