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(NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL) and Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives.\nWe achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and an audio, video and control platform. We focus on customer outcomes and drive growth and productivity to increase market share and deliver superior returns. We look to aggressively deploy capital to grow the business and to enter attractive new verticals.\nAcuity Inc. is based in Atlanta, Georgia, with operations across North America, Europe and Asia. The Company is powered by approximately 13,000 dedicated and talented associates. Visit us at www.acuityinc.com.\nWork location:\nThis position requires on-site presence in Crawfordsville, IN, must report to the office every business day.\nJob Summary\nThe Technical Specialist will support Acuity's Indiana Production Facility (IPF), and provide day to day support that is necessary for maintaining production and manufacturing efficiencies. He/she will work with Test Development Engineering to resolve EOL test software issues, validate new automated test systems to ensure functionality, performance and bug free designs, report tester HW and SW bugs and ensure resolution prior to release to production. In addition, this role will be responsible for upgrading existing test systems to improve performance and to meet new requirements for product introduction; provide timely production support to manufacturing to address and resolve production testing issues; and support initiatives to improve quality, reduce cost and increase throughput and efficiencies.\nKey Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)\nEssential Functions: 90%\nResolving production EOL test issues and escalating complex issues to higher-level or other support teams. \nPerform regular EOL test systems maintenance, install new PCs, update test software and validate to ensure functionality and optimum performance. • Provide production test support, troubleshoot EOL test failures. \nSupport Quality team’s initiatives, goals and objectives, ensuring products are tested correctly to prevent escapes to our customers. \nSupport troubleshooting and root cause of production test system fault, deploy, test, and validate improvements and contribute to CAPA, and 5 Whys initiatives. \nWork collaboratively with Test Development Engineering to validate and release new test systems into production. \nSupport continuous improvement events such as Kaizen and 5S. \n\"Train test systems users in new hardware, software, or best practices to improve their technical literacy and efficiency. \" \nAssist test systems users in resolving hardware, software, or network issues. \nMonitoring performance of new testers deployed for new products, ensuring issues detected are mitigated without past due action or down time. Essential Functions: 10% \nSupport new product introduction and launch to production. \nWork with local vendor and fab house to create testing jigs to reduce cost.\nCreate LPM for new ci codes. Non-essential Functions: \nNew hire orientation. \nAssist in the creation/compilation and upload of luminary model codes for LPM creation.\nSkills and Minimum Experience Required\nHigh School diploma plus relevant knowledge and experience or equivalent.\nKey skills include good communication, problem-solving, and technical knowledge. \nMinimum 6 months to 1 year of experience in a relevant role (experience in manufacturing or electronics is a plus). \nKnowledge and experience or familiarity with automatic production tests for electronics. \nStrong desire to learn and grow. \nKnowledge in Microsoft Office Suite. \nPreferred\nAssociate's Degree in a technical field and 1- 2 years’ experience in a production facility. \nFamiliarity with production test equipment. \nContinous improvement and team mindset, teachable and works well with others.\nTravel requirements\n0-25%\nThe range for this position is $41,600.00 to $50,000.00. Placement within this range may vary, depending on the applicant’s experience and geographic location. Acuity offers generous benefits including health care, dental coverage, vision plans, 401K benefits, and commissions/incentive compensation depending on the role. For a list of our benefits, click here.\nWe value diversity and are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regards to race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity or national origin, disability, pregnancy, religion, covered veteran status, protected genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.\nPlease click here and here for more information.\nAccommodation for Applicants with Disabilities: As an equal opportunity employer, Acuity Inc. is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in its application process for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you have difficulty using our online system due to a disability and need an accommodation, you may contact us at (770) 922-9000, select option 4. Please clearly indicate what type of accommodation you are requesting and for what requisition.\nAny unsolicited resumes sent to Acuity Inc. from a third party, such as an Agency recruiter, including unsolicited resumes sent to an Acuity Inc. mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Acuity Inc. employees, or to Acuity Inc. resume database will be considered Acuity Inc. property. Acuity Inc. will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.\nAcuity Inc. will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. 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