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About the role
We are the hardware engineering group that designs and implements embedded systems (meters) for collecting TV tuning and TV viewing data. Our team’s responsibilities include electrical schematic design, circuit board layout, and enclosure mechanical design. We use contract manufacturers to build prototypes and production meters. Typical meter designs consist of a single main board with a dozen or more integrated circuits (BGA, QFP, TDFN, SOT, etc) and related passive components. Our designs range in size from rack mount equipment to devices as small as a wrist watch. We design and create automated manufacturing test systems that incorporate various instruments such as optical detectors, power supplies, DVMs, RF generators, and frequency converters. These test systems are used to validate newly manufactured equipment.
Key Responsibilities
The Sr Technician’s role involves planning, design, assembling, and documenting the manufacturing test equipment that our contract manufacturers use to validate the assembly and quality of newly manufactured meters.
Role Requirements
- Prototype assembly and rework of high density surface mount printed circuit boards.
- Construction / assembly & support (modification) of equipment test station racks
- Perform various housekeeping activities such as keeping work area clean, cleaning of equipment, maintaining calibration log of lab equipment.
- Perform various support activities such as setting up, monitoring and reporting on various prototype testing sites for both long and short term tests.
- Design simple circuits and interfaces (relays, switches, wiring harness) that may be needed to automate testing of engineering designs.
- Assist in the design of complex test processes and development of testing procedures.
- Review and ensure that assembly documentation is complete and accurate.
- Recommend improvements in automatic test equipment processes.
- Manage daily work schedule, complete weekly status report to manager.
- Perform training assignments to develop knowledge and skills.
- Active participation in team meetings, kanban meetings and production meetings.
- Perform any other maintenance and support work that is necessary, but always keep responsibility for assigned project work.
- Provide effort estimates for assigned work and alert management of schedule slips.
Key Skills
- Expert in assembly and rework of complex small form factor high density surface mount printed circuit boards
- Expert in understanding electrical schematic diagrams
- Proficiency in troubleshooting analog and digital circuits such as power supplies and voltage regulators, transistors, FETs, relays, LEDs, op-amps, opto-couplers, and microcontrollers.
- Excellent communication skills
- Expert in use of basic lab equipment such as DVMs, oscilloscopes, bench power supplies, data loggers.
- Strong attention to detail
- Excellent problem solving ability
- Solid computer skills and be able to use Google office tools - email, docs, sheets.
Education and Experience
- Completed formal training as electrical technician plus 3 years minimum experience
- 5 years minimum experience without formal education.
Diversity
Here at Nielsen, we believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, Nielsen is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome applications from people that are excited to work for us, regardless of their background - so please get in touch!
Nielsen provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to any protected characteristics under local law.
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