Engineering Technician I

Job ID: 2617367
Location: Indianapolis, IN, US
Date Posted: 2026-09-30
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Engineering Technician
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret
Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE
Description
SAIC is seeking an Engineering (mechanical assembly and testing) Technician(s) to perform inspections, upgrades, repair and maintenance of electro-mechanical equipment.
Job Responsibilities:

• Follow locally generated procedures, engineering drawing requirements, and US Navy maintenance instructions to:
  • Disassemble equipment
  • Evaluate, inspect, and clean sub-components
  • Perform electrical and mechanical testing of equipment and/or sub-components
  • Re-Assemble equipment
  • Prepare and pack equipment into wood shipping crates
• Candidate will be expected to follow process documents and common shop processes to perform work tasking but also be able to adapt and overcome when appropriate
• Work week is: Monday-Friday, 40 hour week, 8 hours per day, 7am to 3:30pm. No weekends. No overtime. No afternoon shift.

Qualifications
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• AA Degree in related discipline; Or, High School and up to two (2) years of related experience with assembly and/or testing.
• Experience with basic hand tools, and basic air-powered and battery powered tools
• Basic computer skills
• Ideal candidate is self-motivated, with attention to quality and detail, with good interpersonal skills to work together with a small team of similarly skilled technicians
• Physical Abilities
  • Must be able to lift 30 pounds, occasionally (once per day)
  • Working primarily at a workbench, but some tasking requires standing and moving around equipment on a workbench or work cart.
  • Some exposure to basic HAZMAT (lubricants, adhesives, etc) with appropriate PPE
• Candidate must pass a basic background check to ensure: No felony convictions, and no history of drug or alcohol abuse

Desired Education and Experience:

• Aircraft component repair experience
• Automotive (or similar) component repair experience
• Three years of relevant working experience
• Experience with measurement tools, including calipers and micrometers
• Experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings or technical manuals
• Forklift driving experience
• Sand blasting experience
• Inventory management experience

Target salary range: $40,001 - $80,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .