R&D - Electrical Engineer Technician

Work Schedule First Shift (Days) Environmental Conditions Able to lift 40 lbs. without assistance, Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Fluctuating Temps hot/cold, Loud Noises (Equipment/Machinery), Office, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.) Job Description Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies, or increasing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them. Location / Division Specific Information Division: Laboratory Equipment Division (LED) Location: Marietta, OH Work Arrangement: On-site The Laboratory Equipment Division combines deep scientific expertise, a collaborative culture, and strong operational excellence to deliver the laboratory equipment and consumables our customers rely on—quickly, reliably, and safely. Our smart lab solutions help customers focus on what matters most: delivering answers and innovations that save and improve lives. How will you make an impact? As an R&D – Electrical Engineering Technician, Technology Center , you will provide hands-on technical support for rapid prototyping, engineering builds, product testing, reliability evaluations, and troubleshooting of cold storage and laboratory equipment. In this role, you will work closely with R&D engineers and other Technology Center technicians to build, modify, instrument, and test prototype electrical and electromechanical systems throughout the New Product Development (NPD) process. You will support engineering builds from early prototypes through increasingly production-representative configurations and help execute structured performance, reliability, and product evaluation testing. Your technical skills will help engineering teams quickly build, test, troubleshoot, and improve new products while ensuring work is completed safely, accurately, and according to established engineering procedures. What will you do? Electrical Prototyping & Engineering Builds Build, wire, modify, and troubleshoot prototype electrical and electromechanical systems supporting cold storage and laboratory equipment development. Assemble electrical test fixtures, reliability test fixtures, wiring harnesses, control panels, and other engineering evaluation equipment. Perform electrical modifications to prototype units in accordance with engineering drawings, schematics, instructions, and established safety practices. Install and integrate components such as motors, compressors, fans, relays, switches, contactors, sensors, power supplies, wiring harnesses, and related control components. Perform soldering and rework of through-hole and surface-mount electronic components as required for prototype development and troubleshooting. Work closely with electrical, controls, mechanical, and refrigeration engineers to complete prototype builds and design iterations accurately and efficiently. Engineering Test & Reliability Evaluation Set up and execute electrical, functional, performance, and reliability tests at the component, subsystem, and product level. Conduct testing according to Engineering Test Procedures (ETPs), engineering instructions, and approved test methods. Build and configure fixtures used for accelerated life, cycling, fault-condition, and other reliability evaluations. Monitor test systems, document observations, identify abnormal conditions, and communicate results to engineering teams. Assist engineers with troubleshooting failures identified during prototype, verification, and reliability testing. Support setup and execution of regulatory and agency testing, including UL, CE, CSA, or similar product evaluations.