INSTRUMENTATION LAB TECHNICIAN – NORTH AMERICA, INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Aerodyn Engineering is looking for an Instrumentation Lab Technician to apply, check, and troubleshoot sensors on gas turbine and similar industry hardware. You’ll install strain gages, thermocouples, and other instrumentation, build wire and cable harnesses, and support customers both in our lab and at customer sites. Expect 25–50% travel.
Shift Options:
1st Shift
Pay Range:
$25-37 per hour based on experience
What We Offer:
- Quarterly Bonus Incentives
- Weekly Paychecks
- Industry-Competitive Wages
- Paid Time Off
- Designated Sick/Med Time Off
- 9 Paid Holidays
- Active Insurance Benefits Within Your First Month
- Wide Range of Medical Plans, including 100% employer-paid options
- 100% Employer-Paid Short-term Disability, Life, and AD&D Insurances
- Dental/Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Match
- Skill Development & Advancement Opportunities
What You’ll Do:
- Apply and check instrumentation using portable spot-welding and related techniques.
- Install strain gages and instrumentation leads on customer-supplied hardware.
- Build and check wire and cable harnesses for testing.
- Use DVMs, leak-check equipment, calipers, and hand tools per procedure.
- Read schematics, wiring diagrams, and blueprints.
- Keep accurate job and shift records, and maintain lab equipment.
- Travel to customer sites to support instrumentation work.
What Makes You a Fit:
- Experience with resistance and laser welders, and rake/probe assembly.
- Hands-on knowledge of pressure, thermocouple, strain gage, and accelerometer sensors.
- 3-5 years’ experience in engine sensor application and troubleshooting.
- MET/EET/A&P certification.
- Excellent manual dexterity, organization, and professionalism.
What You’ll Have:
- Specialized gas turbine instrumentation work.
- Travel to customer sites and variety in your work.
- An experienced instrumentation team to learn from.
Requirements:
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Instrumentation application knowledge, including sensors (pressure, thermocouple, strain gage, and accelerometers)
- Strain gage application and rake/probe assembly knowledge.
- Experience with resistance and laser welders.
- Ability to read electrical schematics and blueprints.
- Strong oral and written English communication and technical communication skills.
- Strong time management, organization, and professionalism.
- Strong physical and manual dexterity skills.
- 3-5 years’ experience in engine sensor application and troubleshooting preferred.
- MET/EET/A&P certifications preferred.
- Previous aerospace, mechanical, and electrical engineering experience preferred.
NOTICE: This position is subject to U.S. Government security clearance. Due to federal government contracts and national security regulations, candidates must be U.S. citizens to be eligible for security clearance.