Junior Research and Development Technician
Junior Research and Development Technician
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07-04-2025
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Job Description
Reports to: Director of Research and Development
Position Summary:
This is a handson trainee position that is an integral part of our Engineering team. The Junior Research and Development (R&D) Tech supports the research and development of engineering projects to ensure objectives are met. The R&D Tech performs a variety of duties that require accuracy creativity and innovation. This role will also participate in areas of material control and flow including testing and inspection.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Education and Experience Requirements:
Required Skills:
Physical/Mental Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. Position requires a high degree of concentration to manage frequent interruptions while meeting strict deadlines. This position requires the ability to perform duties using both typical office equipment such as computers cell phones and printers as well as the ability to communicate and perform tasks in an office and research environment. The ability to lift files open filing cabinets and bend sit or stand is necessary. The ability to safely operate standard shop tools with minimal supervision is necessary. Lifting parts and materials up to 40 pounds by yourself is necessary. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision color vision peripheral vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus. This position will be required to operate a forklift.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Safety Sensitive Position:
This position is classified as a safety sensitive position and as such is subject to random drug screenings per the Policy Substance Abuse and Drug Free Workplace.
Position Summary:
This is a handson trainee position that is an integral part of our Engineering team. The Junior Research and Development (R&D) Tech supports the research and development of engineering projects to ensure objectives are met. The R&D Tech performs a variety of duties that require accuracy creativity and innovation. This role will also participate in areas of material control and flow including testing and inspection.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist in design and development projects for new products product/process changes and improvements including related prototyping testing and documentation.
- Create and maintain accurate documentation of product assembly instructions testing procedures test reports quality inspection reports and shop equipment manuals.
- Execute new product qualification testing and write test reports.
- Coordinate with internal personnel to procure material and equipment for testing.
- Contribute to the improvement of existing products and development of new products through brainstorming sessions with the engineering team.
- Interact as needed with the manufacturing purchasing and quality control departments.
- Complete accurate and timely preventive maintenance of shop equipment and test fixtures.
- Design build and operate newfixtures for product life cycle testing.
- Occasionally assist warehouse with truck loading stock replenishment toilet assembly shipping as needed.
- Construct and finish prototype assemblies for evaluation and testing.
- Manage product documentation in the engineering department and in our enterprise resource planning software execute engineering change orders and update product data.
- Inspect existing products against detailed production drawings and write inspection reports.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience Requirements:
- High School education required.
- 2 years of experience in a manufacturing industry product development or product testing is preferred.
- A strong desire to work in product development and engineering is necessary.
- Familiar with basic drawing layout dimensioning and tolerancing.
- Background knowledge in engineering or plastics manufacturing is preferred.
- Some experience with plastic part design is beneficial.
- Demonstrated experience using hand and power tools is essential.
- Demonstrated high attention to detail is necessary.
- Experience using calipers tape measure and weighing scales is necessary.
- Forklift experience is beneficial but training will be provided.
Required Skills:
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Comfortable using Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.
- Comfortable navigating computer files and email.
- Experience using shop tools.
- Strong initiative to solve problems and recommend improvements a selfstarter.
- Extremely reliable and high credibility.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ethical conduct.
- Excellent problem solving and organizational skills.
- Strong Interpersonal communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work with a team.
- Flexibility to jump between priorities as needed.
Physical/Mental Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. Position requires a high degree of concentration to manage frequent interruptions while meeting strict deadlines. This position requires the ability to perform duties using both typical office equipment such as computers cell phones and printers as well as the ability to communicate and perform tasks in an office and research environment. The ability to lift files open filing cabinets and bend sit or stand is necessary. The ability to safely operate standard shop tools with minimal supervision is necessary. Lifting parts and materials up to 40 pounds by yourself is necessary. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision color vision peripheral vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus. This position will be required to operate a forklift.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Safety Sensitive Position:
This position is classified as a safety sensitive position and as such is subject to random drug screenings per the Policy Substance Abuse and Drug Free Workplace.
Compensation:
The pay range listed is the base pay range that Satellite Shelters inc/Satellite Industries Inc. reasonably expects to pay someone for this position (compensation may vary outside of this range depending on several factors including but not limited to a candidates qualifications skills competencies experience location and end client requirements).
Benefits and Ancillaries:
Medical dental vision PTO benefits and ancillaries may be available for eligible employees and vary based on the plan options selected by the employee.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
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