Engineering Technician / Equipment Technician

Roles & Responsibilities

1. Equipment Maintenance, Troubleshooting & Repair | Primary Focus

- Perform hands-on maintenance, troubleshooting, diagnosis, and repair of laboratory, engineering, and test equipment.
- Perform Preventive Maintenance (PM) and Corrective Maintenance (CM) activities to maintain equipment reliability and availability.
- Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, electronic, pneumatic, sensor, controller, communication, and equipment interface-related failures.
- Diagnose equipment breakdowns using schematics, manuals, diagnostic tools, error logs, and systematic troubleshooting techniques.
- Perform component-level inspection and replacement of faulty parts, modules, cables, sensors, power supplies, controllers, and other equipment components.
- Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for recurring or critical equipment failures and implement corrective and preventive actions.
- Support equipment calibration, qualification, health checks, verification, and performance validation.
- Monitor equipment performance, downtime, reliability, and recurring failure trends.
- Perform equipment installation, commissioning, upgrades, modifications, relocation, and decommissioning.
- Coordinate with equipment suppliers and service vendors for advanced troubleshooting, repairs, spare parts, and technical support.
- Provide timely equipment breakdown support to minimize engineering and laboratory downtime.
- Support spare-part planning and maintain critical spare availability for equipment.

2. Laboratory Operations & Equipment Support

- Provide day-to-day technical support for engineering and laboratory equipment.
- Maintain equipment readiness and ensure machines are available for engineering activities.
- Support engineering teams during equipment evaluations, experiments, current hardware validation, and qualification activities.
- Maintain proper equipment setup, cabling, utilities, accessories, and associated infrastructure.




- Support laboratory equipment movement, installation, hook-up, and verification.
- Maintain organized work areas in accordance with 5S/6S requirements.
- Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability, maintainability, and operational efficiency.

3. Equipment Documentation & Asset Management

- Maintain accurate PM, calibration, repair, failure, and service history records.
- Manage equipment-related Jira tickets and technical documentation.
- Maintain equipment asset records, spare-parts inventory, consumables, and equipment tracking information.
- Develop and maintain SOPs, maintenance procedures, work instructions, troubleshooting guides, checklists, and technical documentation.
- Maintain equipment service reports, vendor repair records, calibration certificates, and equipment lifecycle documentation.
- Support equipment utilization, downtime, failure, and maintenance tracking.

4. Quality, Safety & Continuous Improvement

- Follow ESD controls, PPE requirements, equipment safety procedures, and laboratory safety standards.
- Ensure equipment maintenance activities comply with applicable company quality and safety requirements.
- Support internal and external audits by maintaining accurate equipment and maintenance records.
- Participate in TPM, RCA, CAPA, Lean, 5S/6S, and Continuous Improvement activities.
- Identify recurring equipment issues and drive preventive solutions to improve reliability and reduce downtime.
- Follow Lockout/Tagout and other applicable equipment safety procedures where required.

5. Windows/Linux & IT Support | Secondary / Added Advantage

- Basic installation, configuration,



and troubleshooting of Windows and Linux operating systems used with engineering equipment.
- Support equipment PCs, workstations, servers, and related computing hardware.
- Perform basic software installation, driver updates, system configuration, and hardware replacement.
- Troubleshoot basic network connectivity and TCP/IP-related issues associated with laboratory equipment.
- Support equipment application installation, configuration, backup, and recovery when required.
- Basic understanding of server administration, system imaging, storage, and networking is an added advantage.
- Basic PowerShell, Python, Bash, or Shell scripting knowledge is an added advantage.

Required Qualifications

- Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Electronics, Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Instrumentation, or a related engineering discipline.
- Strong hands-on experience in equipment/machine maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, and preventive maintenance.
- Good understanding of electrical, electronic, mechanical, and electromechanical systems.
- Experience troubleshooting equipment using technical manuals, schematics, error codes, logs, and diagnostic tools.
- Hands-on knowledge of Preventive Maintenance (PM), Corrective Maintenance (CM), calibration, and equipment lifecycle management.
- Experience with Root Cause Analysis (RCA), CAPA, TPM, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Ability to troubleshoot equipment failures independently and coordinate with suppliers for complex repairs.
- Knowledge of equipment safety, ESD controls, PPE, 5S/6S, and laboratory safety requirements.
- Good analytical, technical troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, or similar maintenance/documentation systems is desirable.
- Windows/Linux, server, networking, and scripting experience is preferred but not the primary requirement.

📌 Equipment Technician (Hyderabad)
🏢 Acesoft Labs
📍 Hyderabad