Senior Electronic Technician

Requirements:

• Grade 12 and a tertiary qualification in electronics (At least N4 Diploma)
• A minimum of 5 years of electronics experience
• Good hand skills such as soldering as well as the ability to use hand tools
• The ability to follow test procedures and use electronic testing equipment correctly.
• Good people skills
• Computer literacy is essential (embedded Linux advantageous)
• CAD design for electronics circuits for schematics & PCB layout
• Software PCB programming competency.

Basic competencies for this role:

• The ability to design & add new functionality.
• The capacity to assemble & put things together.
• The capacity to understand how things fit together and to distinguish the wood from the trees.
• The capacity to observe and be attentive to detail.
• The capacity to demonstrate and show foresight and insight.
• The capacity to perform and get things done while working with excellence.
• The capacity to make sound judgements.
• The capacity to collect and gather information and to integrate this into a factual outcome.

Role and responsibilities:

Telemeter and Production Procurement
- Procurement of PCBs.
- Liaising with suppliers of PCBs.
- Sourcing of components.
- Negotiating favorable pricing terms on components.
- Negotiating supplier agreements favorable to the Company.
- Approval of quotes

Development Support Performing updates of Bills of Materials ("BOM").
- Approving and signing off on BOMs.
- Building prototypes inclusive of integration.
- Doing modifications in support of the development team.
- Kitting of parts for the manufacturing of PCBs.
- Testing and assembling of PCBs.
- Design review of schematics.
- Electronic design work (selecting components, participating in schematic design, routing PCBs,
reviewing other designs, ect).
- PCB integration testing (shortages, board bring up, testing functional blocks of PCB).
- Assist in software development.