Technician at GCR Professional Services

Baseline job description:

1) Assemble complex electro-mechanical systems that will be used in operational environments (DoD environments)

a. Mechanical assembly and modifications

b. Cable and harness fabrication and installation (including routing, restraining)

c. Electronic racks / assemble COTS items into chassis

2) Ability to read technical design/drawing packages and implement into hardware leveraging industry best practices

3) Ability to create/revise/recommend changes to technical documentation and identify improvements to system design (for manufacturability)

4) Familiarity and experience (certification) with defense industry assembly standards such as IPC

5) Ability to work/communicate with Engineering staff

a. Understand design intent

b. Communicate issues and corrective recommendations

6) Experience in adhering to process and rigor in production environment

a. Developing low-rate production capability, so technician needs to have comfort working in an evolving environment while applying/recommending best practices as appropriate

b. Experience developing build-books, tracking serial numbers, etc.

c. Operating with PLM system to retrieve and archive data

7) Schedule flexibility to accommodate variations in program schedule and/or support multiple programs

a. Ability to pivot among programs that may have different needs, schedules, priorities

Nice to have but not required at this point:

1) Experience conducting and documenting functional tests, e.g. initial power-up, potentially Factory Acceptance Testing

a. Experience with trouble shooting and initial debug

2) Eligible for security clearance (e.g. US citizen)

a. Existing clearance at Secret or Top Secret level

Experience:

1) Minimum 5 years demonstrated applicable experience building hardware

a. Must have direct, relevant, recent, and demonstrated hands-on experience fabricating cables and harnesses to industry soldering / crimping standards (e.g IPC)

b. Must have direct, relevant, recent, and demonstrated hands-on experience fabricating hardware in compliance with drawing packages, Quality control, and controlled processes (e.g. torque wrenches)