Senior Repair and Calibration Technician

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Annapolis, MD +1 · NGC - Non - NGJF S01

This role is for a Senior Repair and Calibration Technician at Northrop Grumman. The technician will be responsible for repairing and calibrating various types of test equipment and instrumentation, troubleshooting malfunctions, and maintaining records. The role requires knowledge of electronic principles and experience with calibration procedures and standards like ANSI Z540.1, ANSI Z540.3, and ISO 17025:2017.

What you'd actually do

  1. Repair and calibrate electronic, physical, dimensional, and optical power test equipment and instrumentation such as power supplies, amplifiers, recorders, meters, frequency counters, signal generators, oscilloscopes, optical power meters, torque products, and dimensional tools utilizing calibration procedures schematics, wiring diagrams, instruction manuals and associated data. Operate in compliance with ANSI Z540.1, ANSI Z540.3, and ISO 17025:2017 as applicable.
  2. Determine source of equipment malfunctions, component failure and/or calibration requirements utilizing tooling such as oscilloscopes, analyzers and bridges. Replace defective components, wiring and circuity determining functional quality of such components under a variety of operating conditions. Perform modifications on standard equipment following manufacturers' directions or as indicated.
  3. Calibrate and repair the more complicated equipment such as high frequency counters and fast rise time oscilloscopes following established procedures or explicit technical instructions and specification sheets.
  4. Affix prescribed stickers and tags to equipment meeting prescribed levels of performance, and record pertinent calibration and repair data as necessary.
  5. Prepare and maintain necessary reports and records as required.

Skills

Required

  • Associates Degree and 4 years of relevant experience, OR a High school diploma or recognized equivalent and 6 years of related experience
  • 6 months of military electronic school
  • Minimum of 2 years working in the calibration, maintenance and repair of measuring and test equipment
  • Knowledge of electronic principles
  • Ability to troubleshoot and replace defective parts
  • Understand the operation of basic test equipment