Hardware Test Technician

Columbia, South Carolina

Focus.one
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General Purpose:

Conducts, tests and troubleshoots electronic product, components and systems to ensure production quality standards are met.

Principle Accountabilities:
  • Develops, maintains and improves all test and burn-in processes within area or responsibility.
  • Periodically reviews all process specifications to determine if they accurately reflect the process requirements and test techniques. Updates the specifications as required.
  • Ensures that test and burn-in processes are within all safety, ISO-9000 and BABT compliance.
  • Consistently reviews quality yields and develops corrective actions to eliminate any yield detractors, further improves the process and product reliability. Works with the Quality Engineer to determine if field/box line data indicates a need for process/product improvement.
  • Assists with the fabrication and development of new equipment, fixtures and test programs.
  • Ensures that effective preventive maintenance, calibration, diagnostics, re-qualification and daily measurement schedules are in place for each test and burn-in process.
  • Coordinates manufacturing, maintenance and engineering preventive maintenance activities. Ensures that scheduled preventive maintenance activities are completed according to the specified schedule.
  • Assists engineering and the development labs with all new product introduction and development.
  • Coordinates and monitors all FIMPA or product off-load activities for assigned test and burn-in processes.
  • Ensures that each test and burn-in process has a training/certification package for both manufacturing and maintenance. Facilitates the completion of these training/certification packages with the appropriate engineer(s) and the Resource Development Department.
  • Assists Industrial Engineering with all equipment moves or line re-arrangements as required.
  • Periodically evaluates new equipment and develops a realistic and cost effective capitol justification for purchasing this equipment.
  • Drives recovery actions/repair of any test or burn-in process that is down. Coordinates recovery/repair activities with the respective maintenance, technicians, engineers, suppliers or maintenance spare parts analyzers whose area of competence is necessary to get the process back in working order.
  • Coordinates the development of disaster recovery plans for each test and burn-in process within the area of responsibility.
  • Follows Engineering test processes.
  • Ability to perform high-level repair, format and "build" software per unit configuration and connect hardware (cables) between multiple units and bynets.
  • Configures/flashes firmware on the CMIC Sub-assembly and connects twisted pair and BNC Ethernet connections between unit(s).
  • Sets-up complex Disk Arrays.
  • Troubleshoots/debugs at multiple system levels.
  • Performs module verification.
Date Posted: 14 May 2025
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