Engineering Technician - Electrical

Tempo is seeking a highly skilled and safety-conscious Electronics Technician to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for the assembly, testing, troubleshooting, and maintenance of complex electronic systems, with a specialized focus on high power and high voltage equipment. You will work closely with our engineering team to ensure the reliability and safety of high-voltage components, power supplies, inverters, and related industrial control systems.

Key Responsibilities

• System Testing & Calibration: Perform routine and complex testing, calibration, and validation of high power electronic systems and high voltage circuitry.
• Troubleshooting & Repair: Diagnose malfunctions down to the component level in power electronics, switchgear, transformers, motor drives, and energy storage systems.
• Assembly & Installation: Read and interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and mechanical blueprints to assemble and install high voltage panels and subsystems.
• Safety Compliance: Strictly adhere to all electrical safety protocols, including Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) procedures, arc flash safety, and NFPA 70E standards.
• Maintenance: Execute preventative and corrective maintenance on high voltage test fixtures and production equipment to minimize downtime.
• Documentation: Maintain accurate logs of testing data, repair histories, and equipment performance metrics. Draft technical reports summarizing failure analysis.
• Collaboration: Work alongside electrical and mechanical engineers to prototype new power systems, suggesting design improvements based on field testing.

Qualifications
Required:

• Associate Degree in Electronics Engineering Technology, Electrical Engineering Technology, or equivalent military technical training (e.g., Navy Nuclear, Avionics).
• Minimum of 3–5 years of hands-on experience in electronics manufacturing, testing, or maintenance, with at least 2 years specifically working with high power (>10kW) or high voltage (>600V) systems.
• Proficiency in using advanced electrical test equipment, including oscilloscopes, multimeters, megohmmeters (meggers), hi-pot testers, and power analyzers.
• Strong understanding of power conversion topologies (AC/DC, DC/DC, DC/AC).
• Ability to solder to IPC-J-STD-001 or IPC-A-610 standards.
• Demonstrated knowledge of high voltage safety practices, OSHA electrical safety standards, and proper use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Excellent problem-solving abilities, strong attention to detail, and clear written and verbal communication skills.

Physical Demands

• Sitting and standing — Extended periods at a desk performing documentation work, or in the lab during hardware build and testing
• Lifting and carrying — Lift and carry equipment, test fixtures, or hardware assemblies up to 50 lbs.; heavier items handled with mechanical assistance or team lift
• Hand dexterity — Frequent use of hands for assembly, fabrication, instrumentation hookup, and operation of test and lab/shop equipment
• Visual acuity — Ability to read engineering drawings, inspect hardware, and identify dimensional and surface quality features during fabrication and testing
• PPE compliance — Ability to wear and work effectively in required personal protective equipment, including safety glasses, heat-resistant gloves, safety shoes, and other appropriate gear in high-temperature lab and shop environments
• Safety acumen — Demonstrated understanding of lab and shop safety protocols, including hazard recognition and risk mitigation in environments involving high-temperature equipment, energized systems, and fabrication machinery
• Travel — Occasional travel (estimated <5%) for tool or material pickup

Working at Tempo

Tempo is a small team working on a hard problem, and the people who thrive here share a few things in common beyond their technical skills.

• Clear, direct communication — You say what you mean, ask when you're unsure, and keep the people around you informed without being asked. At a company our size, communication gaps are expensive — and good communicators make everyone's job easier.
• Low-ego helpfulness — You're willing to jump in on work that isn't strictly yours, whether that's helping a teammate debug something, lending a hand in the shop, or flagging an issue you noticed outside your lane. No one here succeeds in a silo.
• Intellectual curiosity — You're genuinely interested in how things work — not just your piece of it, but the broader system. Tempo sits at the intersection of chemistry, mechanical engineering, power electronics, and software; the more you understand about the whole, the more valuable you become.
• Business awareness — You understand that your work exists in a business context. You think about cost, timeline, and tradeoffs — not just technical elegance — and you make decisions accordingly.
• Comfort with ambiguity — Processes here are still being built. You can make progress without a perfect playbook, and you know when to ask for direction versus when to use your judgment and move forward.
• Accountability — You own your outcomes — including the misses. When something goes sideways, the instinct here is to fix it and learn from it, not to explain why it wasn't your fault.