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Job Title: Electronic Calibration Technician

Reports to: Lab Manager

Who You Are:

You are proactive, like to troubleshoot and calibrate a wide range of equipment, and enjoy a small but fast-growing team where you are challenged to learn every day. You want a fast-paced environment with plenty of room to achieve goals with independence and freedom. You have high integrity and understand the critical mission we support. You like being on a team that is collaborative and where high performers are rewarded.

Who We Are:

Tra-Cal is on a mission to be the best calibration lab to work with and for. We are an ISO/IEC 17025-2017, ANSI Z540-1/ Z540.3 accredited calibration lab in Gaithersburg, MD and 30 minutes from Washington D.C. We serve critically important customers including NASA, the Department of Defense, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, WMATA (D.C. metro), AT&T, and hundreds of others. We have one of the most expansive scopes of accreditation in the region which enables us to serve diverse equipment and customers.

No day in the Tra-Cal laboratory is the same. Our technicians are challenged to work on different equipment daily, perform onsite calibrations, and learn new technical disciplines. We are proudly independent and Veteran owned and operated. Our President is a former Army Green Beret and our lab manager served 25 years as a calibration technician in the Air Force before joining Tra-Cal in 2011. We take our jobs and professions very seriously, but not ourselves. We enjoy Hawaiian T-Shirt Fridays, BBQs, and believe in the professional development of our people. We are a values-based organization and seek candidates who fit the following core values:

Integrity – Do the right thing when nobody is watching
Continuous Improvement – Strive to be 1% better every day
Team player – Service to others before yourself
Customer first - Always be willing to go the extra mile
Positive Attitude – Hunt the good stuff

These are not just values we put on a poster, but something we strive to live by every day.

Job Summary:

Tra-Cal laboratory is actively seeking an Electronic Calibration Technician to help support our rapidly growing team. If you are looking to grow your professional and technical capability, and progress to a senior calibration technician or beyond, then this is an ideal role for you. We believe in training and investing in the growth of our people. The ideal candidate for this position will have the opportunity to be promoted to a senior-level technician role within 2-4 years.

Duties/Responsibilities:

Perform Technical Work – Using calibration standards, ISO/ANSI guidelines, manufacturers procedures, other laboratory equipment and tools. Perform evaluation, calibration, repair, upgrade, cleaning, and maintenance to customers and (occasionally) in-house test instruments.

Contribute to maintaining the calibration database, the accredited status of the laboratory by following documented procedures, the current documentation necessary for audits, and to the design and improvement initiatives of our business and workflow processes.

Participate in monitoring customer equipment & workflow – Maintain the status of all customer test equipment using the Fluke MET/TEAM system. Utilize daily reports to guide assignments and corresponding activity. Interface with the Lab Manager to determine where operating conflicts may occur and work to prevent/remedy those conflicts.

Troubleshoot and Repair – Document and communicate issues, collaborate with the Laboratory Manager to troubleshoot equipment issues and resolve problems, both technical and operational.

Maintain the Calibration Database (Fluke MET/TEAM) – Capture all equipment status and movement within the system, as well as detailed data regarding calibration results. Assist the staff in the proper use and control of the database.

Manage customer expectations and ensures customer satisfaction – Proactively seek and understand our customer’s needs, actively set and manage their expectations, and ensure that our end result meets or exceeds their needs. Constructively act upon any shortcomings by engaging customer contacts to resolve any open issues.

Perform on-site calibrations (when applicable), repairs and maintain test equipment at customer facilities.

Follow all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of Tra-Cal as well as governing body guidelines and regulations for standards of excellence and certification status when performing duties.

Basic Qualifications

Must have a valid driver's license
High school diploma or GED
Minimum 3 years experience using/calibrating RF Test Equipment (Spectrum Analyzer, Vector Network Analyzers, Power Meter, Signal Analyzer, etc.)
An ability to read schematics and blueprints and repair test equipment from them
The ability to interpret manufacturers’ specifications and generate calibration procedures and data sheets is a necessity.
Proficient with Windows, Microsoft Office, Internet applications, and strong Excel skills
Strong customer service skills
Ability to function well in a high-paced and dynamic environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

Associate’s Degree in Electronics or PMEL Training.
Electronics/Metrology degree
Experience - 5 or more years of career-level experience in industry, with two or more of those years interfacing with industrial customers, and showing progressive growth of responsibility. Experience working with ISO/IEC 17025 is highly preferred.
Exposure - Practical understanding and working knowledge of calibration and repair of general-purpose test equipment. This knowledge would optimally consist of, but not be limited to, Low to High Frequency Spectrum Analyzers, Low to High Frequency Signal Generators, DMM’s of all types, Logic Analyzers, Low to High Frequency Network Analyzers, Optical Test Equipment and Multi-Function Calibrators. Experience in Torque and Dimensional Calibration will be a plus.

Physical Requirements:

Prolonged periods of standing.
Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at times.
Must be willing to travel up to 20% of the time for onsite service for our customers within the Mid-Atlantic region.

Compensation:

$25-$35 per hour plus 1.5x overtime
Retention Bonus - $1k paid after 1-year
Quarterly bonus - $500 based on individual and team goals
Referral Bonus - $1k for every technician recruited, $1k each year they remain with Tra-Cal
Paid Holidays
15 days PTO
Healthcare
401K matching

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