# Testing Technician

**Company**: 3M
**Location**: Austin, TX
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Manufacturing
**Industry**: Manufacturing
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159433

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## Description

As a testing technician in 3M's Expanded Beam Optics Business, you will have the opportunity to leverage your curiosity and collaborate with innovative professionals worldwide.

You will play a pivotal role in driving growth and making a significant impact through customer collaboration, new application development, and product commercialization.

Responsibilities:

- Building new types of optical fiber connector assemblies and testing their performance using detailed work procedures and test methods

- Working with other technicians and engineers to efficiently make and test connector samples for experimental investigations

- Document test results and assist with data summarization and preparation of final reports

- Utilizing strong communication skills to inspire, influence, and collaborate with other team members

Requirements:

- High School diploma/GED or higher

- One year of experience working in laboratory, pilot line, or manufacturing facility

- Able to pay attention to detail and follow detailed written work procedures

- Able to work with hands to assemble small parts with color identification

- Able to work on site daily from 7 am- 4 pm

- Able to utilize Microsoft Excel for data input, formatting, and analysis

Preferred qualifications:

- Experience working in an engineering or telecommunication laboratory or production facility

- Experience with handling and assembling fiber optic connectors

- Experience with automated fiber optic connector assembly equipment

- Experience with optical testing of fiber optic connectors

- Experience cleaving optical fibers

Benefits: 3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially.

## Skills

### Required
- Microsoft Excel
- laboratory experience
- manufacturing experience
- attention to detail
- communication skills

### Nice to have
- fiber optic connectors
- automated assembly equipment
- optical testing
- cleaving optical fibers
- telecommunication laboratory experience

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