Component Lab and Field Technician

Sensor Intelligence for Critical Environments
Humanetics Sensors' technologies help customers address unique needs in precision micro-engineering, fiber optics, and sensor design, application and assembly. Its cutting-edge solutions include laser-based engineering automation, custom strain gauge sensors, and specialized fiber optics used in critical and harsh environments. Associated applications are used in hi-tech fast growth sectors such as biomedical, aerospace, defense, industrial, energy, telecoms and semi-conductor manufacturing.
Humanetics Sensors operates across a wide number of hi-tech fast growth sectors such as biomedical, aerospace, defense, industrial, energy, telecoms and semi-conductor manufacturing. Our expertise in delivering world class technical solutions, which often have never been done before is what sets us apart.

Role Purpose: To instrument and apply various strain gages by manually cleaning parts, sandblasting, scribing, and applying strain gages using hand tools, a microscope, and applying various gages using adhesives on customer parts at a customer facility.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Able to understand and read engineering drawings, various blueprints, and work instructions.
• Prepare parts for gaging using various surface prep methods like sandblasting and manual sanding.
• Apply layout and burnish lines by taking measurements using height gages and using scribe tools.
• Applying strain gages to prepped surfaces using various epoxies and clamping methods.
• Perform testing of gage/wiring installation using visual inspection methods and electrical equipment such as a power supply and multimeter.
• Ability to tack weld shim stock metals to parts per engineering drawings.
• Interacting with both customers and HITEC Engineers to understand scope of installations.
• Up to 50% travel to customer sites.

Other Significant Role Requirements:

• Understanding of how to resolve issues independently.
• Able to work independently based on customer supplied information and varying types of parts.
• Needs to have a flexible work schedule, to insure OTD of our products.
• Able to occasionally lift up to 50 lbs

Critical Competencies:

• Ability to use small hand tools while using a microscope.
• Experience in the electromechanical field is a plus.
• Initiative – strives to see projects to completion and acts with a sense of purpose.

Education and/or Experience:

• High School diploma or GED
• Minimum of 2 year of related experience
• Solid experience with Word and Excel required.
• SyteLine and/or ERP system experience preferred.

At Humanetics, privacy and information security is a critical feature of our corporate culture and is the responsibility of all employees.

Humanetics is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer