Engineering Technician (Automotive Technician)
Company : Actalent
Location : Fremont, CA, 94536
Posted Date : 28 October 2025
Job Type : Other
Category : Installation & Maintenance
Occupation : Automotive Technician
Job Details
Engineering Technician
This position involves working within the Instrumentation and Imaging Group to support the product validation of various products, including legacy vehicles, new vehicles in development, charging products, energy storage solutions, and humanoid robots. The role is responsible for performing and overseeing all instrumentation and data acquisition of full system-level or sub-system tests conducted in-house and on proving ground sites. Additionally, the technician will support vehicle preparation, tear-down, and test execution as dictated by test priorities. The successful candidate will have experience in automotive testing.
Responsibilities
- Identify, source, and procure required data acquisition and sensors.
- Maintain sensor library and repair sensors, coordinate calibration activities of all instrumentation.
- Oversee and/or perform installation of sensors and data acquisition equipment.
- Install data acquisition equipment, including sensors like accelerometers, gyros, thermocouples, strain gauges, load cells, pressure transducers, torque sensors, displacement sensors, BUS monitors, and GPS.
- Create daily work plans to achieve test plan goals on schedule.
- Design and create custom brackets and fixtures.
- Support testing activities and/or vehicle preparation and tear-down as required by workflow priority.
- Select appropriate sensing devices for use with data collection systems.
- Perform onsite support and testing while monitoring and validating data.
- Conduct data analysis and correlation.
Essential Skills
- Experience with data acquisition systems and instrumenting vehicles with accelerometers, pressure sensors, thermocouples, and strain gauges.
- Knowledge of DTS, SOMAT, NI, and DEWESOFT data acquisition tools.
- Formal electronics training in AC/DC circuits, formulas, and components or equivalent work experience.
- Proficiency in strain gauge selection, installation, and wiring for torque, load, and bending.
- Ability to operate and maintain a wide variety of hand and power tools, shop tools, and equipment for servicing automobiles.
- Ability to operate and use diagnostic scan tools, scopes, meters, and other test equipment.
- Experience with Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project) and Adobe products.
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
- Capability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships.
- Effectively handle multiple priorities, organize workload, and meet deadlines.
- Work in a team-based environment to achieve common goals.
- Maintain top-level professional integrity and appearance.
- A minimum of 3 years of instrumentation and data acquisition experience or applicable degree/certification.
- Valid driver's license.
- Flexibility to travel domestically and internationally (up to 10%).
Work Environment
The work environment is primarily in a lab, with local travel less than 25% of the time.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Fremont, California.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $32.00 - $38.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
- Medical, dental & vision
- Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
- 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
- Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
- Short and long-term disability
- Health Spending Account (HSA)
- Transportation benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Fremont,CA.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Oct 30, 2025.
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