Engineering Technician

Job Type

Full-time

Description

GENTEX AT A GLANCE:

At Gentex Corporation, we've created an environment where great ideas and great people can thrive. Leveraging a history that spans over 130 years, Gentex is a global leader in personal protection and situational awareness solutions for defense forces, emergency responders, and industrial personnel operating in high performance environments. Join our multinational team of exceptional and dedicated employees around the world and work on challenging and rewarding projects, grow your skills, and advance your career all while making a positive difference in the lives of our customers. Together, you and Gentex can build a career that's uniquely yours.

ABOUT THE JOB!

The Engineering Technician shall work closely with Designers, Engineers, and Management to support all aspects and phases of new product development (NPD) with and legacy product sustainment. The individual will conduct hand-on testing activity, perform hardware configuration and assembly alteration, develop test methodologies & verification equipment and the productionisation process. He / she will apply technical knowledge and skills acquired from academia and on-the-job to real world engineering challenges requiring viable solutions. The Engineering Technician will further develop his / her professional communication skills by collaborating with internal and external resources necessary to achieve program objectives.

Requirements

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

The individual shall possess an Associate or BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, or Aerospace Engineering degree from an accredited college or university.

Individual without degree may demonstrate a 2-years equivalent work experience to be qualified.

EXPERIENCE:

Continuing from education, a minimum of 2-years' work experience is required. The individual must have work experience in soldering and assembling electrical hardware, using benchtop lab equipment to setup test configuration, measuring data with o-scope and logic analyzer, understanding electrical circuit drawing, updating firmware using serial and network interface, interacting hardware with command line interface, and reporting results with full documentation.

The additional preferred working experience for the individual shall have scripting and coding capability to construct testing environment and emulate the expected input/output condition for test hardware in both local and remote target.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Strong business software skills using Microsoft eco system (Office, Outlook, and Teams).
• Proficient in using benchtop power supply, digital multimer, and function generator.
• Proficient in using oscilloscope and logic analyzer.
• Proficient in using soldering iron, reflow station, and desoldering tools. Have steady hand to work on 0402 components.
• Knowledge in electrical safety practice to prevent hardware damage from short circuit, electrostatic discharges, electromagnetic interference, and chemical solvent.
• Strong electrical knowledge in basic electronic components including the purpose of all passive and active components.
• Knowledge in basic electrical study and be able to apply ohm's law, power calculation for both AC and DC circuit.
• Capable of using hand tools to assemble electrical hardware including wiring, crimping, fastening, and cleaning.
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings with awareness of basic engineering drafting practices, principles, standards, and conventions.
• Ability to use Python, C++, or bash script to configure test setup and perform controlled batch measurements.
• Ability to use command line interface tools to interact with hardware.
• Ability to use serial interface such as JTAG and SWD to perform in circuit debugging on target device.

• Understand company structure & purpose, and existing product lines.
• Train and follow protocol for security, safety, QMS, meeting & business etiquette.
• Commit to New Product Development under the command of department director and program manager.
• Setup necessary tools to achieve product design goals.
• Develop and assemble test apparatus used for testing and measurements.
• Educate team members about the use of new system or tools designed by the individual.
• Test Data acquisition including data reduction, graphics, analysis, conclusions & recommendations
• Support creation of Engineering test plans and reports for product verification and validation
• Fabricate, evaluate, and test prototype designs.
• Write clear and concise engineering reports to document component and product testing
• Support product improvement via spiral development
• Perform all assigned tasks in accordance with established company ISO 9001/AS 9100 procedures and work instructions