Engineering Technician/Technologist, Design/Innovation at Flex in Austin, Texas

Job Description:

Flex is a leading sketch-to-scale™ solutions company that designs and builds intelligent products for a connected world. With more than 200,000 professionals across 30 countries and a promise to help make the world Live Smarter™, the company provides innovative design, engineering, manufacturing, real-time supply chain insight and logistics services to companies of all sizes in various industries and end-markets. For more information please visit our careers page at www.flex.com. 

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  Industry: Electrical / Electronic Manufacturing


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  Type: Public Company


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  NASDAQ: FLEX


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  Headquarters: 2 Changi South Lane, Singapore, 486123


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  Company Size: 10,001+ employees


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  Website: www.flex.com
  

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Job Description

Flex is a leading Sketch-to-Scale™ solutions provider that designs and builds intelligent products for a connected world. Flex's multiple Design & Innovation sites are each part of the engineering development focus that is pushing the boundaries in product design and performance. Chartered with assisting our customers in innovative product designs, the Flex innovation and design community are working on cutting edge products across all industries.  

Utilizing the latest technology advancements, the Austin Innovation Center, part of the Catalyzing Innovation organization, focuses in broad, open ended problem areas, where requirements are less defined.  This creates a fast-paced, technically challenging environment set for collaboration, innovation, and creativity to create the products of tomorrow.

Currently, the Catalyzing Innovation organization is seeking an Engineering Technologist, Design/Innovation Hardware Development located in the brand-new Austin Innovation Center located in Austin, TX. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team, work with fellow innovation engineers around the country, and support cutting edge system design and engineering projects.  Working alongside design engineering team members, you will be responsible for supporting EE design and test throughout the product design cycle from feasibility to factory introduction and product launch.

We are looking for someone who demonstrates:

• Intense collaboration


• Passionate customer focus


• Thoughtful, fast, disciplined execution


• Tenacious commitment to continuous improvement


• Relentless drive to win

Here is a glimpse of what you’ll do…

• Collaborating with engineering to ensure products meet design requirements


• Prototype assembly, test and troubleshooting.


• Conduct design verification testing (ESD, Temperature, etc.) of various levels of prototypes.


• Support engineering providing documentation to factory to support product builds.

Here is some of what you’ll need (required)…

• AAS in Electronics Technology or similar degree / Technical Certificate with 8 or more years of experience in engineering product development support.


• Familiar with environmental testing


• Strong soldering skills with small components.


• Experience with test equipment (Oscilloscope, Spectrum Analyzers, meters, etc.) and setting up automated testing.


• Strong troubleshooting skills.


• Strong verbal and technical writing skills

Here are a few of our preferred experiences…

• Experience with wireless products (Bluetooth, LoRa, WiFi, etc.)


• Experience with wearable products


• Familiarity with battery technologies, charging schemes.


• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout

Here are a few examples of what you’ll get for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical benefits, dental, vision


• Life Insurance


• Matching 401K


• PTO


• Tuition Reimbursement


• Employee discounts at local retailers

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Job Category

Relocation

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