Engineering Technician

Operations Engineering Everett Washington Full-time
Reports to: Engineering Manager
Partners across: Engineering Production and Service (Repair & Calibration)

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Why should you join Fluke Health Solutions

Be the hands-on technical bridge between design the production floor and the service bench. As an Engineering Technician in Everett you build and validate the test stations run the first article inspections and lead the hands-on investigation when a part or unit lands in MRB. You work across all three worlds supporting Engineering with builds and data Production with process and test capability and Service with root-cause on field returns. The instruments you help qualify verify that the medical devices caring for patients are accurate so the rigor you bring shows up in patient care. This is a technical depth role with visibility across the entire Everett operation and a clear path toward senior technician technologist or engineering roles inside Fortive.

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What this role entails

Inspection and qualification

• Execute first article inspections (FAI/AS9102-style) on new and changed parts assemblies and suppliers; document dimensional functional and visual results and drive disposition.
• Perform incoming in-process and final inspection support using calipers micrometers height gauges CMM or vision systems and functional test.
• Support process and equipment validation activities as drafted by senior engineers IQ/OQ/PQ protocol execution data collection and report drafting under ISO 13485 / FDA 21 CFR 820.
• Support test method validation gauge R&R and measurement system analysis.

Test stations and tooling

• Assist with building installing validating and maintaining production and service test stations fixtures and tooling; own station documentation configuration control and calibration status.
• Troubleshoot test station failures and false rejects to root cause with support from test engineering; distinguish product issues from station issues and drive the fix.
• Recommend improvements to test procedures and work instructions; support test software and script updates in partnership with Engineering.
• Maintain station uptime and capability metrics; lead preventive maintenance and spares readiness for test assets.

MRB nonconformance and root cause

• Lead the hands-on technical investigation on MRB defects and nonconforming material with guidance from manufacturing / test engineers as needed teardown measurement functional characterization and failure analysis.
• Present findings and recommended disposition (use-as-is rework repair scrap return to supplier) to the MRB with supporting data.
• Support CAPA 8D and 5-Why investigations across Production and Service; verify effectiveness of implemented corrective actions.
• Analyze field return and repair data with Service to identify recurring failure modes and feed them back to Engineering.

Engineering production and service support

• Support NPI: pilot and first-article builds prototype assembly design verification testing and transfer-to-production readiness.
• Provide floor-side technical support to Production and Service technicians troubleshooting setup assistance and on-the-spot problem solving.
• Execute engineering change activity on the floor: verify ECO implementation update documentation and confirm effectivity.
• Collect organize and present technical data yield defect Pareto test capability and trend analysis to support decisions.

Improvement

• Facilitate escalations from Tier 1 and Tier 2 Daily Management to engineering team.
• Identify and drive Kaizen on test flow fixture design inspection methods and documentation quality; sustain gains with standard work and visual controls.
• Recommend and implement design-for-manufacturability and design-for-serviceability improvements based on what you see at the bench.

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What we are looking for

A. Qualifications

• 2 years as an engineering test manufacturing or quality technician in an electronics instrumentation or medical device environment.
• Hands-on electronic troubleshooting experience; fluent with DMMs oscilloscopes power supplies function generators and automated test equipment.
• Ability to read and interpret schematics drawings GD&T BOMs and test specifications.
• Experience executing inspections and using precision measurement tools.
• Experience building validating or maintaining test fixtures; comfort with test software or scripting (LabVIEW Python Met/Cal or equivalent) is a plus.
• Working knowledge of a regulated quality system (ISO 13485 FDA 21 CFR 820 ISO 9001) including nonconformance MRB and CAPA processes or proven track record in a similarly regulated industry.
• Familiarity with lean / Fortive Business System problem solving: 5-Why A3 8D standard work 5S.
• Comfortable in ERP/MES and quality systems for records transactions and reporting; solid Excel and data presentation skills.
• Associate degree in electronics engineering technology or related technical field military electronics training or equivalent experience.

B. Personal / Soft Skills

• Curious and methodical chases the actual root cause rather than the convenient one.
• Comfortable moving between the engineering lab the production floor and the service bench in the same day.
• Clear technical communicator in writing and in front of a cross-functional group.
• Self-directed on priorities with sound judgment on when to escalate.
• Documentation discipline treats the record as part of the work not after it.

Work Environment Travel & Regulatory

• Work environment: manufacturing test/calibration lab and office areas at FHS Everett.
• Physical: prolonged computer use; occasional lifting/handling of instruments and fixtures (typically up to 25 lbs); lab bench work.
• Travel: Minimal (< 5%).
• Regulatory & Quality: all activities conform to the FHS ISO 13485 / FDA 21 CFR 820 quality management system and applicable EHS requirements.
• Equal Opportunity: Fluke Health Solutions a Fortive operating company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.