Electro-Mechanical Assembly Technician

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About the Role

PVLabs is seeking an Electromechanical / Mechatronics Assembly Technician with a high aptitude for complex assembly of multi-million-dollar airborne electromechanical optical sensor systems. This role will be responsible for ensuring that complicated engineering and manufacturing engineering schematics and layouts are effectively applied to precision assembly guidelines, torquing specifications and tooling requirements that follow strict quality and international airworthiness standards.

This is not a typical, stay-in-your-lane Assembly Technician role. Instead, its an advanced, multi-disciplinary role that will be responsible for the assembly, testing, troubleshooting, and repair of complex electromechanical and mechatronics systems utilized in advanced airborne optical systems. This position requires a high degree of technical aptitude and the ability to interpret engineering drawings and specifications to ensure precise assembly of sophisticated components. The ideal candidate will have experience in mechanical assembly, electrical wiring, and system integration, as well as a strong understanding of optical systems and mechatronics principles.

Its where concept turns into reality, where getting it right is a whole-team effort, and where your expertise matters.

About the Responsibilities

Obviously, some typical Assembly Technician fundamentals will anchor the roles responsibilities, including:

• Electromechanical Assembly:
• Assemble complex electromechanical systems, including but not limited to precision motor assemblies, multi-axis gimbals, optical components, and actuators according to engineering specifications and blueprints.

• Electrical & Optical Wiring:
• Perform intricate installation of harnesses, connectors, and circuit boards in accordance with industry standards and internal procedures. Properly route cabling to prevent interference with sensitive optical components.

• System Integration:
• Integrate subsystems (mechanical, electrical, and optical) into complete assemblies, ensuring alignment, calibration, and functionality of all integrated systems.

• Troubleshooting & Debugging:
  • Diagnose and resolve assembly and functional issues in prototype and production units, working closely with design and test engineers to implement corrective actions.

• Quality Assurance & Testing:
• Conduct rigorous testing, including electrical continuity, mechanical tolerances, vibration testing, and optical alignment. Document test results and ensure that all products meet strict quality standards.

• Documentation & Reporting:
• Maintain detailed records of assembly procedures, modifications, and testing results. Contribute to process improvements by providing feedback and suggestions to the engineering team.

• Compliance & Safety:
  • Ensure all work is conducted in accordance with safety guidelines, industry regulations, and company procedures. Handle sensitive equipment and components with care to avoid contamination or damage.

What were seeking is an objective thinker who can look at an opportunity or a problem from several perspectives and create solutions that makes sense for both now and the future. Someone who can understand the what if about Assembly and solve for issues before they arise by removing limits on current or conventional thinking.

Other Specific Responsibilities:

• Read and interpret technical drawings, schematics, and assembly instructions. Prepare non-conformance reports as required.
• Assemble mechanical and electrical components and systems using hand and power tools.
• Install and test electronic components such as sensors, motors, and control panels.
• Troubleshoot and repair any mechanical or electrical issues that may arise during assembly.
• Ensure all assembled products meet quality standards and specifications.
• Maintain a clean and organized work area and follow all workplace and safety protocols.
• Collaborate with engineers and other team members to improve assembly processes and product design.
• Document all assembly processes and procedures for future reference.

Desired Skills and Competencies:

• Advanced knowledge of mechatronics principles including control systems
• Proficiency in mechanical assembly and electrical wiring and related assembly tools
• Strong understanding of the assembly of complex electromechanical systems, preferably in aerospace, optics, or defense industries.
• Experience with optical boresight adjustments
• Experience integrating and testing laser technology
• Exceptional organizational, analytical, and communication/documentation skills.
• Even better at problem solving and solutioning on-the-spot
• Ability to interpret and work from complex engineering drawings, schematics, and BOMs.
• Experience using hand tools, torque wrenches, and test equipment (e.g., multimeters, oscilloscopes).
• Naturally curious, diplomatic, and innovative.

We'd be Really Thrilled if You Had:

• Experience with airborne systems and related environmental testing including vibration and thermal
• Certification in IPC-A-610 or IPC/WHMA-A-620 standards.
• Experience with ISO-9001; 2015

About You as an Assembly Technician

Our success is not only derived from the collective technical capabilities of our team, but more importantly HOW we work together. Here's what we value, and we seek those share the following:

• Creativity, Curiosity and Problem Solving, with healthy obsession for attention to detail and right-sizing solutions
• Not afraid to seek out responsibility and opportunities to take the lead.
• A confident technical communicator who can articulate ideas and concepts, but who also knows that confidence in communication also means the ability to ask for help or collaboration when you need it.
• A continuous-improvement approach to design, processes and practices
• Participating in as much as you can
• Drives the assembly processes not just a passenger.
• Constructively provide and receive guidance and mentoring to/from other members of the Production team as were all in this together.
• Preference for working on smaller, nimble and agile teams that can make decisions and implement solutions quickly.
• The kind of professional maturity that enables you to manage your own time and priorities and finds motivation from multiple sources.

What's in It for You?

PV Labs is where your engineering career meets limitless innovation and unparalleled impact. You'll be immersed in a culture we take immense pride in. Its an environment where groundbreaking technology meets exceptional talent that focuses on collaboration and ingenuity, creating an atmosphere of autonomy, mastery and purpose.

A big part of our culture is our signature work-life philosophy. We've fully embraced a 4-day, 32-hour work week, throughout the year supported by a hybrid-office model that allows you to work from where it makes the most sense to. We focus on performance by outputs instead of on hours or location, with the idea that team performance is always a result of individual performance.

About PV Labs

Our groundbreaking technology platform make us a leader in advanced airborne imaging solutions. Our expertise lies in crafting high-performance solutions with industry-leading and bespoke stabilization, precision optics and sensor payload integration, and intelligent data management all of which is engineered around hardware, software and gateware modularity. Our custom-engineered stabilization technology has literally redefined the boundaries of gyrostabilized optical systems, setting new standards in optimizing size, weight, power and cost along with rapid assembly and platform/systems integration.