Electronics Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Electronics Technician

Description: As an Electrical Engineering Technician at UPT, you will play a key role in driving the development, and testing of electrical equipment for multiple projects, involving a multidisciplinary team of research and development engineers and support staff. You will work under the direction of our Sr. Engineering Staff and Program Managers. Occasional travel between UPT sites (Charlotte/Locust). Working in an office environment with hands-on electrical engineering work in lab or warehouse.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Ability to complete a technical project independently
• Review customer specifications and requirements and develop designs to best support them
• Evaluate supplier components and subsystems to meet requirements
• Assemble and test prototypes to retire key development risks
• Communicate clearly (written and oral) with all stakeholders
• Provide technical assistance to other engineers and support personnel
• Support, communicate, reinforce, and defend the mission, values, and culture of the organization

Skills/Qualifications:

• Experience working with program management and engineering to meet product specifications and engineering standards.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to all stakeholders
• Experience prototyping and testing both AC/DC, power, digital circuits, and controls electronics
• Experience in integration and testing of electrical systems and sensors
• Experience in Microsoft Office Software
• Ability to multitask and handle changing work assignments, schedules, and priorities
• Must be able to pass a background check and drug screen
• Must be a US Citizen

Education/Experience Requirements:

• Associates with 4+ years of relevant hands-on experience assembly and test of analog/digital circuits, control systems and power conversion
• Understanding of SBIR and military R&D process preferred
• Experience with MIL-STD design and testing preferred