Test Engineering Assistant

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Job Summary

At Flex, we welcome people of all backgrounds. Our employees thrive here by living our values: we support each other as we strive to find a better way, we move fast with discipline and purpose, and we do the right thing always.

Through a respectful, inclusive and collaborative culture, a career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference, invest in your career growth and join our purpose -- to make great products that create value and improve people’s lives.

Job summary:

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Test Technician located in Columbia, SC.

Reporting to the Test Engineering Manager the Test Technician conducts, tests and troubleshoots electronic product, components and systems to ensure production quality standards are met.

What a typical day looks like:

• Develops, maintains and improves all test and burn-in processes within area or responsibility. 

• Periodically reviews all process specifications to determine if they accurately reflect the process requirements and test techniques. Updates the specifications as required. 

• Ensures that test and burn-in processes are within all safety, ISO-9000 and BABT compliance. 

• Consistently reviews quality yields and develops corrective actions to eliminate any yield detractors, further improves the process and product reliability. Works with the Quality Engineer to determine if field/box line data indicates a need for process/product improvement. 

• Assists with the fabrication and development of new equipment, fixtures and test programs. 

• Ensures that effective preventive maintenance, calibration, diagnostics, re-qualification and daily measurement schedules are in place for each test and burn-in process. 

• Coordinates manufacturing, maintenance and engineering preventive maintenance activities. Ensures that scheduled preventive maintenance activities are completed according to the specified schedule. 

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

• Requires a minimum of 2 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 read complicated drawings, mathematics, handbook formulas and a variety of testing and measuring instruments.
• Able to read, comprehend and interpret complex instructions
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions

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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

Application Deadline:

Applications for this job position will be accepted for at least five days following the job posting start date below and continuing until the end date below or until the position is filled. This posting may close sooner due to application volume.

Job Posting Start Date 08-12-2026 Job Posting End Date

Job Category

Production Engineering

Is Sponsorship Available?

No

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