What are the responsibilities and job description for the Instrument Technician position at Kett Engineering?
Company Overview
Kett Engineering is a respected leader in the automotive testing industry with over 60 years of experience. We provide comprehensive support for vehicle testing and development, ensuring top-notch service through our dedicated team of professionals who are committed to quality and customer satisfaction.
Summary
We are looking for a highly motivated individual to support vehicle-level testing of our ADAS and Autonomy features. The Autonomy Instrumentation Technician will join our Test & Development team working cross-functionally with engineers and technicians and will be responsible for test vehicle instrumentation and bring-up, robotic platform upkeep and operations, assist with ADAS and Functional Safety vehicle testing. The successful candidate will have a background in electronics, robotics and/or electric vehicle architecture and be organized, learn quickly and take pride in getting things done in a fluid environment.
Responsibilities
- Prepare vehicles for testing, including instrumentation installation and troubleshooting of data loggers, test equipment and ADAS test robots.
- Maintain and troubleshoot test vehicle and robot hardware and software, working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to resolve issues.
- Design, build and modify vehicle instrumentation, mounting systems, test equipment, wiring harnesses and data acquisition systems as needed.
- Execute vehicle testing and data capture with the support of test engineers to evaluate prototype vehicles and systems.
- Document setup, troubleshooting and test results, communicate issues and propose improvements.
- Manage inventory and liaise with suppliers and test labs and proving grounds as needed.
- Travel up to 30%.
Qualifications
- 3 years of hands-on experience operating, instrumenting, maintaining and troubleshooting advanced electronics, mechatronics, robotics or vehicle systems.
- Hands-on experience with in-vehicle data acquisition and logging systems.
- Experience with ground truth equipment (Oxford OXTS, Novatel, dGPS, Racelogic VBOX).
- A strong understanding of automotive electrical systems and communication protocols (CAN, Flexray, XCP, Ethernet, LIN) and relevant debug tools (Vector CANalyzer, Vehicle Spy, Python, etc.).
- Experience flashing and debugging vehicle systems.
- Excellent technical, problem solving, communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to work autonomously and effectively in a fast-paced and changing environment.
- Valid US driver's license.
Preferred Qualities
- Experience with steering, braking and acceleration robots, robot test targets, tow targets (Moshon, AB Dynamics, 4A, Messring, Humanetics) a plus.
- Experience with ADAS, autonomous vehicles, functional safety, regulatory testing, vehicle dynamics or a related field (ex. US NCAP, EU NCAP, IIHS, ISO26262 / IEC61508, Automotive SPICE) a plus.
- Experience driving prototype vehicles, including proving grounds a plus.
- Associate degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, Operations Management or a similar technical discipline a plus
If you are ready to take your career to the next level in the automotive testing field, we invite you to apply today and become part of our dedicated team at Kett Engineering!
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $26.00 - $35.00 per hour
Expected hours: No less than 40 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime
- Weekends as needed
Ability to Commute:
- Wittmann, AZ 85361 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Wittmann, AZ 85361: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $26 - $35
