FEC Termination Tech

The role

The wire and cable termination team ensures wire signals and electrical integrity meet customer designs. This position is responsible for wire preparation, insulation removal, and pin crimping.

What you will do

• Wire measurement (SAE Standards)
• Wire insulation removal
• Use of a heat gun to flow solder, solder sleeves, and shrink heat shrink insulation
• Use of crimp tools to properly crimp pins on wire
• Checking for electrical conductivity with a low-voltage wire buzzer
• Removal or separation of metal shield bread on wire with a razor blade and a small pick
• Tinning of wire
• Solder application to wire, contact pins and sockets, and terminal lugs
• Understand numbers and letter symbols on a wiring diagram
• Other responsibilities, initiatives and ad-hoc projects as required

Required qualifications

• Minimum vision (aided with magnification) requirements
• Ability to understand and carry out work instructions
• Ability to take supervisor instruction
• Attention to detail
• Patience
• Manual dexterity
• Pride of workmanship
• Ability to understand training principles for proper cable and wire manufacturing techniques
• Regularly required to stand, walk, sit, and talk or hear
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to twenty-five (25) pounds
• Occasionally crouch, stoop, or reach
• Close vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus

Nice to have

• Prior experience with IPC-620 cable manufacturing
• Proficiency with any of the tasks detailed in the posting
• Ability to communicate and share in the English language

About the company

The First Electronics Corporation (FEC) specializes in the manufacture of over-molded, extra flexible, multi-conductor, fully EMI-shielded cable assemblies, harnesses and electro-mechanical assemblies custom built for military applications and harsh environments. FEC also produces electro-mechanical assemblies and systems for custom applications.