Electronics Technician
As a family-owned and operated company, we feel a special obligation to the employees who comprise our Taco family. We are committed to offering employees access to the tools necessary to live long and productive lives. We strive to instill in all of our employees:
- A positive mental attitude that helps us to be a leader in the industry
- A commitment to building strong relationships, both inside and outside the organization
- A desire to learn, grow, and contribute to moving our strategy forward
- A need to create and to innovate
Employment Type: Regular Full-Time
Shift: 1st Shift
Work Status: On-site
Position Summary:
Supports the engineering team in all phases of research and development, new product development, and sustained engineering. Prototypes, builds and tests new and existing products, as well as test fixtures used in product testing and validation. Installs, repairs, assembles, tests and maintains in good operating condition all kinds of electronic equipment or products by studying diagrams and replacing components as required.
Measures of success:
- Accurately build prototypes
- Accurately execute validation testing
- Precisely diagnose and write report for field returns
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Tests products
- Performs preliminary/certified regulatory testing (e.g., UL, CE, FCC, ETL, etc.)
- Conducts performance, functionality, and life testing on product designs
- Reviews, prepares, and presents collected data
Builds and tests prototype
- Populates/solders circuit boards with all required components
- Performs preliminary testing on prototype design before delivery to engineer
- Responsible for building/assembling electro-mechanical assemblies and sub-assemblies
Operates stereolithography (SLA) machine
- Manages requests for rapid prototype parts and orders materials
- Ensures machine performance by scheduling repair and maintenance
- Prepares part builds as well as post processing and delivering of final product
Qualifications
Required:
- Trade School degree
- Electronics Technician Certificate with a strong background in electronics
- Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel)
- Proficient in technical writing
- Travel required to conferences, customer / rep sites, etc.
Preferred:
- Associate degree in an electronics related field
- 1+ years of experience in circuit theory and electronics to debug and repair electronic designs, using test equipment to measure and record electronic parameters in a circuit, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, power supplies and data acquisition systems, building and soldering printed circuit boards
- Experience with test software (LabView, BenchVue)
Work Environment
This position will work primarily in a laboratory environment. At times, there may be exposure to warehouse or lab settings where safety equipment or personal protective gear is required.
Onsite – This position reports into the site every day.
This position has no direct reports.
Benefits
With nearly 1,000 people working at Taco worldwide, each with their own story, you will discover a sense of community and diverse, intelligent colleagues who help us innovate, create and explore.
Taco employees benefit from a company that:
- Provides competitive salaries and benefits
- Offers tuition reimbursement, career development, and on-site training programs in our learning center
- Believes in sharing profits with its employees
- Is mindful about family, health and well-being
- Fosters conditions that allow people and communities to reach their full potential
- Embraces and celebrates diversity
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