Fabrication Technician

In this role you will commission operate and maintain benchtop fabrication equipment;

produce prototype parts to tight tolerances; and keep the lab organized and ready for daily engineering use. You will work under the direction of the Prototyping Lead and alongside mechanical electrical and manufacturing engineers to turn CAD models and drawings into physical hardwarequickly accurately and repeatably.

Responsibilities

Equipment Commissioning & Maintenance

Commission set up and bring online new fabrication equipment including 3D printers

(FDM SLA/DLP SLS) desktop CNC mills laser cutters and other benchtop tools.

Own routine maintenance calibration and consumables management for all prototyping

equipment; proactively prevent downtime.

Troubleshoot equipment issues coordinate service calls and maintain maintenance logs.

Evaluate and recommend new tools materials and processes to expand lab capability.

Fabrication & Precision Assembly

Fabricate mechanical parts using additive subtractive and manual methods to meet drawing specifications and tolerances.

Perform post-processing: support removal sanding bonding tapping heat-setting inserts painting and surface finishing.

Execute precision hand assembly of compact electro-mechanical prototypesincluding sub-cm enclosures press fits threaded fasteners and delicate component integration.

Build and maintain jigs fixtures and test rigs used in prototype assembly and validation.

Read and interpret mechanical drawings GD&T callouts and 3D CAD models to execute fabrication tasks with minimal supervision.

Lab Operations & Organization

Maintain a highly organized clean and safe lab environment; enforce 5S principles across workstations and storage.

Manage lab inventory including materials consumables fasteners adhesives and tooling; reorder supplies before stockouts.

Follow and improve build procedures; document builds with photos measurements and structured notes.

Coordinate with vendors for outsourced parts: obtain quotes track orders and inspect incoming parts for conformance