Job Title: Mechanical Technician Client: Medical Device Manufacturing Company
Location: Boxborough, MA 01719
Duration: 12 Months - Possible Extension
Shift: 1st Shift
Description: Job Overview - Play a hands-on role in the development of medical products for image-guided surgery.
- Work closely with Mechanical Engineers in a laboratory environment.
- Build, assemble, troubleshoot, test, evaluate, repair, and maintain complex mechanical and electromechanical systems.
- Support product development from early prototypes through verification, validation, and production readiness.
Key Responsibilities - Perform hands-on assembly, build, troubleshooting, and evaluation of complex mechanical and electromechanical systems.
- Work with large capital equipment, prototypes, machines, production hardware, and test setups.
- Support system bring-up, debugging, testing, verification, and validation.
- Follow applicable Quality System requirements.
- Inspect mechanical parts and assemblies using engineering drawings, GD&T, and tolerance principles.
- Troubleshoot system-level mechanical/electromechanical issues.
- Perform failure analysis, identify root causes, and support corrective actions.
- Perform repair, preventive maintenance, refurbishment, and equipment modifications.
- Maintain documentation for equipment configurations, issues, repairs, changes, maintenance, and test results.
- Create and update: Work Instructions, Bills of Materials (BOMs), Qualification Reports, ECO Documentation, FMEA Inputs
- Fabricate or modify simple parts, fixtures, and test setups.
- Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Service, and Test teams.
Must-Have Qualifications - Ability to read mechanical drawings, understand tolerances, and perform mechanical inspections.
- Hands-on experience working with: Machines, Prototypes, Test setups, Production hardware
- Ability to work independently in a lab while collaborating with Mechanical Engineers.
- Strong experience assembling, troubleshooting, and evaluating complex mechanical/electromechanical systems.
- Familiarity with motion and drive systems, including: Rotary & linear bearings, Ball screws, Chains & belts, Gear reducers, Servo motors, Stepper motors
- High school diploma or equivalent with 4+ years of relevant hands-on technical experience.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams
- Comfortable with email communication, electronic documentation, and corporate IT systems.
Nice-to-Have Qualifications - Experience collaborating across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Service, and other functions.
- Basic machine shop experience, including manual machining and fabrication.
- Experience with: Product development, Prototype builds, Verification testing, Production support
- Experience with large capital equipment, motion systems, or electromechanical assemblies.
- Experience with: X-Ray systems, Medical devices, Cable building, Soldering, PCBA repair
- Familiarity with SolidWorks.
- Familiarity with Agile PLM.
- Experience with electromechanical and motion assembly of large capital equipment systems.
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