Instrumentation & Controls (Technician/Electrician)

About Periodic Labs

Responsibilities

• Provide electrical, instrumentation, and controls technician support to lead engineers, scientific, and technical staff, utilizing hand and CAD tools where design parameters and specifications have been established
• Build and manage large, complex electrical CAD assemblies for custom electrical equipment and fixtures, electrical enclosures, and instrumentation/hardware from engineer-provided concepts, sketches, and verbal direction
• Perform interference checks, fit studies, and assembly verification to identify issues before fabrication
• Produce detailed 2D engineering drawings with geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
• Generate accurate bills of materials (BOMs), drawing packages, cut sheets, and RFQ-ready documentation to support procurement and fabrication
• Perform basic calculations using standard engineering formulas to support dimensioning, fitment, and material selection
• Interpret electrical drawings and other technical information
• Maintain systems documentation, bill-of-materials, and drawing archives to keep documentation current, visible, and traceable
• Manage CAD file organization, naming conventions, and revision control
• Incorporate redlines and design changes from engineers, updating models and drawings through revision cycles
• Qualifications & Skills
• Required:
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent lab experience) in Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Control Systems, or related field (or strong background in mechatronics, electronics, solid‐state, materials processing, inorganic chemistry)