R&D Technician at Maritime Fusion

We’re looking for an R&D Technician who loves building real hardware, getting their hands dirty, and making experiments actually work. If your happy place is a lab or shop, turning wrenches, wiring up sensors, fixing that one flaky connector, and helping bring bleeding-edge hardware to life; you’ll fit right in. What You’ll Be Doing Building and assembling hardware and test setups: assembling magnet test stands, power racks, cryogenic plumbing, vacuum systems, and custom fixtures using mechanical drawings and wiring diagrams. Hands-on wiring, soldering, and instrumentation: terminating cables and connectors, building harnesses, routing and labeling wiring, soldering boards and connectors, and installing sensors (voltage taps, thermocouples, strain gauges, Hall probes, etc.). Running experiments and collecting data: setting up and operating DAQs, power supplies, oscilloscopes, DMMs, and other lab gear; executing test procedures; logging results; and flagging anomalies for the engineering team. Supporting cryogenic and vacuum operations: helping assemble and maintain cryostats, handling LN₂, operating vacuum pumps and gauges, leak-checking systems, and keeping an eye on “is everythin