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Active Power,
Austin, TX
Active Power designs, manufactures and markets battery-free power appliances in an efficient, reliable and an economically green manner. We are experiencing tremendous growth in the marketplace, so this is an exciting time to join our team... Active Power is looking for an experienced test line technician who has experience with high voltage in the manufacturing area. Qualifications Required: • Experience as an Electronics Technician with system-level troubleshooting • Experience with 480V 3-phase UPS systems, motors or generators (over 100kVA) • Ability to troubleshoot electrical circuits using multimeter and oscilloscope • Ability to read schematics and one-line diagrams • Familiar with contactors (esp. control coils) and breakers rated up to 2000A • Familiar with IGBT based inverter modules and SCR's • Experience in quality control procedures and techniques • Must be able to communicate well with other team members in an effort to improve production testing efficiency • Physically able to work under flywheel ( on back at times) • Able to pull pallet jack with 4,000lbs on it Responsibilities in this role: • Perform full production testing on UPS products ranging from 150 to 1200kVA. This entails working around power levels that require 100% focus on what you're doing at all time as well as what is going on around you and leaves very little margin for making even small errors in judgment. • Troubleshoot faults to determine root cause and document findings on all non-conformances • Replace assemblies, modules, components and circuit boards as required for fixing systems and for maintaining burned-in stock • Maintaining all equipment required for production testing including test line equipment, pc's, tools, cabling, probes and meters • Verify equipment for reporting all quality issues and working to resolve issues in coordination with engineers and manufacturing supervisors • Responsible for reporting all quality issues and working to resolve issues in coordination with engineers and manufacturing supervisors • Able to travel as required (up to 30%) to perform system maintenance on systems including flywheel bearing changes and vacuum oil changes as well as other preventative measures. Candidate should be computer literate including ability to use Excel. 
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