Test Operator

KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation; Erie (Erie County); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation in Erie, PA seeks a Test Operator to assemble and test electronic products from NPI to EOL, ensuring performance and defect-free operation. You will execute tests, capture data, and pass/fail parts, while troubleshooting defects and leading RCCA.

Coordinating with a small team, you will inspect tools, set up test environments, document results per routing, and perform occasional soldering across multiple workstations as production demands.

Qualifications

• Two-year electronics degree preferred, or 5–10 years of related experience.
• IPC J-STD-001 certification for soldering; Space Addendum.
• Ability to read routers, test procedures, and schematics.
• Ability to understand and communicate work packages, risks, issues, and procedures.
• Ability to identify manufacturing, design or testing defects via advanced troubleshooting.
• U.S. Citizen per ITAR compliance.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates daily tasks with a small team and escalates risks and issues that could impact priorities within the production plan.
• Perform regular inspections based on quality standards for tools, test setups, and equipment used by production.
• Set up and maintain test setups throughout the product production lifecycle.
• Execute ATP during production runs and troubleshoot basic faults caused by manufacturing defects or testing environment.
• Document test results and product data per routing and EIDPs.
• Work with production/assembly instructions, parts lists, drawings and verbal instructions to assemble products or components.
• Solder and desolder components as required to complete the final product or component.
• Work at different workstations as production needs require.

Skills

Soldering

Troubleshooting

Root Cause Analysis

Reading Schematics

Quality Awareness

Education

Two-year electronics degree

Tools

IPC J-STD-001 Certification

Job description

TEST OPERATOR

Assemble and test manufactured electronic products starting at the New Product Introduction (NPI) phase to the End of Life (EOL). Ensure products are working exactly as intended and are free of defects or other issues. Execute test procedures per work instructions, capture test data and pass or fail the assembled product. You’ll troubleshoot defects and lead Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) process.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Coordinates daily tasks with a small team and escalates risks and issues that could impact priorities within the production plan.

• Perform regular inspections based on the company’s defined quality standards for tools, test setups, and other miscellaneous equipment used by production.
• Set up and maintain test setups throughout the product production lifecycle.
• Execute product Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP) during the production run and troubleshoot basic faults that are caused by manufacturing defects or testing environment.
• Document test results and product data as required per the manufacturing router and End Item Data Packets (EIDP).
• Work with production/assembly instructions, parts lists, drawings and verbal instructions to assemble a wide assortment of products or components.
• Solder and de-solder components / parts from the product at times will be required to assemble the final product or component.
• Work at different workstations as production needs require.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Two-year degree in electronics technology or equivalent is preferred, or 5-10 years of experience. Strong math and computer skills are required.
• IPC J-STD-001 Certification for “Requirements for Soldering Electrical and Electronic Assemblies, and additional module “Space Addendum”.
• Ability to read and comprehend routers, test procedures, and schematics.
• Ability to understand and communicate work packages, risks, issues, work instructions and policies/procedures.
• Ability to recognize problems and perform advanced troubleshooting steps to identify manufacturing, design and/or testing defects.
• Per ITAR Compliance must be a U.S. Citizen.