Automation Technician

Automation Technician - Austin, TX

The Automation Technician will have an understanding of PLCs and will be responsible for supporting automation engineering services and production automation. Position requires 1+ years' experience.

Automation: Supports automation engineering services, production automation, and activities

Mechanical: Repairs and maintains process machinery and mechanical equipment such as conveyor systems and production machines and equipment.

Electrical: Maintains and troubleshoots in-circuit and functional testers, associated test fixtures, stress chambers and chamber racks to ensure manufacturing test equipment is on-line.

• Assists engineers in formulating test, calibration, repair and evaluation plans and procedures to maintain precision accuracy of measuring, recording and indicating instruments and equipment.
• Maintain continuous system operation by adjusting, repairing, replacing, or modifying automation/robotic system components.
• Troubleshoot electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems and components and return to serviceability.
• Perform scheduled preventive maintenance actions on all subsystems and related components.
• Ensure preventative maintenance of robotic and process support equipment are completed on a regularly scheduled basis.
• Read and interpret electrical schematics, mechanical diagrams including complex automated system drawings.
• Collaborate with the automation team in the qualification process of automated systems.
• Records procedures and results, numerical and graphical data, and recommendations for changes in product or method.
• Maintains software, documentation and equipment to the latest revision or operational specifications.
• Assists engineers in developing and designing hardware and software required for all automation solutions per specifications.
• Trains other technicians and operators on products, processes and equipment.
• Proper use of power tools and measuring equipment.
• Through troubleshooting, identifies machine malfunctions and isolates the failure mechanism.
• Repairs the failure mechanism in the most cost-effective manner.
• Performs preventive maintenance at specified intervals and schedules.
• Performs calibrations and re-qualifications on equipment at specified intervals and schedules.
• Assists process technicians and engineers with the installation and removal of process equipment.
• Analyzes and implements corrective action reports and process tracking mechanisms.
• Records times and problems in equipment logs.
• Provides daily equipment functioning activity information.
• Disassembles instruments and equipment and inspects components for defects.
• Aligns, repairs, replaces, and balances component parts and circuitry.
• May require travel to other company sites or equipment vendors' locations.

Highest level may perform both software and hardware maintenance.

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About Advantage Technical

With company roots going back over 30 years, Advantage Technical is an engineering and information technology services company and a national leader in the provision of technical resources today. These services include Staff Augmentation, Direct Placement, Project Resourcing and Outsourcing - delivered from 40 key market locations, by over 3500 specialized contractors, to over 500 clients across North America. Advantage Technical is a Best of Staffing Diamond Award winner for both Clients and Talent. For more information about the industries and services offered by Advantage Technical, please visit AdvantageTechnical.com.

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