Electronic Fabrication Technician III

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Electronic Fabrication Technician III
Location: Pasadena, CA
Pay range: $22-$53/Hr
1st Shift - 9/80 Schedule
Duration: 2 years

Job Summary:

As an Electronic Fabrication Technician III, you will be supporting the Electronic Manufacturing, Packaging, & Technical Services Section, which provides engineering services that include the following: fabrication of electronics (boards and cables/harnesses), microelectronic and photonic hardware; electronic packaging, manufacturing engineering and electronic hardware thermal/structural analysis; advanced electronic packaging engineering, technology development and process engineering; technical facilities management and cleanroom services/certification; custom measurement systems development and instrumentation services; calibration services, test equipment loan pool and metrology engineering, and technical inventory management, cryogenics services and Flight Hardware Logistics Program (FHLP).

Responsibilities:

• Perform surface mount technology setup, printed wiring board electronic assembly, hand soldering, connector pin crimping, cabling, chassis wiring, mechanical assembly, and chassis wiring for engineering model and flight electronic systems.
• Use and operate modern and manual manufacturing tools and equipment to produce high reliability printed wiring electronic assemblies and hybrid/microelectronic assemblies.
• Support the manufacturer engineer in assessing and recommending design modifications.
• Support various customer labs and the Spacecraft Assembly Facility in final integration, when required.

Qualifications:

• Typically requires a High School diploma with a minimum of 8 years of general experience.
• Has used innovative and creative approaches in resolving unusual situations.
• Participated on teams within and outside of own organization.
• Ability to work under a microscope.

Preferred Skills:

• Perform cable operations including soldering, crimping, routing on mockups, wrapping cable assemblies, testing, potting, and closing connectors. Operate manual manufacturing tools and equipment to produce high-reliability cable and harness assemblies.
• Demonstrated IPC J-STD-001 and/or NASA 8739 certification training.
• Demonstrated experience in Surface Mount Technology printed wiring assemblies.
• Demonstrated experience in polymerics adhesives, potting, and conformal coating material application and mixing.
• Demonstrated experience with JPL fabrication standards for printed wiring electronic assemblies, cables and harnesses.
• Knowledge of electronic and mechanical fabrication techniques to fabricate and assemble complex mechanical, electronic, electro-mechanical, cable harness assembly, devices, fixtures, parts or equipment.
• Understanding of work techniques, applicable policies, procedures and practices in planning, setup, repair and/or modification of mechanical, electronic or electro-mechanical systems, experimental design circuitry, prototype models or specialized test equipment.
• Experience in working from schematics, rough sketches, diagrams, layouts or plans often requiring interpretation.
• Experience working in cleanroom environments and ESD workstations.