Sr. Electrical Engineering Technician

Blue Canyon Technologies, RTX's small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, is solving some of the toughest challenges in space. Our components and bus platforms have completed missions ranging from very-low Earth orbits to lunar and interplanetary journeys at a fraction of the cost of traditional space systems. We support premier defense, commercial and civil organizations including the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, MIT Lincoln Lab, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Colorado and more. Join our innovative and dynamic company as we build, test and operate the small spacecraft of the future.

Position Purpose: The Sr. Electrical Engineering Technician will use skills and expertise to support the research and development labs by constructing test equipment and cables, executing tests, maintaining equipment, keeping areas organized, and a variety of other tasks. 

Title: Sr. Electrical Engineering Technician

Position Type: Full Time

Pay Range: Pay Range: $28.85 - $38.58 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.)

Location: Lafayette and Boulder, CO (works at both locations)

Benefits:

• 100% company paid health, dental and vision benefits for you and your dependents effective the first of the month following hire date
• Life insurance
• 401k (matching 4% with a minimum 5% contribution
• Generous PTO (3 weeks of vacation + 3 floating holidays, 2 weeks of sick time, 7 paid holidays throughout the year) and parental leave

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for constructing, troubleshooting, calibrating, testing, and maintaining our equipment and systems. You'll ensure our equipment and systems meet established specifications.
• Read and interpret schematics, system diagrams and requirements to aid in troubleshooting hardware under test.
• Determine and place on order parts, hand tools, wire/cable, racks, etc., for maintaining and augmenting an engineering development lab.
• Be knowledgeable/have experience using electronics assembly and test tools (Calipers, Multimeters, DMMs, power supplies, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, etc.)
• Following test procedures, perform board/box level electronics
• Assist with initial board turn on, debug and troubleshooting
• Manage electronics laboratory, including:
  • Ensuring test and assembly equipment is maintained and calibrated.
  • Point of contact for equipment, supplies, software, test tools, and facility
  • Organizing laboratory and performing ESD bench
• Interpret and work to engineering drawings, informal sketches, verbal instructions for modification of and production of electronic assemblies including multi-layer, SMT PCBAs and cable harness assemblies.
• Ability to solder fine pitch components (TSSOP, 0402, QFN)
• Plan, design and implement engineering test equipment to support DVT and cycle testing
• Fabricate test cables, assemble STE/GSE.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships within Blue Canyon to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
• Other responsibilities as

 

Required Qualifications/Education:

• 7 or more years relevant
• Ability to pass and maintain in house certifications, and J-STD workmanship standards and complete significant test certification tasks and testing with little supervision.
• Desired: IPC J-STD-001/FS (Space Addendum)
• Desired: IPC/WHMA-A-620
• Ability to read and follow complex schematics, assembly drawings, and execute test
• Expert skills at the fabrication and assembly of GSE test sets, STE racks, and J-STD solder of cable
• Must be experienced at operating DMMs, digital oscilloscopes, function  generators, and programmable power supplies.
• Demonstrate a good working knowledge of Microsoft operating system and MS Office suites Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and internet searches of data sheets.
• Use of ECAD tools for schematic generation and layout a

 

Working Conditions:

This job operates in a professional office environment, but in a manufacturing company. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, filing cabinets and fax machines.  BCT anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require BCT to shorten or extend the application window.

 

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time.  The employee is occasionally required to stand, bend, reach, and walk. The position requires some light physical effort. This would require the ability to lift or move objects up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move objects up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities are required by this job which includes close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

 

Blue Canyon Technologies is a drug-free workplace and an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected factor. Colorado Residents:  In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation.  You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.  Blue Canyon Technologies is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact Melissa Po at HR@bluecanyontech.com.