Engineering Technician Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in high-precision manual assembly and rework of electronic circuit boards in an R&D lab, hardware development, or production-support setting.
• Ability to hand-solder and rework BGA, LGA, QFN, and CSP packages and passives down to 0201 under a microscope, including fine jumper wires, micro-coax, and trace modifications.
• Expert operation of soldering irons, hot air, preheaters, hot plates, and BGA rework stations.
• Skilled use of oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DMMs, and DC power supplies, including setting triggers and timebase, using appropriate grounding and probes, and capturing waveforms for engineering review.
• Ability to read schematics and PCB layouts and locate components and test points on dense boards.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including managing engineer expectations, explaining technical tradeoffs, and documenting work clearly.
• Commitment to lab safety, ESD practices, and housekeeping.
• Familiarity with basic chemical hazards, including solvents, fluxes, and epoxies.
• Ability to lift up to 35 lbs.

Nice To Haves

• Experience reworking large server or high-layer-count (16+ layer) boards, including BGA reballing and thermal profiling.
• Experience operating and interpreting 2D/3D X-ray inspection for BGA/LGA voiding and assembly defects.
• Experience with automated or semi-automated BGA rework systems, such as Ersa HR550 or similar.
• IPC-7711/7721, IPC J-STD-001, and/or IPC-A-610 certification.
• Experience debugging failed units and performing structured failure analysis.
• Experience with active, differential, and current probes, and protocol decode (I2C/SMBus, SPI, UART).
• Experience taking EE validation measurements from engineer-defined procedures, such as power rail ripple and noise, load transient response, sequencing and timing margins, and signal quality on low-speed buses, and recording results against specification limits.
• Familiarity with power sequencing and VRM behavior on multi-rail compute platforms.
• Experience with high-current test setups, electronic loads, and other benchtop instruments.
• Experience developing or supporting automated test systems, including script setup, data collection, and test reports.
• Familiarity with scripting (Python, Bash, LabVIEW, or similar) for instrument control or data capture.
• Experience building test fixtures and support hardware, including basic mechanical modifications.
• Experience with high-performance compute hardware or custom server platforms.
• Ability to navigate ECAD viewers (Allegro or ODB++ viewers) to examine board design files.
• Ability to lift and configure server components up to 50 lbs.
• Associate or Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, technical certificate in electronics, or equivalent military or industry training.
• At least 5 years of experience in high-precision manual assembly and rework of electronic circuit boards in an R&D lab, hardware development, or production-support setting.

Responsibilities

• Perform precise electrical rework and modifications on prototype server main logic boards (MLBs), companion boards, and test fixtures.
• Use oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DMMs, and DC power supplies to verify rework, take measurements, and support hardware debugging during bring-up.
• Assist with failure analysis.
• Build test fixtures and support test automation setups.
• Support general lab operations.
• Work with System Integration engineers to implement schematic changes and debug ideas, and verify and document the results.
• Capture waveforms and document work clearly for engineering review.