Shared Indirect - SMT tech

Posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 5:00 AM

Department:
Production Support

Location:
Waterloo, ON

Reports To:
Operations Test Engineer - Night Shift

Grote Electronics Located in Waterloo, Ontario, we’re part of the wider Grote Industries group—a trusted name in safety lighting for over 120 years. We are a leading manufacturer of vehicle lighting and safety systems. All work focuses on delivering quality and value to our customers, both internal and external. The entire organization will engage in continual ongoing effort to improve processes by eliminating waste in everything we do.

Effective communication of our quality objectives and an environment built on teamwork and continuous improvement will lead us to success.

Reporting to the Test Engineer, responsibility for daily support of production test activities.

• On-going daily support for electronics assembly test systems.
• Perform troubleshooting and debug devices under test.
• Review test yields and perform failure analysis.
• Refine test software and hardware for enhancing test yields.
• Monitor product test traceability through Manufacturing Execution System.
• Review and analyze test system downtime and escalate when required.
• Assist in tester development for New Product Introductions including assembly and commissioning of test solution.

• Post-Secondary Electrical or Electronics Engineering with 1-2 years of experience.
• Primary candidate must have the aptitude and learning drive in electronics fields with a hands-on approach.
• Experience with National Instruments Lab View, Test Stand and Python programming.
• Experience with test data analysis and SQL database.
• Must be organized with an excellent communication acumen to navigate tasks and projects on time and with successful deployments of test approaches.
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs test fixtures / magazines.