Electrical Technician

Dexian; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Dexian is seeking a hands-on engineer to support lab and production activities. The role covers mechanical and electrical systems, prototype testing, data management, and collaboration with safety teams to ensure design and process compliance.

The ideal candidate holds an engineering or science degree, is comfortable working on-site full-time, and willing to travel up to 15% to support domestic and international environments.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or B.Sc. in engineering/science required.
• Experience in lab environments, sample prep, data collection & management.
• Strong math, verbal and written communication skills.
• Willing to work on-site full time and travel up to 15%.
• Experience with Excel, Word, PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Challenge and improve methods for throughput, quality, and integration with production methods.
• Support engineering/science teams researching innovative solutions.
• Assist development, construction, deployment, and testing of mechanical/electrical systems.
• Support startup and functional testing of prototypes to validate performance.
• Collaborate with Safety to comply with standards.

Skills

Associate degree

Electrical/mechanical basics

Lab data management

Strong communication

Team collaboration

Microsoft Office (Excel/Word/PowerPt)

On-site full-time

Willing to travel 15%

Education

Associate Degree or B.Sc. in Engineering/Science

Tools

Multimeters

Oscilloscopes

PCB soldering

Milling/drilling

Soldering

Job description

• Challenge existing methods and drive improvements for higher throughput, higher quality, and improved integration with existing production methods
• Support engineering and science teams researching and constructing innovative solutions
• Support the development, construction, deployment, and testing of mechanical and electrical systems for domestic and international laboratory, production, and agricultural environments
• Support the startup and functional testing of working prototypes to validate system performance compared to requirements.
• Collaborate with Safety departments to comply with company and industry safety and design standards

Qualifications & Competencies:

• Associate Degree or B.Sc.in Engineering/Science
• Basic knowledge constructing and testing electrical and mechanical systems
• Experience in laboratory environments, preparing samples, collecting and managing data
• Strong mathematical, verbal, and written communication skills
• Working effectively with more than one supervisor
• Experience using standard office productivity software; Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Willing to work on-site full time
• Willingness to travel up to 15% of time

Experience in the following areas is a plus:

• Experience using a broad range of fabrication and assembly tools/equipment; hand, power, soldering, cutting, welding, grinding, and drilling
• Experience using electrical test equipment; digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, etc.
• PCB component level soldering and troubleshooting
• Programming and using single-board microcontrollers/computers
• Programming with higher-level languages
• Operating milling and drilling machines, and lathes

Working Conditions: Laboratory, production, and agricultural environments, and on-site full-time work.