Associate Test Technician

Job Summary:

 

Mercury Systems is seeking the best and brightest talent to help us bring cutting-edge technology to mission-critical aerospace and defense applications, advancing innovation where it matters most. We bridge commercial innovation with defense-grade security to ensure our warfighters and allies have the technological advantage.

 

The Associate Test Technician will be required to test and troubleshoot state-of-the-art complex digital systems assemblies to the component level while working under minimal supervision.

 

Job Responsibilities:

• Test Mercury products in accordance with documented test procedures to ensure product meets specifications, tolerances, and customer requirements.
• Produce quality work to prescribed standards, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Interpret assembly drawings, schematics, test procedures, and process flow instructions.
• Rely on experience and judgement to plan and accomplish assigned goals.
• Complete basic troubleshooting when required.
• Resolve most questions and problems, referring only the most complex issues to higher levels.
• Identify quality and reliability issues and submit recommendations for improvements.
• Develop personal goals and objectives for continuous improvement in support of Company and Department goals and objectives
• Maintain workplace organization.

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Typically requires one year or less of electronic test experience.
• Basic computer skills including Word and Excel.
• Must be willing to work overtime as necessary.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast paced, ambiguous, and rapidly changing environment.

Preferred Qualification:

• Aerospace/Aviation experience preferred.
• Vocational school or secondary education in electronics technology strongly preferred.
• Soldering skills preferred.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here 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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to:

• Constantly move objects and use abdominal and lower back muscles to provide support over time without fatigue.  Specific abilities required by the job include positioning oneself to lift or move objects weighing up to 40lbs.
• Constant movement and use of limbs. Specific abilities required by this job include prolonged sitting, twisting and working under a microscope for long periods of time will be required. Occasional Standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, climbing, and gripping is required daily.
• Frequently observe, detect, discern, and convey information. Specific abilities required by this job include near, far and color vision acuity, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Requires good manual dexterity, coordination, and stamina. Ability to safely control surgical razor blades and small hand tools used to manipulate tuning stub under a microscope. Specific abilities required by this job include the frequent requirement of overtime work.

“This position requires you to access information that is subject to U.S. export regulations.  You may only access such information if you are a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. government"

 

Qualifications Why should you join Mercury Systems?

Mercury Systems is a technology company that makes the world a safer, more secure place. We push processing power to the tactical edge, making the latest commercial technologies profoundly more accessible for today's most challenging aerospace and defense missions. From silicon to system scale, Mercury enables customers to accelerate innovation and turn data into decision superiority. Headquartered in Andover, Massachus