Line Support Test Engineers
- Milpitas, CA, United States
From $45 USD / hour
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Job details
- Pay
- From $45 USD / hour
- Experience
- 1+ year of hands-on experience in manufacturing, production, testing, technical operations, or a similar environment.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Required Skills & Experience
- 1+ year of hands-on experience in manufacturing, production, testing, technical operations, or a similar environment.
- Strong problem-solving, critical-thinking, root cause analysis, and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to take an unfamiliar technical problem, gather information, test potential causes, and logically narrow down the failure.
- Tech-savvy mindset with the ability and willingness to quickly learn new equipment, software, and test systems.
- Experience troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, electromechanical, assembly, or test-related issues.
- Comfort working hands-on in a manufacturing environment and directly supporting technicians.
- Familiarity with electrical measurements and test equipment such as DMMs.
- Clear, concise communication across technicians, Engineering, Quality, Production, Planning, and Materials.
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
- Associate degree in Mechanical Technology, Manufacturing Technology, Mechatronics, Electronics, Engineering Technology, or a related technical discipline.
- Familiarity with Linux or command-line interfaces.
- Experience troubleshooting motors, computers, electromechanical assemblies, or automated manufacturing equipment.
- Experience interpreting test results or failure outputs and tracing failures back through an assembly or manufacturing process.
- Experience supporting equipment installation, startup, relocation, or production-line transitions
Job Description
- Provide real-time technical and troubleshooting support during manufacturing builds and testing.
- Investigate assembly, equipment, and test failures to identify what went wrong and determine potential root causes.
- Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical systems, including motors, computers, and manufacturing equipment.
- Use test equipment such as Digital Multimeters (DMMs) and electrical measurement tools to diagnose issues.
- Interpret test failures and trace issues back through the assembly, build, or test process.
- Interface with digital systems, including Linux and command-line environments, to support troubleshooting and debugging.
- Help technicians work through issues such as assembly problems, missing or incorrect components, equipment that will not operate as expected, or failures identified during testing.
- Partner with technicians, engineers, Quality, Production, Planning, and Materials teams to resolve manufacturing issues.
- Build familiarity with manufacturing equipment and processes to support equipment setup, troubleshooting, validation, and future production-line moves.