Calibration Engineer

Contechs Consulting Limited; Bristol; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading semiconductor company in the UK is seeking a Lab Technician to support hardware development for machine learning products. You will manage calibration and maintenance of lab equipment, assist the engineering team with wiring and PCB tasks, and run tests to ensure product quality. Strong skills in electronic measurements and the ability to communicate effectively are essential for this role. This position offers an opportunity to work in an innovative environment focused on AI technology.

Qualifications

• Experience working in an electronic product development lab.
• Experience in making custom wiring and fixtures.
• Experience in organising calibration and maintenance schedules.
• Experience in making electronic measurements and debugging.

Responsibilities

• Manage calibration and maintenance of lab test equipment.
• Support engineering team with wiring looms and PCB reworking.
• Run automated tests and log test results.

Skills

Rework components at 0201 case sizes

Measurements with digital multimeters

Organisational ability for equipment maintenance

Strong communication skills

Tools

Digital multimeters

Oscilloscope

Job description

As a Lab Technician working for a leading is a semiconductor company that develops accelerators for AI and machine learning based Bristol but with also offices London, you will be working closely with the hardware development team to support the development of the clients Machine Learning Accelerator Products.

• This will involve the management of calibration and maintenance of lab test equipment such as high speed oscilloscopes, bit error rate testers, vector network analysers, digital multimeters, power supplies, data acquisition systems etc.
• Support to the engineering team by making wiring looms, replacing components and reworking printed circuit board assemblies, running tests on client’s products, logging test results, debugging hardware Issues.
• Equipment calibration and maintenance
• Making of custom wiring and test fixtures
• Maintenance of lab stores of tools, components, cables etc
• Running automated tests
• Capturing oscilloscope traces of signals
• Debugging printed circuit boards
• Tidying benches & storage areas
• Ordering components & lab supplies
• keeping track of lab stocks of development boards, components

Skills and Experience

• Ability to rework components at 0201 case sizes
• Ability to make measurements with digital multimeters, oscilloscope.
• Organisational ability to work around development team requirements when booking equipment maintenance and calibration
• Strong written and oral communications, team-working and interpersonal skills

DIFFERENTIATORS

• experience working in an electronic product development lab
• experience in making custom wiring & fixtures
• experience in organising calibration & maintenance schedules
• experience in making electronic measurements, debugging, presenting results