Engineering Technician

Job Title: Engineering Technician Job Description
This role focuses on the physical racking, cabling, and routing of server and network equipment within industrial server cabinets. The Engineering Technician inspects and sets up cabinets, connects and organizes cables for servers, routers, and switches, and ensures that each cabinet is fully populated, neatly dressed, and ready for delivery to customer sites.
Responsibilities
- Assist in the physical racking and cabling of server equipment into industrial server cabinets.
- Inspect server cabinets prior to installation to verify mechanical integrity and readiness.
- Perform mechanical set-up of server cabinets, including mounting rails and necessary hardware.
- Connect and route cables for servers, routers, switches, and other rack-mounted equipment according to established standards.
- Organize and dress cabling to ensure a clean, efficient, and maintainable rack layout.
- Conduct final inspection of populated server cabinets to confirm proper installation, cable management, and overall quality.
- Support testing and basic troubleshooting of cabling and connections to verify proper operation.
- Assist in preparing server cabinets for delivery, including securing equipment and ensuring all components are properly installed.
- Help with the physical movement and handling of server cabinets and related equipment as needed.
Essential Skills
- Minimum of two years of hands-on experience connecting, routing, and managing cables in server racks.
- Strong knowledge of rack and stack procedures for server and network equipment.
- Proficiency in cabling practices for servers, routers, and switches, including cable routing and dressing.
- Experience with testing and troubleshooting cabling and connectivity issues.
- Ability to work safely with industrial server cabinets and related hardware.
- Capability to lift and handle equipment weighing up to 50 pounds.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
- Familiarity with racking basic servers from SuperMicro, Intel, HP, Dell, and IBM.
- Experience racking network equipment from Cisco, Arista, Juniper, and Dell.
- Familiarity with racking APC equipment and related infrastructure components.
- Attention to detail and commitment to maintaining high standards of installation quality.
- Ability to follow documented procedures and installation guidelines accurately.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to maintain neat and efficient cable management.
Work Environment
This is an onsite, Monday through Friday position in a data center or similar technical facility. The role involves working directly with industrial server cabinets, servers, and network equipment, and requires regular lifting and handling of hardware up to 50 pounds. The environment is equipment-focused, with an emphasis on safe physical installation, precise cable management, and adherence to established technical and safety procedures.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Fremont, CA.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $25.00 - $34.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:

Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Fremont, CA.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Nov 2, 2026.
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Fremont,CA. About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

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