Medtronic is the world's premier medical company, providing patient benefits around the globe. Medtronic's Tempe, Arizona location is seeking a well-qualified candidate to join our team as an Engineering Test Technician in the organization's IC Test Solutions Engineering team.
Impact patient outcomes. Come for a job, stay for a career.
A Day in the Life
In this position you will aid engineers, based on specific objectives, with a variety of technical and quality compliance tasks. You will support manufacturing operations, sustaining, and test development activities.
Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:
Provide a high level of technical support to the organization by analyzing and resolving technical problems requiring application of circuit analysis and/or software techniques.
Develop and implement methods for testing assembled circuit boards using ATE and bench test processes.
Train and mentor troubleshooting strategies and techniques.
Keep current in all necessary safety and tool-use training
Adhere to defined quality, safety and housekeeping practices as required by the work area.
Partner with others to identify potential adjustments and enhancements to the job area.
Aid with troubleshooting and debugging test equipment, test software and product supporting root cause failure analysis and implementing solutions to reduce or eliminate down time.
Provide quality internal and external customer service.
Seek new sources of information and provides information necessary to meet customer needs.
Assist troubleshooting ATE, ATE support equipment and test hardware
Timely escalation of issues and requesting help as needed.
Assist in performing verification and validation activities, performing Measurement Systems Analysis (Gage R&R studies); support test solution release for production testing of medical grade electronics
Troubleshoot yield and performance issues to root cause using statistics-based analyses and providing related technical solutions
Follow test application development procedures and demonstrate compliance through technical documentation generation
Must Have: Minimum Requirements
High School Diploma or GED
Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience and may require vocational or technical education and advanced certification in addition to prior work experience
Nice to Have
Associate Degree in a technical discipline or equivalent, or 1-3+ years of schooling on a technical track, or similar certifications
Strong technical writing skills.
Must be able to read and understand instructions in English, read documents, understand verbal instructions
Ability to work in a team-based environment, take and give direction, and act as a lead for technician activities
Demonstrated knowledge in the application of engineering principles, concepts, theory and practice as required for lab management, as well as project management and leadership skills including organizing, planning, scheduling, and coordinating workloads to meet established deadlines or milestones.
Understand hardware schematic and PCB design
Prior knowledge /experience using standard lab equipment for ATE to bench correlation
Experienced in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Visio)
Experience with Cadence or similar design / simulation tools.
Experience with quality assurance and nonconformance processing
Experience with testing and test planning of circuits and equipment
Experience troubleshooting electronic equipment in a production environment.
Experience conducting analysis of electrical components.
Open to learn new skills and be ready to work in an agile environment
Extensive experience using lab instruments including oscilloscopes, function generators, power supplies, etc.
Experienced in an electronics manufacturing and test environment, utilizing ATE platforms (J750 Teradyne, LTX, and SPEA experience preferred).
Knowledge of computer language such as C, C++, or Visual Basic 6.0
Experience in a semiconductor environment for manufacture and test
Experience in a medical industry for manufacture and test
Experience with wafer probers and testers is a plus.
Experience setting up, troubleshooting and repair of test hardware
Experience using electronic test equipment for troubleshooting and repair (including but not limited to meters, oscilloscopes, voltage supplies and signal generators)
Experience supporting a production test floor
Demonstrated ability to work both independently and with a team.
Demonstrated creativity, project planning and engineering judgement in solving manufacturing problems.
About Medtronic
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.
We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let's work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients' lives. Help us shape the future.
Physical Job Requirements
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America)
