Job Title: Assembly and Test Assistant
Job Summary: The Assembly and Test Assistant is responsible for supporting all aspects of assembling, modifying, testing, and installing accelerator systems and/or components with company specifications. Ensure compliance with standards and regulations, diagnose causes of malfunction and testing products using various equipment, and establishing and implementing test parameters.
Supervisory Responsibilities: None
Responsibilities:
- Gather parts, engineering drawings, and test data to follow written procedures or apply knowledge of proper system assemblies.
- Work with technicians and engineers during assembly of the accelerator systems and/or components
- Hands-on support, assembly, testing, and troubleshooting with minimal supervision.
- Calibrate and test electrical components.
- Perform maintenance, modifcation, and repair of parts using specific equipment procedures.
- Operate various hand and power tools and apparatus required to fabricate equipment.
- Apply and practice Quality Assurance processes to ensure products are within tolerances and safe to deliver to customers.
- Communicate and interface with customers, team members and individuals with technical discussions and solutions.
- Aid in the loading and/or unloading incoming and/or outgoing shipments.
- Assist with shipping accelerator systems by creating crates and packaging of components after the final test.
- Perform all work in accordance with established safety procedures and maintain safety certifications for forklift operation, DOT HAZMAT shipping, and overhead cranes.
- Maintain a clean work environment for accurate and efficient custom product builds.
Required Skills:
- High mechanical aptitude
- Basic carpentry and math skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Electrical aptitude and safety competence
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Ability to read and understand blueprints to assemble accelerator systems
- Familiarity with radiation and material hazard protocol and safety
- Ability to use power tools and common hand tools such as a saw, nail gun, wrench, screwdriver.
- Ability to use forklift, pallet jack, hand lifts, and overhead crane.
- Knowledge of plumbing for liquid and air-colling systems.
Work Environment: Warehouse setting
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
- Stand for prolonged periods of time when fabricating equipment and performing maintenance work.
- Frequently exposed to dust, dirt, grease, or oil when fabricating and maintaining equipment.
- Frequently required to work in uncomfortable or confined workspaces when fabricating and repairing equipment.
- Ability to perform a high degree of manual dexterity.
- Ability to perform operations of lifting, bending, crouching, squatting, twisting, and reaching overhead.
- Eyesight vision of, or corrected to 20/20.
Travel: Occasional international travel is required.
Education and Experience:
- Associate degree in mechanical or technical field preferred.
- Previous hands-on mechanical experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment.