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Test Engineering Technician
12950 Willows Road NE Kirkland, WA 98034 US
Job Description
Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting direct hire opportunity for a Test Engineering Technician with our client located in Kirkland, WA.
Job Responsibilities:
- The Test Engineering Technician will perform technical tasks to assist engineering with electronic systems and technical activities relating to product development.
- Troubleshoot down to component level.
- They need to have been trained to investigate a failure down to a resistor, capacitor, diode, or some other discrete component on a circuit card assembly (CCA).
- What other people define as “component” is what we call a Line Replaceable Unit (LRU).
- Troubleshoot a unit down to the discrete component that failed.
- They also need to have the ability to read and understand schematics.
Job Qualifications:
- 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. Total qualifying experience must meet the years, duties, skills and proficiency required to perform the position level standards.
- Demonstrates competency (typically 2-4 years of direct experience in the essential functions of the position).
- Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- 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.
- 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.
Job Details:
- Job Type: Direct Hire
- Location: Kirkland, WA (Monday - Thursday 6:00 Am - 4:30 PM).
- Pay Range: $35/hr.
- An offer of employment is contingent on successfully passing a drug test and background check, and applicants who do not successfully pass both the drug test and background check will not be considered for employment.
- ITAR obligations are associated with this role, U.S. citizenship, U.S. legal permanent resident status, or protected person status under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a) (1), (3) is required.
About Protingent: Protingent is a niche provider of top Engineering and IT talent to Software, Electronics, Medical Device, Telecom, and Aerospace companies nationwide. Protingent exists to make a positive impact and contribution to the lives of others as well as our community by providing relevant, rewarding, and exciting work opportunities for our candidates.
Meet Your Recruiter
Laura Duarte
I have been in Technical Recruiting for over 20 years. I specialize in hiring people for technology, engineering, manufacturing, and operations jobs for various exciting industries nationwide, such as consumer electronics, medical devices, space/aerospace/avionics, and nuclear-clean energy. I will listen to you and guide you through the entire job application and interviewing process in a fun and clearly communicated way. My philosophy has always been to be an enthusiastic learner of new technologies and keep the big picture in mind while continuing to be honest, organized, and proactive. I am passionate about helping others find an exciting and fulfilling job that aligns with their goals. I am diversity-focused and especially love helping under-represented folks & Veterans into STEM careers. I approach every job seeker with empathy, equity, and respect.