Second Shift Testing Operator

Knowles Corporation; Santa Clarita (CA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Knowles Corporation in Santa Clarita, CA seeks an Electronic Test Technician to conduct a variety of tests on parts, ensuring units function per specifications. You will read schedules and manuals to select procedures and equipment, calibrate instruments, and document results.

Bilingual in Spanish is a plus. The role requires reading and interpreting schematics, performing tests under environmental conditions, and analyzing failures to improve quality.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Must be able to read, comprehend, write and speak English; bilingual in Spanish is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Read testing schedules, work orders, test manuals, performance specifications and schematics to determine testing procedure and equipment to be used.
• Test functional performance of parts under specified environmental conditions (temperature, vibration, pressure, humidity).
• Calibrate test instruments to specifications.
• Connect units to test equipment and read dials and displays for voltage, frequency, distortion, inductance, and capacitance.
• Record test data and plot results; compare with specifications.
• Analyze test results on defective units to determine cause of failure.

Skills

English proficiency

Mathematical ability

Communication

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Job Overview

Conducts variety of electronic tests on parts to ensure unit functions according to specifications or to determine cause of unit failure by performing the following duties.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Reads testing schedules, work orders, test manuals, performance specifications, and schematics to determine testing procedure and equipment to be used.
• Tests functional performance of parts under specified environmental conditions such as temperature change, vibration, pressure, and humidity.
• Calibrates test instruments according to specifications.
• Connects unit to test equipment.
• Reads dials and digital displays that indicate electronic characteristics such as voltage, frequency, distortion, inductance, and capacitance.
• Compares results with specifications and records test data or plots test results on graph.
• Analyzes test results on defective units to determine cause of failure.
• Maintains manual or computerized records of production and inspection data.

Qualifications & Skills

Minimum Education and/or Experience required:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must be able to read, comprehend, write, and speak in English; ability to read, comprehend, and follow work instructions, lot paperwork, correspondence, and memos. Bilingual in Spanish a plus.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Must be a US citizen, legal permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk and talk and hear, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee will encounter some bending and stooping, occasional pushing, pulling and climbing, reaching, upper body and arm rotation.
• Frequent lifting of lightweight materials, some light weightlifting, and occasional lifting of average to heavy weight materials of up to 20 lbs.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
• Will be required to use hand tools and some power tools, test instruments and fixtures.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None