Job Description:

• 1) Tests, calibrates, and repairs electrical, mechanical, electromechanical, and electronic measuring, recording, and indicating instruments and equipment for conformance to established standards, and assists in formulating calibration standards: Plans sequence of testing and calibration procedures for instruments and equipment, according to blueprints, schematics, technical manuals, and other specifications.

• 2) Sets up standard and special purpose laboratory equipment to test, evaluate, and calibrate other instruments and test equipment.

• 3) Disassembles instruments and equipment, using handtools, and inspects components for defects.

• 4) Measures parts for conformity with specifications, using micrometers, calipers, and other precision instruments.

• 5) Aligns, repairs, replaces, and balances component parts and circuitry.

• 6) Reassembles and calibrates instruments and equipment.

• 7) Devises formulas to solve problems in measurements and calibrations.

• 8) Assists engineers in formulating test, calibration, repair, and evaluation plans and procedures to maintain precision accuracy of measuring, recording, and indicating instruments and equipment.