Title: Manufacturing Engineering Technician I – Assembly // Production Assembly Technician

Location: St. Paul, MN - 55114

Duration: 24 Months (possible extension)

1st Shift: 8 AM - 4:30 PM, possible overtime

Pay: $23.65/Hr. On W2 + 6 PTOs

Notes:

• Manager would like to see candidates with the following work experiences: cable making, assembly or production, soldering or “Box build”.
• The manager needs to see candidates with assembly, soldering, or cables harness experience.

Description:

• The Production Technician is responsible for component build, integration, and test of electro-mechanical assemblies of drone airborne agriculture sensors, such as cameras and stabilizing gimbals.
• This position requires experience in electromechanical component build, integration, checkout, and test as well as excellent organization and dedication to detail.
• The individual will support production schedule planning, ensure timely completion of production orders, contribute to efforts meant to eliminate production defects, and work with engineering to improve processes and products.
• Responsibilities also include hands-on design documentation, transition of mature designs to factory production, and maintenance of existing designs.

Responsibilities:

• Technical build assembly; production design updates, design for manufacturing.
• Develop and provide external documentation to 3rd party manufacturer.
• Work with electrical hardware designers to specify size/shape, connectorization, indicators, and user inputs to circuit card assemblies.
• Wired assembly integration / box build; fault / debug.
• CCA programming; system checkout & test.
• Optical assembly, alignment, and focusing.
• Support production schedule planning.
• Flight testing; document checkout test results.
• Ensure delivery of defect-free product.
• Ensure sufficient material supply to support production.
• Perform diagnostic analysis and repair of damaged equipment.
• Perform fault investigation/resolution of products.

Requirements:

• 2 year degree in a technical discipline such as Electronics.
• Will consider candidates without a degree but must have 2 years of applicable experience.
• Part 107 certification acquired within three months of employment.
• Ability to interpret requirements/drawings/instructions independently.
• Good mechanical aptitude.
• Computer literate in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent troubleshooting & problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work constructively within a team.
• Highly motivated; ability to scope efforts and meet deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and organization skills.
• Proficiency with 3D CAD tools, particularly PTC Creo, is a plus.

Additional Details Regarding Role:

• Change management facilitation regarding documentation between production and the engineering staff., IE drawings, design updates, etc., internally and externally.
• Liaison between the engineering staff regarding questions and recommendations on new or existing products.
• Contract manufacturer point of contact (POC) and will handle all technical data package documentation for assemblies.
• Will facilitate, review implement all quality assurance processes with the contract manufacture.
• Highest priority within workload will be to supplement production assembly builds for customer orders.

Work Environment:

• Approximately 30% of the day spent on feet.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.

Travel:

• May be required to travel using a personal vehicle.
• Travel will be within a 30-mile radius of the facility.

Interview Process:

• First round: Interviews conducted via Microsoft Teams (virtual).
• Second round: In-person interviews; candidates must be willing to go onsite.

Work Location:

• Position starts onsite immediately.

Dress Code:

• Business casual.

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