Careers at Aved Electronics
Engineering Technician
- Department: Engineering
- Job Status: Full Time
Engineering Technician:
We are looking for an individual with a solid electrical /technical background who is as comfortable with an electrical schematic as they are with any mechanical drawing. This person will provide technical support in the design, construction, test and troubleshoot of components, assemblies and products.
Quality Support:
Perform evaluations to determine nature of failures and appropriate corrective action
Develop and document repair and rework procedures based on corrective action determinations
Conduct first article inspections as needed for supplier qualification
Manufacturing Support:
Develop and document manufacturing test procedures for new and existing assemblies
Develop and/or purchase equipment as necessary to support the manufacturing test procedure
Assist in product quality, process quality and cost reduction activities
Assist in building first article samples as necessary
Assist in the design and debugging of test fixtures, test cables and other test equipment
Engineering Support:
Develop and evaluate test fixtures
Conduct detailed electrical and mechanical tests
Perform basic soldering and wiring
Should be comfortable with electrical circuit concepts and electrical test equipment
Qualifications:
Detail oriented with strong written and verbal communication skills
Demonstrated ability to take ownership of task execution and work with minimal supervision
Comfortable working in a team environment and balancing competing priorities
Proficient with mechanical and electrical tools used for assembly, testing and troubleshooting of electro-mechanical systems
Working knowledge of electronic components, Ohm’s law, and AC/DC electric theory
Proficient with Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, and Outlook)
Proficient with Solid Works desirable but not required
Field Sales Representative
- Department: Sales
- Job Status: Full Time
- Reports To: VP
- Work Schedule: M-F 8:00am to 5:00 pm
- Amount of Travel Required: 50-60%
- Positions Supervised: None initially, Sales potentially
POSITION SUMMARY
Aved Electronics is a leader in the New England marketplace; supplying OEM’s with custom cable assembly, electromechanical assembly, battery packs and design services. Aved is currently seeking a Field Sales Representative to identify and qualify potential customers, and to secure contracts with those customers that pass qualification. Candidate should have a strong technical background, 5+ years’ experience, and a successful record of increasing market share while establishing long standing relationships. This position will include potential for promotion to sales management.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential Functions Statement(s)
- Identify prospective customers by using business directories, following leads from existing clients, participating in organizations and clubs, and attending trade shows and conferences.
- Contact new and existing customers to discuss their needs, and to explain how these needs could be met by specific products and services.
- Negotiate prices and terms of sales and service agreements.
- Provide customers with ongoing technical support.
- Visit establishments to evaluate needs and to promote product or service sales.
- Collaborate with colleagues to exchange information such as selling strategies and marketing information.
- Consult with engineers regarding technical problems.
- Attend sales and trade meetings, and read related publications in order to obtain information about market conditions, business trends, and industry developments.
- Complete expense reports, sales reports, and other paperwork.
- Complete product and development training as required.
- Provide feedback to company's product design team so that products can be tailored to clients' needs.
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
- Active Listening - Ability to actively attend to, convey, and understand the comments and questions of others.
- Competitiveness - Willingness to strive to get ahead or to finish projects.
- Customer Oriented - Ability to take care of the customers’ needs while following company procedures.
- Initiative - Ability to make decisions or take actions to solve a problem or reach a goal.
- Resilient - Ability to recover from, or adjust to, misfortune or setbacks.
- Sales Ability - Ability to use appropriate interpersonal styles and communication methods to gain acceptance of a product, service, or idea.
- Interpersonal - Ability to get along well with a variety of personalities and individuals.
- Technical Aptitude - Ability to comprehend complex technical topics and specialized information.
- Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
- Self-Motivated - Ability to be internally inspired to perform a task to the best of one’s ability using his or her own drive or initiative.
- Tactful - Ability to show consideration for and maintain good relations with others.
- Leadership - Ability to influence others to perform their jobs effectively and to be responsible for making decisions.
- Working Under Pressure - Ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations.
- Time Management - Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within given deadlines
- Motivation - Ability to inspire oneself and others to reach a goal and/or perform to the best of their ability.
- Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
- Presentation Skills - Ability to effectively present information publicly.
- Negotiation Skills - Ability to reach outcomes that gain the support and acceptance of all parties.
- Problem Solving - Ability to find a solution for or to deal proactively with work-related problems.
- Persistence - Ability to complete tasks or continue in a course of action in spite of opposition or discouragement.
- Persuasive - Ability to influence others to change position or to adopt a specific point of view.
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Education: Bachelor’s Degree (college or technical school): Required
Experience: 5+ years related experience.
Computer Skills: Basic understanding of Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and ability to learn basic sales software applications.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: Office as well as traveling to Customer's business.
New Product Development Technician
- Department: Production
- FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
- Job Status: Full Time
- Reports To: Cell Leader
- Work Schedule: 7:00am to 3:30 pm
POSITION SUMMARY
Electronic Assembly Technician with strong experience in high-level assembly of customer cable assemblies, electromechanical assembly and battery packs. Work as part of a team having responsibility for assembling an entire product or component of a product. Technician is encouraged to provide input and feedback to engineer and/or cell lead to strive toward continuous improvement.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Ability to read and interpret customer documentation including blueprints, BOMs and drawings.
- Understanding measurements and tolerance.
- First piece build and creation of work instructions for the manufacturing/assembly line(s) using Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
- Ability to define and create documentation and/or test fixture and harness boards for manufacturability.
- Experience soldering, crimping and inserting terminals.
- Routing wires on a harness board using tie wraps and lacing cord(s).
- Use of coaxial, biaxial and braided wire(s).
- Using epoxy and potting materials to encapsulate wires.
- Experience with sleeving, tubing, Expando and boots.
- Use of OHM meter, Hipot, Cirrus and point to point testing.
- Adhere to and maintain workmanship standards set forth by Aved.
- Participate in continuous improvement training, including but not limited to cross training to all departments.
- Ability to read and interpret work instructions.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Education: High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED) Required.
Experience: 3+ years related experience.
Computer Skills: Basic computer skills are necessary. Knowledge/usage of Word, Excel and Outlook.
Certificates & Licenses: All assembly technicians must be trained in-house to curriculum based on IPC-620 standards and general assembler knowledge.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Light assembly work in climate-controlled environment.
NPI Specialist
- Department: Production/NPI Document Control
- FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
- Job Status: Full Time
- Reports To:Doc Control Coordinator /NPI Supervisor
- Work Schedule: 7:00am to 3:30 pm
POSITION SUMMARY
The Document Control Specialist III is responsible for assisting the Document Control Lead and Process Control Manager in maintaining and continuously improving the Document Control Quality System in order to support the business and release of work instructions, meeting regulations and established requirements. Ensures that product and product-related documents are processed through the DocuShare database in compliance with established procedures, Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), Manufacturing Change Orders (MCOs), Deviations and Engineering Change Requests (ECRs).
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Essential Functions Statement(s)
- Ensure compliance with ISO documentation control and retention requirements.
- Provide accurate and timely documentation for build processes relating to the core competencies of the organization.
- Process, distribute, store, and control Master Customer Files for all assigned customer products including manufacturing documentation.
- Coordinate documentation schedule with engineering, planners, account managers, and buyers.
- Works closely with Engineering to support their efforts during New Product Introductions.
- Resolve documentation questions and issues for engineering, planners, programs managers, and buyers.
- Interpret customer BOMs.
- Maintain Engineering Master Revisions.
- Generate and structure Engineering Masters based off of the customer’s BOM’s and Engineering Quotes including part number creation, product routing, and creating supplemental information/instructions.
- Revise BOMs, AVL, routings, procedures and MFG documents in accordance with our established procedures and prepare document packages for New Product Introductions
- Compiles and maintains control records and related files to release prints, drawings, and engineering documents to manufacturing and other operating departments.
- Report on the Eng. Open Order schedule for NPI review on-time delivery.
- Distribute and control documentation across the production floor.
- General office skills (data entry, scanning documents, filing, etc.)
- Help train and give guidance to other employees.
- Provide customers with the highest quality of products and service.
- Understand and apply appropriate quality improvement processes.
Skills and Abilities:
SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- 3+ years of relevant documentation experience
- Strong interpersonal relationship skills
- Ability to maintain a professional attitude
- High degree of accuracy, attention to detail and confidentiality
- Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision making skills
- Effective verbal, listening and written communication skills
- Effective organizational, stress and time management skills
- Demonstrates a sense of urgency and ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to work independently and/or as a team member
- Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision making skills
- Proficient in using Microsoft Office applications and Windows Operating System
- Familiarity with document management system
- Familiarity with MRP/ERP systems
- Ability to work with multiple projects
- Basic understanding of electronic components. Box build and cable harness assembly processes preferred
- Associate's or Bachelor’s Degree in a business related field strongly preferred
Education: Bachelor's (Preferred)
Experience:
- Working with multiple projects: 3 years (Required)
- Electronic components, box build and cable harness assembly processes: 3 years (Preferred)
- Microsoft Office Excel, Word, Outlook: 3 years (Required)
- Familiar with BOMs, Assembly Drawings, Wire Diagrams & Schematics
- Document management system: 3 years (Required)
- Documentation: 3 years (Required)
- MRP/ERP systems: 3 years (Required)
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The normal environment is quiet and typical of an open cubical setting. Clean area and an air-conditioned building. Aved Electronics, Inc. is a US ITAR facility so all employees must be US citizens or permanent legal residents.
Assembly Technician/Prep
- Department: Production
- FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
- Job Status: Full Time
- Reports To: Cell Leader
- Work Schedule: 7:00am to 3:30 pm
POSITION SUMMARY
Work as part of a team having responsibility for preparing wires, cables, terminals and labels. It is expected that the technician will learn several skills across a variety of machines within the prep area.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Essential Functions Statement(s)
- Rotate through all the tasks required in a particular production process.
- Keep work areas clean.
- Adhere to and maintain workmanship standards set forth by Aved.
- Participate in continuous improvement training, including but not limited to cross-training to all three divisions
- Set up and run various crimping, wire cutting, and stripping machines.
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
Competency Statement( s)
- Understands various prints, drawings, and schematics - Complete understanding of l/16th inch calibrated ruler.
- Accuracy - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
- Adaptability - Ability to adapt to change in the workplace.
- Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details in a work instruction.
- Reliability - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.
- Technical Aptitude - Ability to comprehend basic technical topics.
- Time Management - Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within given deadlines.
- Able to use all rulers, hand tools, etc. properly and safely - Must be familiar with all tools necessary to prepare wire and cable for final assembly, including manual and automatic machines.
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Education: High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED): Required
Computer Skills:
Certifications & Licenses:
Moderate computer skills to interface with automatic machines are necessary. All assembly technicians must be trained to IPC-620 standards.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Light assembly work with some automatic and semi-automatic machines in a climate controlled environment.
Assembly Technician - Battery and Cable
- Department: Production
- FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
- Job Status: Full Time
- Reports To: Cell Leader
- Work Schedule: 7:00 am to 3:30 pm
POSITION SUMMARY
Work as part of a team having responsibility for assembling an entire product or component of a product. Team assemblers can perform some or all tasks conducted by the team in the assembly process and rotate through all or most of them rather than being assigned to a specific task on a permanent basis. Technician is encouraged to provide input and feedback to engineer and/or cell lead to strive toward continuous improvement.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Essential Functions Statement(s)
- Rotate through all the tasks required in a particular production process.
- Keep work areas clean.
- Assembly of cables, battery packs, or electro-mechanical assembly. Adhere to and maintain workmanship standards set forth by Aved. Participate in continuous improvement training, including but not limited to cross training to all three divisions.
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
Competency Statement(s)
- Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
- Accuracy - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
- Adaptability - Ability to adapt to change in the workplace.
- Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details in a work instruction.
- Energetic - Ability to work at a sustained pace and produce quality work.
- Reliability - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.
- Technical Aptitude - Ability to comprehend basic technical topics.
- Time Management - Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within given deadlines.
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Education: High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED): Required
Computer Skills:
Certifications & Licenses:
Basic computer skills are neccessary.
All assembly technicians must be trained in house to a cirriculum based on IPC-620 standards, welding, general assembler knowledge, and basic Cirris testing Non-Conforming SOP 8.3
Other Requirements:
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Light assembly work in climate controlled environment.
