Engineer, Lab Job Description
Engineer, lab
provides technical Support on PLCs, pneumatics, hydraulics, electrical controls, VFDs, servos, robots, mechanical systems, chemical systems, etc… for AP5 production equipment and plant facility systems.
Engineer, Lab Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Analyze and interpret test data to provide diagnostic assessments of malfunctions, and offer test results feedback to engineers
Troubleshoot new product Interoperability issues utilizing Bluetooth, USB, DECT and Telephony protocols
Placement activities will include various Lab and Testcell improvement projects and working with state of the art measurement equipment
Provide oversight to a team of technicians establishing prioritization, scheduling, and allocation of resources on project hardware needs within the laboratory
Serve as the primary customer interface for the lab and work with each customer to understand their requirements, drivers, and timelines
Build and maintain strong working relationships with laboratory staff and customers acting as the liaison on the needs between those parties
Provide technical input on work authorizing documents and engineering drawings
Prepare and execute task performance sheets and discrepancy reports for controlled hardware fabrication tasks
Develop and implement solutions to engineering and fabrication problems
Maintain laboratory documentation, equipment, and tools to meet requirements
Engineer, Lab Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Engineer, Lab
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: EPA, ITIL, CCNA, CCNP, SSL, RHCE, SAP, SAN, CE, HBSS
Education for Engineer, Lab
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the engineer, lab job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Science, Electrical Engineering, Technical, Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Computer Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Skills for Engineer, Lab
Desired skills for engineer, lab include:
Electronics
Electro-mechanical devices
PLCs
Pneumatics
Electronics and electro-mechanical devices
Information systems networking architecture design and set up
Lab Information Systems and database management
PLCs and pneumatics
Concepts and understanding of customers and laboratory practices / standards in the field of Diagnostic
Technical principles
Desired experience for engineer, lab includes:
Direct experience with operating niche reliability equipment, setting up system reliability testing and products with high volume manufacturing is highly desired
BSEE/ME or equivalent with 10-15 years of consumer electronic product testing experience required
Experience in functional testing of consumer electronic hardware, to include Windows based operating system testing
Has detail orientation with strong analytical ability
Knowledge of automatic functional testing
Experience in operating and automating test equipment
Engineer, Lab Examples
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of engineer, lab. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for engineer, lab
- Provide technical consultancy to customers and sales/marketing staff
- Provide ongoing contributions and/or improvement of activities related to a part or to the whole of a technical infrastructure
- Working hands-on with electrical, hydraulic, and temperature test equipment, collected and analyzing data in the test lab and out in the field
- Evaluate test feasibility and coordinate work efforts to meet project requirements
- Apply in-depth knowledge of computer applications and test processes to accomplish testing requirements
- Work with design engineers, build technicians, suppliers, and the program team to develop a world class product
- Installing operating systems onto workstations and maintaining and supporting the program system images working closely with the integration and security teams to “harden the images”
- Manage and execute processes for information assurance vulnerability alerts (IAVAs)
- Perform system security scans of equipment suites in accordance with the System Security Plans for these systems
- Assist with and perform security assessments of lab and production equipment if necessary
Qualifications for engineer, lab
- Demonstrated ability to take ownership of task execution, and work with minimal supervision
- Comfortable working in team environment and adapt to changes in assignments, and balance multiple tasks
- Advanced Experience desired with Excel Macros, Visual Basic, Data acquisition / test equipment automation (Lab View or Visual Basic)
- Solid foundation with Linux and Web Services
- Demonstrable knowledge of Cable TV systems setup and design, Knowledge of SMPTE standards and how they are implemented
- BS in Electrical Engineering, MS a plus
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of engineer, lab. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for engineer, lab
- Ensures equipment is readily available to support internal and external customers
- Recreates customer environments including servers, switches, storage, SAN, network, software and various customer specific requirements
- Responsible for troubleshooting and resolving lab equipment issues, knowing when to escalate to SME’s for resolution when required
- Prioritizes lab requests to best serve customers and maximize equipment utilization
- Develops relationships with internal lab customers based on mutual trust and respect
- Ensures lab space, infrastructure, and environmental planning decisions are implemented correctly
- Maintains and builds on technical skills through self-training and available structured training opportunities
- Responsible for lab technical documentation
- Acts as a subject matter expert in multiple product areas
- Coaches junior members of lab staff to pass on technical skills
Qualifications for engineer, lab
- Experience in providing lab support for digital silicon validation familiar with lab materials, procurement process, general lab procedures, management of inventories, test bench set-up
- Expertise on lab test equipment (set-up and measurements) such as high-bandwidth digital storage oscilloscope, logic/spectrum/USB/network analyzer, power supply, generators, counters, DMMs
- Ability to trouble-shoot and debug board or test set-up issues, reverse-engineering as needed
- Familiarity with standard compliances such as FCC, OSHA, ANSI, ISO
- Lab documentation, MS Office knowledge required
- Energetic, self-motivated, challenged to seek better solutions
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of engineer, lab. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for engineer, lab
- Build leadership skills by driving the test lab team to improve productivity champion the continuous improvement culture
- Challenge medical devices through accelerated fatigue, corrosion, and simulative use
- Evaluate the performance of devices through electrosurgical, imaging, and other basic mechanical environments
- Conduct tests compliant with various international regulatory agencies
- Responsible for the maintenance of well-controlled documentation, including written protocols, data forms, and laboratory notebooks
- Test matrix development
- Standard committee involvement
- Research related to defining clinically relevant test conditions
- Job activities
- Review spec sheet from PM
Qualifications for engineer, lab
- Collaborative, strong, ability to work in a team environment
- Ability to understand, test, and troubleshoot complicated system interactions in a fast pace environment
- Ability to drive problems to solutions across different groups
- Good knowledge and ability to debug hardware problems – for example, if a node does not boot, the person needs to identify whether the problem is hardware (maybe like a bad DIMM), or the software
- Proficient in Windows, Linux (CentOS, Red Hat) and Unix (FreeBSD) operating systems
- BS in Electrical Engineering with a minimum of 3 years’ experience
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for an engineer, lab. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for engineer, lab
- Enhance and optimize existing lab environment
- Prepare HW for debugging purposes including manual soldering
- Repair of defective HW
- Update various flash memories with SW by use of dedicated HW programmers
- Identify and improve HW and SW tools required for HW maintenance
- Write test cases for lab tools and monitoring lab infrastructure
- Follow up of defects
- Assist in designing, setting up and conducting laboratory experiments, including specifying and selecting equipment and components required to properly perform the experiments, and installation and instrumentation of the equipment
- Work with Lab Support teams on the installation and implementation of applications and configurations in the lab to support testing activities
- Document configurations necessary to meet the functional requirements of a given program
Qualifications for engineer, lab
- Experience with Audio devices and Bluetooth Handset/Headset Interoperability
- Salesforce and Minitab experience a plus
- 10+ years of experience in fault isolation and silicon debug
- IAT level II Compliance
- BS degree in engineering from an accredited engineering school and five (5) years of related engineering experience, or a MS degree from an accredited engineering school and four (4) years of related engineering experience, or Ph.D
- Excellent verbal communication and written presentation skills, excellent interpersonal skills
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Our company is looking to fill the role of engineer, lab. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for engineer, lab
- Administer vSphere, vCenter, vCloud Director, Windows and Linux servers running in high availability environments
- Contribute to defining and refining instructional and lab standards and development processes
- Act as a key Subject Matter Expert supporting On Demand lab environment conversions
- Assist with On Demand lab support issues for course development
- Contribute to lab environment implementation reviews for the course development team to ensure optimal lab architecture with regards to On Demand compatibility
- Work closely with course development, OneCloud, and other cross-functional teams
- Perform additional duties as directed, such as leading initiatives, assisting with eLearning development, and collaborating with other groups
- Working seamlessly with the corporate IT and OneSource teams, in and outside of the Lab Computing environment
- Create and maintain a physical inventory of lab equipment, PC’s, software, and any other information pertinent to the environment
- Manage onboarding, retirement, and relocation of equipment
Qualifications for engineer, lab
- BS degree in engineering from an accredited engineering school and ten (10) years of related engineering experience, or a MS degree from an accredited engineering school and eight (8) years of related engineering experience, or Ph.D
- BS degree from an accredited college or university and eight (8) years of related experience, or a MS degree and seven (7) years of related experience, or Ph.D
- Experience with UNIX / Linux and Windows Server plus basic VMware Knowledge
- Ability to work successfully as part of a remote team reporting into the larger Seattle Infrastructure group
- Ability to travel to Seattle Headquarters for multi-week initial training occasional trips to labs in Hopkinton, MA, Durham, NC, and Plymouth, MN
- Ability to work occasional off hours and to repetitively lift 70 lbs for installations