nVent
Lab Technician
Redwood City, CA
Jan 21, 2025
Full-time
Full Job Description

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

This position is 100% onsite ; shift timings - 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM

What you will experience in this position:

In this position, you will get to:

  • Provide technical support to New Product Development projects

  • Assist engineers with resolution of technical issues

  • Build prototypes and test equipment

  • Conduct electrical & mechanical tests

  • Provide feedback to engineers and development team

  • Maintain laboratory space to environmental and safety standards

  • Support/maintain the control, calibration and inspection of test and measurement equipment

  • Troubleshoot electrical and mechanical testing equipment

  • Assist with obtaining agency certification testing

  • Grow your career and learn new skills

You have:

  • AA degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronics engineering or HS diploma with industry experience

  • 1+ years relevant industry experience

Skills:

  • Experience or proficiency performing technical experiments when provided with test plans

  • Experience or proficiency setting up power circuits for testing – including but not limited to circuits utilizing resistive load banks, variacs, shunts, and various devices under test (DUT)

  • Gathering test data using data acquisition software

  • Collating and organizing raw data in a reviewable format

  • Ability to evaluate and troubleshoot electronic and electrical equipment (both controllers and internal test equipment)

  • Experience or proficiency in building mechanical test equipment

  • Experience or proficiency in building electrical test equipment

  • Proficiency in communicating observations and results

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of applications (esp. Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

  • Handle multiple tasks and prioritize per team requirements

  • Working knowledge in soldering/electronics/electrical is desired

  • Ability to troubleshoot

WE HAVE:

  • A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

    • At nVent, we believe safer systems ensure a more secure world. We connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high-performance products and solutions for mission-critical equipment, buildings and essential processes. Our solutions are helping build a more sustainable and electrified world.

    • We are a $3.3B company with a dedicated team of more than 11,000 employees around the globe. Our comprehensive portfolio of enclosures, electrical and fastening, and thermal management solutions dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, RAYCHEM and SCHROFF.

  • Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work

    • We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide

    • Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

  • Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:

    • Innovative & adaptable

    • Dedicated to absolute integrity

    • Focused on the customer first

    • Respectful and team oriented

    • Optimistic and energizing

    • Accountable for performance

  • Benefits to support the lives of our employees

Pay Transparency

nVent’s pay scale is based on the expected range of base pay for this job and the employee’s work location. Employee pay within this range will be based on a combination of factors including knowledge, skills, abilities, experience, education, and performance. Where federal, state, or local minimum wage requirements exist, employee pay will comply.

Compensation Range:

$20.60 - $38.30 Per Hour

Depending on the position offered, employee may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as annual incentives.

Benefit Overview

At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for full-time employees that includes:

  • Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.

  • A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.

  • Other supplemental benefits such as tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and legal & identity theft protection.

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.

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