Assembler Trainee

Grayhill designs and manufactures intuitive human interface solutions that make life simpler, safer and more efficient. Standard products include optical encoders, rotary switches, keypads, joysticks, displays, touchscreens and pushbuttons. These components are sold to thousands of customers around the globe. Grayhill also incorporates these standard products into control panels to support a range of major customers in the Healthcare, Agriculture, Construction Equipment and Military markets. Our headquarters are in LaGrange, IL with manufacturing facilities located in McCook and Carpentersville IL, Iola WI and Shenzhen China.

We offer opportunities for talented professionals seeking challenging careers with a proven industry leader.

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Summary Assembles electronic components, subassemblies, products, or systems built by the company to engineering and customer specifications. Works within a cell under the direction of a Supervisor.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Read work orders, Manufacturing Routing sheets, Bill of Materials; follow production drawings and sample assemblies, or receive verbal instructions regarding duties to be performed
• Position and align parts in specified relationship to each other in jig, fixture, or other holding device
• Crimp, stake, screw, bolt, rivet, weld, solder, cement, press fit, or perform similar operations to join or secure parts in place
• Mount assembled components, such as transformers, resistors, transistors, capacitors, integrated circuits, and sockets, on chassis panel
• Connect component lead wires to printed circuit or route and connect wires between individual component leads and other components, connectors, terminals, and contact points
• Install finished assemblies or subassemblies in cases and cabinets
• Assemble and attach hardware, such as caps, clamps, knobs, and switches, to assemblies
• Perform intermediate assembly tasks, such as potting, encapsulating, sanding, cleaning, epoxy bonding, curing, stamping, etching, impregnating, and color coding parts and assemblies
• Perform simple machine set ups that do not require a Technician
• Perform preventative maintenance on the automated assembly machinery
• Adjust or trim materials from components to achieve specified electrical or dimensional characteristics
• Perform online go-not-go testing and inspection to ensure parts and assemblies meet production specifications and standards
• Additional duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum of fourth grade reading level proficiency required
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) desirable
• Ability to pass small parts dexterity test required.

We value diversity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of gender, color, race, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or national origin.

This position requires use of information or access to hardware which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.