Hardware Engineering Technician

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Job Summary

As an Electrical Technician at JADAK, you will work with a team of Computer Vision, Software, and Hardware Engineers on innovative embedded vision, barcode, and RFID systems to meet challenging new product requirements. In this role you will service, calibrate and debug embedded vision systems. You will work from schematics, diagrams, written and verbal descriptions, layouts or defined plans to perform testing, checkout, and trouble-shooting functions. Operational testing and fault isolation on systems and equipment is also part of the role. You will also assists in the design, construction, test and check-out of test equipment using manufacturing, test, development or diagnostic equipment, including, but not limited to, test programs, oscilloscopes, signal generators and specialized test apparatus.

This is an exceptional opportunity to contribute to future offering roadmaps and to make advanced capability practical for IoT and embedded systems and to grow your own expertise and deliver technology that makes a positive difference in people’s lives.

Primary Responsibilities

Service and Repair of Barcode Laser Scanners

Calibration and programming of systems before shipment to customer

Root cause analysis and failure tracking and documentation

Electronics and board-level rework of SMT

Lab instrumentation, test development and execution

System performance testing and benchmarking

Test and trouble shoot Analog and High-Speed Digital circuits

Collaborate with developers to reproduce and investigate issues

Maintenance of laboratory space and equipment per applicable procedures

Assembly, Disassembly and maintenance of the prototype units

Other hands-on lab work as needed

Required Experience, Education, Skills and Competencies

The desired candidate will have:

5+ years of demonstrated experience in the above.

Technician or BS in Elec Tech

Ability to use an oscilloscope and other standard electronics lab equipment.

Excellent Debug and Rework skills

MS Office / Excel etc

Familiarity with schematic capture tools including Altium

Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced team environment

Desirable Skills:

Hands-on, technical problem-solving mind-set with both HW and SW

Strong individual and group problem-solving skills.

LabVIEW desirable

Altium or similar tool experience

C, Python, or other automation coding language

Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, global team environment.

Travel Requirements

Occasional travel, less than 10% of a work year.

Physical Requirements

Mobility to work in a standard office setting and to use standard office equipment, including a computer.

Ability to use vison to read computer screen and read printed materials.

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