Test Technician IV - 1st Shift

Prattwhitney; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Vacation time (3 weeks)

401(k) retirement plan with employer-m

Tuition reimbursement

Student loan repayment

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Job summary

Collins Aerospace is seeking a Test Technician IV in the Phoenix area to perform a range of testing on electronic units using prescribed procedures and test stands. You will configure, calibrate, and maintain equipment, interpret results, and troubleshoot to the component level.

Excellent reading of maintenance manuals and schematics is required. You will collaborate with engineering, maintenance, and production teams, and may provide weekend/holiday support to meet customer needs.

Qualifications

• Requires HS diploma or GED or equivalent with 4+ years of relevant experience
• 10+ years experience testing from component level and up

Responsibilities

• Follow and improve Health and Safety guidelines for a safe work environment
• Test a variety of electronic units using prescribed procedures
• Set up and operate test stands
• Configure, calibrate and maintain test equipment
• Interpret and record test results
• Diagnose and isolate test equipment failures
• Troubleshoot units to sub-assembly and component level
• Read maintenance manuals, engineering prints and schematics
• Communicate work status to team and support staff
• Work solo and in teams to meet production and quality goals
• Participate in continuous improvement projects

Skills

Troubleshooting

Reading schematics

Test equipment

Documentation

Office software

Education

HS diploma or GED

Electrical Technician Certification

Certification in Electronics

Tools

Calibration tools

Test stands

Job description

As a Test Technician IV, you will be responsible for a variety of tasks including ATP/ESS testing, trouble shooting to the component level, creating quality notifications. Our role is crucial in maintaining the flow of work and ensuring high-quality output.

What You Will Do:

• Follow and offer suggestions for improvement to Health and Safety guidelines ensuring safe work environment
• Testing a variety of electronic units using prescribed test procedures
• Setting up and operating various test stands
• Configuring, Calibrating and Maintaining test equipment
• Interpreting and recording test results
• Recognizing and isolating test equipment failures
• Using diagnostic tools to troubleshoot electronic units to the sub-assembly and component level
• Reading and interpreting technical data such as component maintenance manuals, engineering prints, and schematics
• Effectively communicate work status to team members and support staff (e.g. shift pass down, engineering, maintenance)
• Work alone and as a member of a team to ensure production and quality goals are met
• Participate in formal and informal continuous improvement efforts and projects
• You may occasionally need to provide weekend and holiday support to meet customer needs

In this role, you will be exposed to: Products of various weights and sizes, equipment with moving parts, high potential (voltage/current), chemicals that may emit fumes. To minimize safety risk to you and product, you must follow site static-control and personal protective equipment guidelines and procedures. Bending, stooping, reaching, turning as needed to place units in test stands, pick up totes, place units on rack, etc. Distinguishing colors and meeting vision requirements Using hands for extended periods of time to perform testing and troubleshooting tasks (e.g. grasping, holding, picking, placing, twisting, fine manipulation) Sitting or standing at a workbench/test stand for extended periods of time Ability to lift up to 25 pounds Transporting product with or without product carts.

Qualifications

You Must Have:

• Typically requires HS diploma (or equivalent, e.g. G.E.D in the US) or vocational/ technical education in related discipline with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience
• 10+ years experience with all levels of testing from component level and up.

We Prefer:

• Ability to read and interpret technical data.
• Prior experience with component level troubleshooting
• Working computer skills and knowledge of office software applications
• Electrical Technician Certification
• Certification in Electronics

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
• And more!

The next chapter of our future as an aerospace company is here, and we are excited about what this means for our employees and customers! Get onboard the Collins Aerospace Operations team and play a part in managing our innovative products from inception to delivery. The Operations team continues to grow and aims to strengthen the connection of Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain and Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) across Collins Aerospace. In this dynamic environment, you will have the opportunity to network across our businesses and functions, all while improving the productivity, quality and efficiency of our operations worldwide.

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

Hours: Monday through Friday from 6:00am to 2:30pm

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibilities. And the bonds we form - with our customers and with each other - propel us all higher, again and again.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.

Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class.

RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.

Privacy Policy and Terms: RTX is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide.

It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon.

Its 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity.

The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.