AEROSPACE - Cable and Harness Technician 2 - 2ND SHIFT - GOLETA CA - 15490
Cable and Harness Technician 2 to support our Mission Enabling Products (MEP) Business Unit. MEP is a leading designer, producer, and supplier of spacecraft components that power and enable satellites of all classes. Products include spacecraft panels, bus structures, precision optical structures, deployable structural systems and mechanisms, solar arrays, and antenna reflectors. Our products are on virtually every U.S. satellite built in the last 20 years. This position will serve on-site at our Goleta, CA location. This position is for 2nd Shift. (1:30 pm – 11:00 pm) Responsibilities: • Must be self-motivated, organized and accountable for personal workload. • Diligent in reviewing, interpreting, maintaining, and completing paperwork and electronic data associated with hardware assemblies to maintain data and material traceability. • Manufacturing electrical harness assemblies, including ability to correctly interpret schematics and build compliant electrical assemblies as well as demonstrated knowledge of basic electrical tests such as continuity and insulation resistance. • Following procedures but also able to work from drawings or sketches, and collaborate with engineers to develop or prove new processes. • Knowledge of Soldering, wire stripping, contact crimping, contact insertion and removal, harness routing and strain relief techniques is required. • Knowledgeable with structural bonding and application of coatings using various epoxy and silicone adhesive products. • Working level understanding of force, torque, and precision hand tools. • Organizational ability to follow, or determine, optimum order of assembly for complex harnesses, mechanical structures, and devices. Basic Qualifications for Cable and Harness Technician 2: • High school diploma or GED and at least 2 years of additional education and/or related experience • Experience with electrical harness assemblies is required, including ability to correctly interpret schematics and build compliant electrical assemblies as well as demonstrated knowledge of basic electrical tests such as continuity and insulation resistance. • Requires experience following procedures but also able to work from drawings or sketches, and collaborate with engineers to develop or prove new processes. • Knowledge of soldering, wire stripping, contact crimping, contact insertion and removal, harness routing and strain relief techniques is required. Evidence of current or past certification in one or more of these skills is required. • Ability to read, write and work to instructions written in English. • Ability read and follow directions on engineering drawings • Ability to lift/push/pull up to 40 pounds • Ability to be on feet for up to various hours each day • Ability to work flexible hours, overtime, and different shifts based on demanding manufacturing schedules Preferred Qualifications for Cable and Harness Technician 2: • J-STD-001 Soldering Certification • NASA STD 8739.1 Certification • NASA STD 8739.4 Certification • Familiarity with solar cell technology and CIC wiring • US Citizen able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance • Proficient use of basic shop arithmetic • Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) • Initiative, self-starter, adaptable, and high motivation for excellence • Ability to multitask, prioritize • Experience or familiarity with ISO requirements, standards, and compliance issues
