Electronics Technician - Satellite Assembly, Integration & Test
Core
Electronics Technician responsible for assembly, integration, and test of flight and ground support electronics for spacecraft, including rework, repair, and harness manufacturing.
Role type
Hands-on IC Electronics Technician (Aerospace)
Builds
Flight and EGSE wiring harnesses, populated electronic assemblies, and spacecraft subsystems for orbital operations.
Domain
Aerospace / Satellite Assembly & Integration
Required skills
Fine-pitch surface mount and through-hole soldering, wiring harness manufacturing and testing, lab instrumentation operation, schematic and wiring diagram reading, ESD control, documentation and traceability, fault-finding to component level
Preferred skills
IPC J-STD-001 or ECSS/NASA space soldering certification, PCB design in KiCad/Altium, environmental test campaign support (vibration, thermal vacuum, EMC), embedded interface familiarity (CAN, RS-422/485, I2C, SPI), test automation scripting, PCB inspection techniques
Technologies
Oscilloscopes, multimeters, bench supplies, logic analysers, KiCad, Altium
Responsibilities
Repair and rework populated electronic assemblies to flight standard; manufacture and test flight and EGSE wiring harnesses; own the electronics lab environment including tooling and calibration; run subsystem and unit level test campaigns; support prototype board bring-up and methodical fault-finding; perform assembly and integration of flight hardware under cleanroom conditions; write and maintain work instructions and as-built records
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC