Engineering Technician (Engineering)
Summary:
VIAVI (NASDAQ: VIAV) has a 90+ year history of technical innovations that have evolved to keep pace and address our customer's most pressing business issues. We make equipment, software, and systems that help to plan, deploy, certify, monitor, and optimize all kinds of networks - like those for mobile phones, service providers, large businesses and data centers. VIAVI is also a leader in high performance thin film optical coatings and engineered diffusers, providing light management solutions to anti-counterfeiting, consumer electronics, automotive, defense and instrumentation markets.We are the people behind the products that help keep the world connected – at home, school, work, at play, and everywhere in between. VIAVI employees are fierce about supporting customer success and we welcome people who bring their best every day to the company - to question, to collaborate and to push for solutions that will delight our customers.
Duties & Responsibilities:
The Engineering Technician supports engineering activities such as design, test, check-out, modification, fabrication and assembly of prototype electro‑mechanical systems, experimental design circuitry, laser/light transmission devices or specialized test equipment. Applications may include electronic circuits, photonics and logic systems. Works from schematics, diagrams, written and verbal descriptions, layouts or defined plans to perform testing, checkout and trouble-shooting functions. Performs operational test and fault isolation on systems and equipment. Assists in determining methods or actions to remedy malfunctions. Assists in the design, construction, test and check-out of test equipment. Uses manufacturing, test, development or diagnostic equipment, including, but not limited to, test programs, oscilloscopes, signal generators and specialized test apparatus.
Duties/Responsibilities include:
1. Re-organize physically the lab to optimize the space and ease of use.
2. Manage the lab upgrade to double the power (this is urgent)
3. Manage the lab upgrade to increase shelf space for setups
4. Own all equipment in the lab for asset tracking
5. Setup a system for lab requests, manages the lab as an IT service.
6. Owns the user-to-equipment ratio, purchases new equipment as needed when new users are added. Work with business owners for AOP.
7. Repairs/replaces broken equipment, manages RMAs.
8. Setup a system to measure equipment usage and requests, so we can grow the lab where needed.
9. Maintains the equipment reservation tool.
10. Manages equipment loans to us and from us.
11. Maintains / monitors the auto-test systems.
12. Syncs with the lab owner in Eningen to distribute the labs efficiently.
13. Performs diagnostic and repair of equipment himself, or have it done by students
14. Setup / maintain lab monitoring tools to know which systems are down / not responding.
Pre-Requisites / Skills / Experience Requirements:
If you have what it takes to push boundaries and seize opportunities, apply to join our team today.
VIAVI Solutions is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer – minorities/females/veterans/persons with disabilities.
Job Posting Pay Range:
29to
55Exceptional qualifications, experience and location may impact salary. VIAVI offers a competitive benefits package that includes paid time off, health, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and a bonus program.
