Senior Test Technician

A Dynamics Senior Test Technician is a specialized role focused on the physical stressors a product undergoes during its lifecycle. In industries like aerospace, automotive, and defense, "dynamics" refers specifically to vibration, shock, and structural integrity. As a senior-level technician, you aren't just running a machine; you are the bridge between engineering theory and physical reality, often leading a team and ensuring complex test setups are executed flawlessly.

Salary: $25- $35/hr DOE

Vibration & Shock Testing: Operating electrodynamic shakers and shock towers to simulate launch, flight, or road conditions. You will execute programs like Sine, Random, and Sine-on-Random vibration profiles.

• Instrumentation & DAQ: Selecting and installing various sensors (accelerometers, strain gauges, thermocouples, and load cells). You are responsible for the "health" of the data, ensuring signal conditioning and Data Acquisition (DAQ) systems are calibrated and noise-free.

• Test Fixture Design & Assembly: Working with engineers to design and assemble the "stiff" fixtures required to hold a Test Article (TA) on a shaker table. This often involves precision mechanical assembly and light fabrication (drilling, tapping, or milling).

• Troubleshooting & Debugging: Identifying the root cause of "anomalies." If a part breaks or a signal goes flat, you must determine if it's a product failure, a sensor malfunction, or a setup issue.

• Customer focus: Work with customers onsite for test setup and help coordinate through testing activities

• Previous background of working in a dynamics lab for testing, 5-10+ years.

• Equipment: Electrodynamic shakers (Vibration Research, IMV, etc.), dual shaker, etc.
• Software: Vibration control software (e.g., VibrationVIEW, m+p international), MATLAB, and MS Excel for data analysis.
• Hardware: Accelerometers (IEPE/Charge), Signal conditioners, Digital Multimeters (DMM), and Oscilloscopes.
• Standards: Familiarity with MIL-STD-810, RTCA/DO-160, product qualifications

Physical Demands:

• Frequency of required physical force: Minimum (moderate)
• Lifting requirements: lifting <50 lbs. often and >50 lbs. on occasion
• Ability to stand on feet for long periods of time
• Ability to lift 50+lbs periodically

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Possesses the ability to perform lower to intermediate complex testing.
• Ability to work alone and in a team setting.
• Effectively manages time and practices accountability for the testing to be performed and executed to meet schedules.
• 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.