Engineering Technician II (2nd/3rd Shift)

Kansas City National Security Campus; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC) operates the Environmental Test Laboratory, testing materials and prototypes under varied conditions to ensure reliability for critical systems. This on-site role requires US citizenship and the ability to obtain a DOE security clearance.

You will set up equipment, run simulations, and work with engineering to refine fixtures and procedures. Work closely with the team to document results, execute tests, and maintain safety standards while supporting

Qualifications

• High School diploma required.
• 2+ years of experience in a technical field.
• Ability to travel up to 5%.
• United States Citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DOE security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Set up testing and mechanical support equipment, monitor and measure instruments, and perform material testing on breadboard circuitry and prototype units.
• Program equipment for simulations in outdoor environments and field deployment.
• Build prototypes for testing and sampling and prepare samples for analysis.
• Conduct tests with new materials, equipment, and processes to generate data for specifications.
• Evaluate test results for validity, accuracy and completeness; perform related analyses.
• Locate and correct malfunctions in products and testing equipment.
• Draft calibration and operating procedures and update drawings as changes occur.
• Maintain metrology standards and calibrate lab equipment and instruments.

Skills

Technical field experience

Travel willingness

Reliability & attendance

Education

High School diploma

2-year technical degree

Job description

Summary

Join a mission‑driven engineering organization where advanced technology, national‑security impact, and deep technical challenge come together. At KCNSC, operated by Honeywell FM&T, you will help ensure the safety, reliability, and performance of systems that directly support the U.S. nuclear deterrent.

Summary

Join a mission‑driven engineering organization where advanced technology, national‑security impact, and deep technical challenge come together. At KCNSC, operated by Honeywell FM&T, you will help ensure the safety, reliability, and performance of systems that directly support the U.S. nuclear deterrent.

Department Overview

The Environmental Test Laboratory simulates real-world environments for component handling and transport, storage, flight, and delivery to ensure reliability. Laboratory testing on manufactured products and products in development include a variety of environments and situations to ensure quality and proper functionality. Materials are tested to determine long‑term effects of temperature and humidity and verification of product design by simulation of the dynamic, climatic, and/or electrical end‑use conditions. Product limits and tolerances are established by over‑test simulation scenarios of end‑use conditions to develop safety margins for manufactured components.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Makes setup of testing and mechanical support equipment, monitoring and measuring instruments and other apparatus and performs a wide variety of testing of materials, such as breadboard circuitry, prototype units and production units, production units and electronic circuitry.
• Includes programming equipment to different simulations in outdoor environments and the mechanical support, testing/operation of special equipment in field support activities. Support consists of both technical bench and field set‑up / deployment / retrieval and repairs with travel to remote site areas as required.
• Builds prototypes for testing and experimentation and makes samples for further analysis.
• Conducts tests and experiments with new materials, equipment, and processes to develop data for specification call‑out or to determine suitability of a material for particular applications.
• Evaluates test results for validity, accuracy and completeness. Performs chemical processing and mechanical evaluations as applicable.
• Locates and corrects malfunctions in product and testing equipment.
• Performs post‑mortem analyses to determine exact reasons for failure.
• Drafts calibrating and operating procedures based upon comprehensive knowledge of product and testing equipment.
• Makes sketches and marks up drawings as needed to show changes as they occur.
• Maintains appropriate primary and secondary metrology standards, test laboratory equipment or control consoles and associated monitoring, measuring and recording instruments; and calibrates equipment, instruments, electrical/electronic standards and standards of mass, force, dimension and other phenomena during or after maintenance, and on regularly scheduled calibration dates.
• Records laboratory notes and other details, as specified by engineering personnel.
• Works with Management/Engineering to establish test techniques for new product during development and to resolve product or equipment problems.
• Improves and refines existing fixtures, devices, methods, process steps or procedures, implementing changes as necessary.
• Uses all equipment, techniques and tools necessary to completion of the task.
• Conducts activities in a safe and healthy manner and works in accordance with established HS&E requirements to ensure the protection of employees, the public, and the environment. Takes actions necessary to stop work when an unsafe condition or action is identified. Every employee has the right and responsibility to stop work when unsafe conditions or actions are identified.

You Must Have

• High School diploma
• 2 or more years of experience in technical field
• Ability to travel up to 5% of the time
• United States Citizenship
• Ability to work on‑site as directed by management and as determined by the needs of the business
• Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of this job
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) security clearance (some positions require additional DOE designations)

We Value

• 2-year technical degree
• Some positions within this classification may require electrical, mechanical, chemical processing and/or electronic skills and abilities