Job Details Level : Entry Job Location : Key Technology - Walla Walla, WA Position Type : Full Time Education Level : 2 Year Degree Salary Range : $27.15 - $33.90 Hourly Travel Percentage : Up to 25% Job Shift : Day Job Category : Engineering
About Key Technology:
Key Technology has been providing innovative solutions to the food industry since 1948. We are a global leader in the design and manufacture of food processing technology. Our products range from conveying, digital sorting, and process automation technologies. Our ongoing innovations provide increased control, continuous processing, and longer machine life–in processed fruits and vegetables, nuts, dried fruit, fresh-cut produce and more. Corporate headquarters are in beautiful eastern Walla Walla, Washington.
Position Summary:
The Optical Applications Engineering Technician will conduct tests on food and non-food products using Key's optical sorting solutions, on both lab equipment and customer equipment. They will determine appropriate configuration and performance characteristics of Key’s optical sorting solutions to optimize results on the specific application(s). Additionally, they will provide recommendations to the sales & marketing organizations.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Working as part of a team while maintaining independent thinking is a must in this position.
- Develop application specific software solutions for customer needs.
- Determine appropriate material handling, sensing/illumination, and algorithm requirements necessary for the optical sorter to meet application specific guidelines.
- Develop design proposals for improving equipment performance, which may include recording data for development, standardization and/or quality control.
- Provide support, both onsite and remote, for newly developed applications and optical sorting systems.
- Provides technical support to customers, service engineers, sales, and marketing on both existing and new applications.
- Plan, set up and conduct equipment tests for specific customer products, both in the demonstration lab and at the customer site.
- Record test procedures and results, numerical and graphical data, and recommendations for changes in product or test method.
- Complete trip reports and test reports in a thorough and timely manner.
- Analyze indicated and calculated test results in relation to design or rated specifications and test objectives and modifies or adjusts equipment to meet specifications.
- Author standard performance specifications for equipment based on test data.
- Researches, collects, and reports information on the ability and capacity of company products and competing equipment.
Position Requirements:
- Education and/or Experience
- Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from four-year college or university preferred; and one to two three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Other Skills and Abilities
- Ideal candidate will be knowledgeable in machine/computer vision (lighting, cameras, lasers, and other sensing equipment), working knowledge of assorted image processing algorithms and have a sound understanding of electronics and the ability to troubleshoot vision systems.
- Preference for computer/electronic experience. Specific knowledge of Microsoft Office, file compression, image processing experience, Window's OS or other OS systems like UNIX or Linux preferred.
Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations:
- A valid vehicle operator’s license and a valid passport are required.
Travel:
- Willing and able to travel 15% - 25%. Travel is often less than 1 week and typically no more than 2 weeks at a time.
- Must be willing to work weekends and holidays as needed.
Why Join Key Technology?
Key Technology offers a competitive benefits package for all full-time employees, including the following:
- Medical coverage through your choice of a high deductible health plan or a PPO plan.
- Flexible spending accounts, when allowed by tax laws.
- Health Savings Accounts (HSA), when allowed by tax laws. Our HSA includes a 2x match, up to $1,000 annually.
- Dental and Vision Coverage.
- Paid life insurance and disability insurance, and options to purchase additional coverage.
- Paid Maternity Leave.
- Optional coverages include Long-term Care, Accident Insurance, and Critical Illness Insurance.
- 401k plan with a 100% match on the first 3% of employee contributions, and 50% on the next 2% of contributions.
- Educational Assistance reimbursement.
- Accrued paid time off (PTO).
- 10 paid holidays annually.