Engineering Technician

VTG Defense; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

VTG is seeking an Engineering Technician to support installations across the Hampton Roads region. You will review drawings, assist senior technicians, and help calibrate instruments to ensure compliance with standards.

This role requires a bachelor’s degree with experience or an equivalent combination, and a US citizen with the ability to obtain a secret clearance. Occasional travel is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus five years work related experience or Associate’s degree plus nine years work related experience, or High school diploma plus twelve years of work related experience.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Products.

Responsibilities

• Reviews and verifies engineering drawings, project instructions and blueprints are complete, adequate, compliant, and within appropriate standards and specifications.
• Assists senior engineering technicians with technical support on advanced or complex installations or tasks.
• Performs assigned specifications, procedures, objectives, test equipment, nature of technical problem, and possible solutions such as part redesign, substitution of material or parts, or rearrangement of parts or subassemblies.
• Ensures tasks are completed within government, military, and/or customer standards.
• Coordinates routine electronic installation activities concerned with development, procurement, installation, and calibration of instruments, equipment, and control devices required to test, record, and reduce test data.

Skills

Technical troubleshooting

Team leadership

Reading schematics

Installation support

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Associate’s degree

High school diploma

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

VTG is seeking an Engineering Technician to work on various projects across the Hampton Roads.

What will you do?

Performs advanced technical support on installations utilizing work methods. Standard technical work is reviewed on completion. More complex work may be reviewed in progress. May serve as task leader on mid level installations.

Specific duties include:

• Responsible for accomplishment of designated tasks as described in specific statements of work.
• Reviews and verifies engineering drawings, project instructions and blueprints are complete, adequate, compliant, and within appropriate standards and specifications.
• Assists senior engineering technicians with technical support on advanced or complex installations or tasks.
• Performs assigned specifications, procedures, objectives, test equipment, nature of technical problem, and possible solutions such as part redesign, substitution of material or parts, or rearrangement of parts or subassemblies.
• Ensures tasks are completed within government, military, and or customer standards.
• Coordinates routine electronic installation activities concerned with development, procurement, installation, and calibration of instruments, equipment, and control devices required to test, record, and reduce test data.
• May work with engineers, senior engineering technicians, and drafters during the design phase of an installation.
• May serve as team leader on routine installations. May direct junior technicians and staff assigned to a particular installation or task.
• Receives initial instructions and advice from senior level engineering technicians.
• Follows specific layout and diagrams to construct and package simple devices and sub-units of equipment.
• Performs assigned work independently.
• Assists with the set up and tests of complete units and components under operational conditions to investigate design proposals for improving equipment performance and other factors, or to obtain data for developments, standardization, and quality control.
• Responsible for troubleshooting and correcting malfunctions.
• Reports test results in relation to design or rated specifications and test objectives and modifies or adjusts equipment to meet specifications.
• Confers with engineering and technical personnel to resolve testing problems such as product or systems malfunctions, and incomplete test data interpretation.
• May direct all activities of a particular installation or task.

Do you have what it takes?

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree plus five years work related experience or Associate’s degree plus nine years work related experience, or High school diploma plus twelve years of work related experience.

Computer Skills

• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Microsoft Office Products.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Valid driver’s license
• Must be a US citizen
• Ability to obtain a secret clearance.

Other

• Extensive travel may be required

VTG’s estimated starting pay range is $33 - 45 per hour, which is a general guideline for the geographic location. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations and may possibly include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range.