Engineering Technician (Manufacturing)

Job Posting Start Date 05-14-2025 Job Posting End Date 07-14-2025

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.

A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add an Engineering Technician 3 located in Columbia, SC.

Reporting to the Manufacturing Engineering Manager the Engineering Technician 3 role supports engineering services activities such as hardware and software design and development (non-production) within the manufacturing operations at Flex.

What a typical day looks like:

• Performs complex engineering tests, checkouts, and development engineering tasks.
• Analyzes engineering test results and implements changes to resolve problems.
• Collects data, analyzes results and implements procedures.
• Reviews project instructions and blueprints to ascertain test specifications, procedures, objectives, test equipment, nature of technical problem and possible solutions such as part redesign, substitution of material or parts or rearrangement of parts or subassemblies.
• Devises, fabricates and assembles new or modified mechanical components or assemblies for products such as industrial equipment and machinery, power equipment, server systems, machine tools and measuring instruments.
• Sets up and conducts tests of complete units and components under operational conditions to investigate design, or to obtain data for development, standardization, quality control and problem resolution

The experience we're looking to add to our team:

• Typically requires 6 years of related experience.
• Demonstrates advanced technical skills which may be used to conduct on-the-job training and/or lead/guide other employees.
• Demonstrates broad knowledge of functional techniques and has input to process improvement.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedures.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and customers
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions.

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What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

Job Category

Production Engineering

Is Sponsorship Available?

No

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