Job Description
Position Summary
This position provides Electrical Test Technician support to the US Army's Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) Electrical Component Laboratory (ECL).
Job Duties:
- Coordinate with Test Engineers, to assure test plan is feasible and laboratory testing facility can accommodate the testing required
- Maintain a schedule and execute equipment preventative maintenance to ensure equipment readiness for project execution
- Maintain a schedule and execute equipment corrective maintenance to ensure equipment readiness for project execution
- Ensure equipment is safe to operate, with documented work instructions and safety operating procedures
- Design, develop, fabricate, set up, operate, maintain and modify complex laboratory apparatus used to collect, measure, and record data associated with the testing of vehicle systems, subsystems, or components
- Monitor tests in progress by instrumentation or computer readouts/displays. When problems arise, select approach to problems and approve on-the-spot adaptations and takes immediate necessary action during course of test to attain primary objectives.
- Shipping and receiving for laboratory related items
- Ensure reasonable level of stock for consumable goods
- Laboratory housekeeping
- Comply with the EMS ISO 14001 standard
- Comply with the ISO 17025 Requirements
- Initiate calibration schedules for test systems (Cal POC)
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Assigned Tasks by Test Engineer
- Engage Test Engineer and develop plan for cell setup schedule
- Technical requirements (fixtures/instrumentation/system modifications)
- Maintain test system calibration, spares, rebuilds, and correctivy
- Availability Schedule
- Part costs
- Calibration / Preventative Maintenance
- Setup / Maintenance / Teardown Schedule Test Asset Inspections (Documents and Pictures Initial / During Test / Final
- Provide input into Lab improvement and upgrades, replacement of Equipment, process or procedure improvements
- Daily updates to Test Engineers
- Test Observation
- Daily/Weekly report updates to Customer
- Work in Electric Component Laboratory (ECL):
- Support, and maintain test equipment and stations, including preventive maintenance (PM) activities.
- Experience in the proper use of shop and installation procedures. Build test fixtures to support test projects
- Experience in dynamometer, mechanical, electrical, hybrid, electrification, and instrumentation.
- Component cooling system design, fabrication, instrumentation, and operation
- Low voltage communication and control cable requirements, design and fabrication
- Supports activities related to lab operations: calibration, maintenance, and housekeeping
- Experience with test setup, operate, and tear down for hybrid electric vehicle test components in a test cell with DE3 or Test Engineer support.
- Gather test data generated during testing and provide to Test Engineer, assemble pictures, checklists, inspection reports
- Lab gatekeeper, monitor outside personnel during Lab walkthroughs or testing, ensure outside personnel are in compliance with safety rules.
- Train on lab systems and operations to work with supervision
- Physically able to periodically lift weights of up to 40 lbs (OSHA limit is 50 lb)
- Select appropriate test equipment and configure it based on test specifications
- Comply in accordance to ISO 17025
- National Instruments data acquisition hardware and software such as Flexlogger and LabView
- PC hardware, software and networking infrastructure integration with lab equipment.
- Power measurement hardware , software, installation, instrumentation and operation
- Able to read blueprints, schematic diagrams and other specifications.
- Perform high voltage electrical repairs. Complex troubleshooting equipment up to 600V.
- Dynamometer drive configuration and operation
- Instrument power measurement equipment on high voltage component and perform dynamometer tests.
- High voltage cable requirements, fabrication and instrumentation
- Perform characterization testing and troubleshooting on high voltage high power components: Advance electric machine, inverter, DC-DC converter, and Alternator
- Responsible for equipment calibration requirements per LQMS and ISO 17025 lab certification process. Recommend/select lab instruments for purchasing, maintain, and calibrate.
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Qualifications:
- Experience with set up, configure, and operate power analyzers which measure parameters including: voltage, current, mean, and RMS parameters, motor parameters, harmonics, etc.
- Experience using electronic troubleshooting tools (oscilloscope, function generator, DMM, etc.)
- The candidate must be able to maintain and hold a SECRET clearance
- Work with Test Engineer to evaluate, process, and implement Lab Improvement for equipment, procedures, and test execution
- High School level and advance traning plus 2-3 years experience
Security Clearance: Secret
Telework - Not Eligible
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