What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineering Technician position at Flex?
Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion and cultivate a workplace culture of belonging that views uniqueness as a competitive edge and builds a community that enables our people to push the limits of innovation to make great products that create value and improve people's lives. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.
Principle Accountabilities:
Typically requires an Associates degree, military training, equivalent vocational training, or equivalent experience. Typically requires 2 years of related experience.
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
Has awareness of Flex technologies/ techniques. Demonstrates basic functional and/or process knowledge and participates in process. Requires basic competency related to function. Demonstrates technical skills.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedures. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and customers. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
Technical high school degree
Scope / Impact
Low impact, limited to the specific work area.
Decision Making / Discretion
Limited expectations to make decisions outside immediate work assignments. Decisions only affect individual.
Supervision / Leadership
Requires detailed instructions on assignments. Requires close supervision.
Work Environment:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, work that requires repetitive motion, toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock.
Physical Demands: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to handle small components, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and depth perception.
Principle Accountabilities:
- Performs complex engineering tests, checkouts, and development engineering tasks.
- Analyzes engineering test results, and implements changes to resolve problems.
- Collects data, analyzes results and implements procedures.
- Reviews project instructions and blueprints to ascertain test specifications, procedures, objectives, test equipment, nature of technical problem and possible solutions such as part redesign, substitution of material or parts or rearrangement of parts or subassemblies.
- Devises, fabricates and assembles new or modified mechanical components or assemblies for products such as industrial equipment and machinery, power equipment, server systems, machine tools and measuring instruments.
- Sets up and conducts tests of complete units and components under operational conditions to investigate design, or to obtain data for development, standardization, quality control and problem resolution
- Analyzes indicated and calculated test results in relation to design or rated specifications and test objectives, and modifies or adjusts equipment to meet specifications.
- Records test procedures and results, numerical and graphical data, and recommendations for changes in product or test method.
- Maintains software, documentation and equipment to the latest revision or operational specifications.
- Assists engineers in developing and designing hardware and software required to test customer products per their specifications.
- Trains technicians and operators on products, processes and equipment.
- Assist with the development and delivery of customer presentations and interface with customers.
- Partner with engineers on outside third party developments
- Organize documentation (specifications, schematics, and procedures).
- Perform tests per customer specifications and requirements.
Typically requires an Associates degree, military training, equivalent vocational training, or equivalent experience. Typically requires 2 years of related experience.
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
Has awareness of Flex technologies/ techniques. Demonstrates basic functional and/or process knowledge and participates in process. Requires basic competency related to function. Demonstrates technical skills.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedures. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and customers. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
Technical high school degree
Scope / Impact
Low impact, limited to the specific work area.
Decision Making / Discretion
Limited expectations to make decisions outside immediate work assignments. Decisions only affect individual.
Supervision / Leadership
Requires detailed instructions on assignments. Requires close supervision.
Work Environment:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, work that requires repetitive motion, toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock.
Physical Demands: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to handle small components, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and depth perception.
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