Senior Test Technician - Electronics

Element has an opportunity for an experienced Senior Test Technician - Electronics at our Element Anaheim materials testing laboratory. Reporting to the General Manager, you are an essential member of the team and responsible for overseeing program management including planning, scheduling, and assigning projects and establishing successful relationships with customers. The Senior Test Technician - Electronics will also consult and provide engineering design work per customer specifications. Direct experience in Electronics industry is preferrable.

In this role, you will interact with clients, accreditation bodies and will be responsible for advising operational colleagues of the importance of quality, accuracy and integrity in the provision of the inspection and testing services we provide.

Salary: $36- $41/hr DOE

* Requires little supervision and technical input of a Department Manager, Principal Technician, or Engineer
* Possesses the ability to mentor and train technicians who have less experience through effective communication of technical data
* Ability to transfer technical knowledge/requirements and successfully satisfy and meet customer specifications
* Designs, sets-up and performs a variety of test according to customer specifications and requirements
* Provide leadership and direct all activities of the engineering department including planning and managing technical performance to ensure quality and business objectives are achieved
* Provide expertise necessary to assist in the designing, planning, execution, analysis, and reporting phases of test programs in accordance with customer specifications
* Participate in the preparation of proposals, proposal work statements and project specifications
* Responsible for ensuring work is accomplished in a timely manner
* Maintain contact and relationships with customer contacts and participate as necessary to cultivate new accounts.
* Ensure Quality System requirements are being always met by all department personnel
* Ensure compliance with all Company policies
* Ensure adherence to all local, state, and federal laws pertaining to safety, environment, and corporate governance
* Ensures productivity including performance management (OKRs)

* Working knowledge of laboratory safety
* HS diploma or GED certificate preferred. College or vocational school coursework welcomed
* At least 5-7 years of work-related experience in the electronics industry
* In-depth understanding of testing concepts
* Experience with printed circuit boards a plus
* Experience with various benchtop electronic equipment, such as meters, power supplies, etc.
* Experience with computer modeling, simulation and circuit analysis is desirable.
* Familiarity with software programs such as LabVIEW, Analyzes and compiles testing data from the tests performed
* Previous experience leading and managing projects
* Effective verbal and written communication skills
* Ability to review performance, identify problems and implement solutions
* An understanding of ISO 17025 is desirable but not essential
* Ability to effectively collaborate and lead cross-functional teams that achieve requirements/goals

Other Skills and Abilities:

* Possesses the ability to perform lower to intermediate complex testing.
* Ability to work alone the majority of the work day; only requiring assistance for clarification or confirmation of test procedures.
* Effectively manages time and practices accountability for the testing to be performed.
* Ability to take testing projects from start to finish, completing each step properly.
* Ability to hold team members and peer technicians accountable for the testing requirements.
* Advanced ability to read and understand customer specifications and perform the testing required in accordance with customer specifications.
* Ability to construct and maintain test fixtures and other laboratory equipment to ensure proper working order based on client needs.
* Ability to maintain and repair equipment.
* Ensures timely and accurate results with little supervision and technical input.

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to 'Make tomorrow safer than today'.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming "the world's most trusted testing partner".

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.