Instrumentation & Controls - Technician/Electrician

Periodic Labs
Menlo Park
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 124,000 - 153,600 annuallyFunction: Field Service, Maintenance & Skilled TradesEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Attention to detail","Documentation","Precision","Protocol adherence","Adaptability"]

Support lead engineers and technical teams with instrumentation and controls work for an autonomous materials discovery lab. Build and verify electrical CAD assemblies, produce 2D drawings and BOMs, and generate procurement-ready documentation. Perform assembly checks, interpret wiring and technical drawings, and maintain controlled documentation with revision updates, redlines, and file organization—using experience with low-voltage wiring, sensors, and control fieldbuses.

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Periodic Labs
Periodic Labs
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Instrumentation & Controls - Technician/Electrician

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Job Summary

Support lead engineers and technical teams with instrumentation and controls work for an autonomous materials discovery lab. Build and verify electrical CAD assemblies, produce 2D drawings and BOMs, and generate procurement-ready documentation. Perform assembly checks, interpret wiring and technical drawings, and maintain controlled documentation with revision updates, redlines, and file organization—using experience with low-voltage wiring, sensors, and control fieldbuses.
Location: Menlo Park
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Field Service, Maintenance & Skilled Trades

Key Responsibilities

  • •Provide electrical, instrumentation, and controls technician support to lead engineers and technical staff using hand and CAD tools.
  • •Build and manage complex electrical CAD assemblies for custom equipment, fixtures, enclosures, and instrumentation from concepts and specifications.
  • •Perform interference checks, fit studies, and assembly verification before fabrication.
  • •Produce detailed 2D engineering drawings with GD&T and generate BOMs, drawing packages, cut sheets, and RFQ-ready documentation.
  • •Maintain systems documentation, drawing archives, and CAD revision cycles, incorporating redlines and design changes from engineers.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 124,000 - 153,600 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent lab experience) in a relevant field such as Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, or Control Systems.
  • •Hands-on instrumentation & controls experience, preferably low-voltage (24VDC) wiring and controls enclosure fabrication.
  • •Experience wiring and integrating mass flow controllers (MFCs), pressure transducers, solenoid valves, thermocouples, and other control instrumentation.
  • •Familiarity with AutoCAD (electrical preferred), redlining schematics, and building to print.
  • •Comfort using digital multimeters and following LOTO safety practices with strong documentation and attention to detail.
Experience:Materials discoveryRoboticsAutomationLaboratoryResearch-and-development
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Attention to detailDocumentationPrecisionProtocol adherenceAdaptability
Tech Stack:AutoCADElectrical CAD2D drawingsBOMsRFQDMMDigital multi-meterVoltmeterCurrent measuring devicesLOTOEtherCATRS-232RS-485ModbusCAD file organizationRevision controlRedlining schematicsNFPA70UL508ANFPA79

Company Brief

Periodic Labs
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