Jr Engineering Technician - Day Shift

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive is seeking an Engineering Technician to support the systems manufacturing line with troubleshooting, testing, and repair services to meet quality and productivity goals. The role emphasizes failure analysis, first pass yield, and handling manufacturing escalations to keep production moving.

Responsibilities include triaging interruptions, documenting activities, diagnosing failures from system to component level, and collaborating with engineers to resolve process and quality issues

Job description

Job Description

Primary Function of Position

The primary goal of an engineering technician is to provide troubleshooting, testing, repairs, and technical services to our systems manufacturing line, meeting quality and productivity goals within manufacturing. This person will play a significant role in the areas of failure analysis, first pass yield, and manufacturing escalations.

Essential Job Duties

• Follow production escalation process and provide engineering evaluation of any interruptions to production line.
• Perform quick triage of the issue and recommend best course of action to keep production moving. This includes performing simple reworks on the spot such as cable crimping, soldering, tapping, fiber optics cleaning, etc.
• Document all activities during escalation support in formal records.
• Diagnose and resolve failures on Systems Mfg line, including system level failures, Sub-assembly failures, and test fixture failures.
• Perform failure analysis down to component level, investigate root cause, and recommend corrective / preventive actions.
• Troubleshoot non-conforming material rejected from manufacturing lines and document findings in process logs and variance requests.
• Collaborate with manufacturing engineers to resolve manufacture, process, and quality issues.
• Conduct tests and experiments under the supervision of senior staff.
• Execute engineering level tests and collect data to support design of experiment activities or characterize a device.
• Support production with electronics/PCA programming and functional testing in the early phase of new product launches to shake out bugs and suggest improvements.
• Collaborate with team members to ensure project timelines and objectives are met.
• Follow safety protocols and maintain a clean and organized work environment.
• Maintain calibration of all test equipment and fixtures.
• Perform other engineering technician duties as needed