Avionics Technician

Job Title: Avionics Technician

The Avionics Technician supports the development, design, integration, installation, test, troubleshooting, and repair of aircraft instrumentation, avionics, electrical, and flight-control systems. This hands-on role performs high-quality electrical and electromechanical assembly work, including cable routing, wire-harness fabrication, connector termination, crimping, wire stripping, and soldering, in accordance with engineering drawings, wiring diagrams, schematics, work instructions, and applicable quality and safety requirements.

The ideal candidate has experience working on flight aircraft and can apply sound technical judgment to support product and system designs that meet functional, appearance, availability, safety, quality, and cost objectives. The scope reflects common avionics technician duties such as harness fabrication and routing, soldering, crimping, electrical testing, work from controlled documentation, and avionics-system integration.jobs.ashbyhq 2

Essential Responsibilities

• Support the development, design, integration, installation, functional test, troubleshooting, and repair of instrumentation, avionics, electrical, and flight-control systems.
• Fabricate, assemble, route, secure, terminate, label, and install electrical cables and wire harnesses in accordance with engineering drawings, wiring diagrams, schematics, pinout data, and work instructions.
• Perform wire cutting, stripping, crimping, splicing, connector pinning and depinning, soldering, desoldering, and electrical rework to required workmanship standards.
• Install, connect, and verify avionics components, instrumentation, sensors, flight-control equipment, electronic assemblies, and associated wiring.
• Use hand tools, crimpers, wire strippers, soldering equipment, multimeters, and other electrical test equipment to complete assembly, installation, inspection, and troubleshooting tasks.
• Conduct continuity, resistance, voltage, polarity, insulation, and functional tests to verify the integrity and performance of electrical and avionics systems.
• Diagnose and resolve wiring discrepancies, connector issues, electrical faults, intermittent connections, and system-integration problems.
• Read, interpret, and execute work from technical drawings, electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, engineering specifications, bills of material, and controlled work instructions.
• Maintain accurate build, inspection, test, and discrepancy documentation in compliance with program, engineering, quality, and configuration-control requirements.
• Support product and system design evaluations by applying knowledge of avionics technology, electrical materials, installation methods, manufacturability, functionality, appearance, availability, safety, quality, and cost.
• Follow established safety, Foreign Object Debris (FOD), Electrostatic Discharge (ESD), tool-control, and quality procedures.
• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and test teams to support prototype development, production builds, aircraft integration, ground testing, and flight-test activities.
• Maintain an organized work area and ensure tools, test equipment, and materials are properly handled and maintained.

Required Qualifications

• Experience supporting avionics, aircraft electrical, instrumentation, flight-control, or electromechanical assembly and integration activities.
• Hands-on experience with wire-harness fabrication, cable routing, wire stripping, crimping, connector termination, and soldering.
• Proficiency using crimpers, multimeters, wire stripping tools, soldering equipment, and standard electrical hand tools.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, technical specifications, and assembly work instructions.
• Working knowledge of electrical troubleshooting and use of a digital multimeter for continuity, resistance, and voltage checks.
• Strong attention to detail, workmanship, documentation accuracy, and safety.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced engineering, manufacturing, production, or flight-test environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working on flight aircraft.
• Experience supporting aircraft instrumentation, avionics, electrical systems, flight controls, or aircraft modifications.
• Experience with avionics system integration, aircraft wiring installation, and electrical functional testing.
• Familiarity with aerospace-quality documentation, revision-controlled work instructions, and configuration management.
• IPC J-STD-001, IPC/WHMA-A-620, or comparable soldering and wire-harness workmanship training or certification.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, unmanned aircraft systems, spacecraft, prototype, or low-volume production environments.
• Experience with ESD controls, FOD prevention, and aerospace manufacturing or maintenance procedures.