Manufacturing Ops Technician – Advanced Troubleshooting

RTX; Cheshire (CT); On-site; USD 53,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks of vacation

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

RTX is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Operations Technician to support the Multisensor Department, troubleshoot non-conformances, and guide production staff. The role involves technical tasks across microelectronic, optical, and mechanical systems, with opportunities to lead project teams and contribute to safety initiatives.

Responsibilities include designing simple circuits or fixtures, providing engineering solutions, and generating reports from tests.

Qualifications

• Typically requires an AA/AS degree or other 2-year post-high school training with a minimum of 6 years relevant experience.
• Must have experience troubleshooting and the ability to interpret schematics.
• Demonstrated success meeting or exceeding customer expectations or SLAs.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations.
• Must be a U.S. Person or eligible to obtain necessary export authorizations required.

Responsibilities

• Perform technical tasks based on written or verbal instructions.
• Utilize technical assets such as microelectronic, electronic, optical, electro-optical, mechanical, or electromechanical equipment, including computers and lasers.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting, calibration or modification of hardware, fixtures, and software.
• Participate on and/or lead project teams.
• Apply technical expertise in the evaluation, development, maintenance and use of complex products, devices, tests or procedures under constantly changing conditions where moderate ingenuity and judgments are required.
• Design simple circuits, fixtures or mechanical parts.
• Provide technical solutions to engineering.
• Participate on safety initiatives.
• Support manufacturing activities through the resolution of production problems, fabrication of complex hardware, equipment and training.
• Self-manage workflow throughout area with minimal guidance, to achieve team goals.
• Identify and correct minor process, material, design or equipment problems.
• Actively participate in material review activities including troubleshooting of non-conformances.
• Perform mid-level testing or mechanical operations on production/repair hardware including troubleshooting to component level.
• Provide skill-specific training to improve technique and/or understanding of theory of operation.
• Fabricate complex equipment, hardware or prototypes.
• Generate reports from test results and communicate results or take immediate corrective action to assure proper disposition of items in question.
• Write test procedures and manufacturing work instruction for complex or detailed assembly or test operations.
• Utilize multiple databases to create or use necessary information to provide information for decision making requiring judgment.
• Manage technical assets which requires support from personnel, outside sources and other functional groups to complete tasks.
• Requisition, manage and maintain technical assets.
• Provides tooling, fixture, software and equipment design and maintenance as well as troubleshooting.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Schematics

US Person

Technical training

Education

AA/AS degree

Tools

Laser systems

Electronic equipment

Computers

Job description

RTX is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Operations Technician to support the Multisensor Department, troubleshoot non-conformances, and guide production staff. The role involves technical tasks across microelectronic, optical, and mechanical systems, with opportunities to lead project teams and contribute to safety initiatives.

Responsibilities include designing simple circuits or fixtures, providing engineering solutions, and generating reports from tests.