Calibration Engineer

Contechs Consulting Limited; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Contechs Consulting Limited is looking for a Lab Technician in Bristol to support the development of machine learning accelerator products. You will work closely with the hardware development team and manage lab equipment.

The ideal candidate has experience in electronic product development labs, strong communication skills, and the ability to work with precision tools. This role involves various responsibilities, including running tests, debugging hardware issues, and maintaining lab equipment.

Qualifications

• Experience working in an electronic product development lab.
• Ability to make custom wiring and fixtures.
• Experience in organising calibration and maintenance schedules.
• Experience in making electronic measurements, debugging, presenting results.

Responsibilities

• Manage calibration and maintenance of lab test equipment.
• Support engineering team with wiring looms and reworking components.
• Perform equipment calibration and maintenance.
• Make custom wiring and test fixtures.
• Maintain lab stores of tools and components.
• Run automated tests and capture oscilloscope traces.
• Debug printed circuit boards and tidy benches.
• Order components and lab supplies.
• Track lab stocks of development boards and components.

Skills

Rework components at 0201 case sizes

Make measurements with digital multimeters

Organisational ability

Strong written and oral communications

Team-working and interpersonal skills

Tools

High speed oscilloscopes

Bit error rate testers

Vector network analysers

Digital multimeters

Power supplies

Data acquisition systems

Excel

Job description

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

• 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 and storage areas
• Ordering components and 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 and fixtures
• Experience in organising calibration and maintenance schedules
• Experience in making electronic measurements, debugging, presenting results
• Use of Excel