Senior Electrical Lab Technician

Collaboration drives Nordson's success as a market leader in Industrial Precision Solutions and Advanced Technology. Our employees thrive in an environment where we help each other reach our personal best and enable our company to continuously improve and grow, and our customers to succeed. You will find Nordson employees sharing our success by giving back in the communities around the world where we live and work.
From the mobile device in your pocket to the sensors in your car, and even life-saving medical devices, Nordson's technology is used to make products that touch your life every day. Do you want to join a growing team in a market-leading technology company? We're looking for motivated individuals who care about helping our customers succeed. If you value integrity, respect for people, customer passion, energy, and excellence, you'll fit right in to the Nordson culture.
We are looking for a talentedSenior Electrical Lab Technician to join the Nordson EFD team. The Sr. Electrical Lab Technician is a skilled individual contributor with an inquisitive nature, responsible for the preparation of design prototypes, conducting evaluations, data acquisition, test equipment design, selection and maintenance, report writing and participation in the troubleshooting and design review process.
How YOU will make an impact:
* Provides leadership in testing, set-up and instrumentation of mechanical, electromechanical, pneumatic and electronic products.
* Builds and tests sub-assemblies or parts of larger projects under limited supervision.
* Maintains, modifies and documents changes to existing laboratory and test equipment to operate as needed as directed.
* Makes cause and effect relationships from data obtained.
* Test and troubleshoot electrical circuits for R&D and New Product development projects.
* Makes recommendations as to parts layouts, procedures, test methods, instrumentation and data acquisition methods.
* Writes test reports by identifying basic data and drawing basic conclusions.
* Interacts with engineers on regular basis providing information and recommendations leading to conclusions that affect product design.
Qualifications To Be Successful:
* Associate degree or equivalent experience in engineering or electronics
* 15 or more years as an electrical technician in a design, development or manufacturing environment.
* Experience with electrical test equipment (oscilloscopes, multimeters, voltage generators and other relevant equipment).
* Experience with a variety of data acquisition hardware.
* Must be able to read and understand Engineering Report requests and then be able to efficiently execute the testing and report back the data as required.
* Solid understanding of good laboratory safety and operations practices.
* Excellent organizational and time management skills. Detail oriented, dependable, and willing to oversee multiple priorities with a high degree of flexibility.
* Proven ability to work collaboratively as well as independently. Highly effective communication skills a must
* The successful candidate will possess the ability to understand electrical circuitry, circuit prototyping and fabrication skills including circuit repair and component replacement.
* Proficient in MS Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
* Experience with Python software, preferred.
What We Offer:
* Starting day 1, your benefits include:
* Medical / Dental / Vision
* Paid Time Off (including annual company shutdown between Christmas and New Year's)
* Annual bonus based on personal & company performance.
* 401k (with match AND additional 3% annual company contribution)
* Health Savings Accounts (with employer contribution)
* Tuition reimbursement
* Company paid Life Insurance
* Wellbeing programs to help you live a healthy happy lifestyle.
Working Conditions and Physical Demands: Laboratory environment. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and on occasion up to 75 pounds. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Travel Required: None
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