Test Lab Operator

Date Posted:

2023-11-27

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HOH12: Wheels & Brakes - Troy 101 Waco Street, Troy, OH, 45373 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Collins Aerospace is seeking an experienced Test Lab Operator. You will be responsible for operating test machinery and equipment to test wheel and brake assemblies, wheel, and brake components, etc. You will also play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability and performance of machinery and equipment, collaborating with project engineers to analyze results.

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

2nd Shift: Monday – Friday 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM EST

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Handle hazardous waste generated in department and place waste into containers in accordance with hazardous waste management rules.
  • Receive job assignments and instructions from Test Supervisors and Project Engineers.
  • Read and interpret test requests and assembly blueprints.  Contact supervisor and/or engineer for clarification.  Assist and/or contact Data Control Room to complete assigned tasks.
  • Retrieve and assemble test hardware and take required weights and measurements.
  • Install thermo-couples, accelerometers, linear transducers, pressure cells, pressure gauges and other gauges as required.
  • Plumb hydraulics and connect electrical test hardware and equipment as necessary.
  • Set up test equipment.
  • Set up and program on-site/mobile data acquisition systems, and machine control.
  • Record test results in a clean and legible manner and verify accuracy of test methods and data.
  • Decide when adjustments are necessary to ensure required test results and notify project engineer and/or supervisor of any abnormal conditions of test hardware or test equipment.
  • Disassemble test set-ups.
  • Disassemble test hardware, disposition and store as required in a safe, clean, and orderly manner.
  • Calibrate torque cells, load cells, pressure cells, pressure gauges, linear transducers and torque wrenches and other tools as required.
  • Train Test Lab Operator trainees as required.
  • Store tools, equipment, and hardware in proper places when not in use.
  • Maintain work area and machinery in a clean, safe, and orderly manner, including sweeping, cleaning of assigned cells and cleanup of small spills. 
  • Arrange material to facilitate access and make best use of available space.
  • Operate tow motor or hand truck to accomplish movement of materials, including nitrogen, in support of testing.
  • Perform routine operator preventative maintenance on equipment and record completions.
  • Attend training and department meetings.
  • Oil machines as needed utilizing appropriate tools.
  • Retrieve items from tool crib and complete forms/transactions as required. 
  • No travel required.
  • Perform other duties as required.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Typically requires HS Diploma or AA/AS degree (or other 2-year post high school training)
  • U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee or asylee) or eligible to obtain necessary export authorizations required https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part- 120/subpart-C/section-120.62
  • Experience performing mathematical calculations requiring addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, averaging, and conversion (fraction to decimal, ft/min to ft/sec, etc.)
  • Experience utilizing oral and written comprehension and understanding of technical documents including but not limited to test requests, blueprints, Engineering process specifications and written work instructions.
  • Experience utilizing Microsoft Office- Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • One or more years CNC experience
  • Test Lab Operator experience
  • Previous aerospace experience

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

Our Advanced Structures team leverages advanced materials and additive manufacturing to develop complex interior and exterior solutions. These solutions ensure structural integrity of the aircraft, help aircraft take off and land, stay trim in the air, move forward, carry cargo and conduct rescues. We delight our customers with superior products and best-in-class service. Our global team is committed to continuous improvement – we work hard to make our solutions lighter-weight, stronger and more technically advanced, so that plane travel can be safer, more affordable, and more sustainable in the years to come. We are looking for the best and brightest to fly and land with us! 

Diversity drives innovation, inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.

WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.

Regardless of your role type, collaboration and innovation are critical to our business and all employees will have access to digital tools so they can work with colleagues around the world – and access to Collins sites when their work requires in-person meetings.

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.  

Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day.

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