Aerospace Electronics Lab Tech: Rework, Test & Bring-Up

Trojan Recruitment Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful equity (ESOP)

Actual leave

Public holidays

Freedom to build and decide

Competitive salary

Job summary

Trojan Recruitment Group is seeking an Electronics Technician for our Sydney Botany facility to keep spacecraft electronics alive through assembly, integration and test.

You will rework and repair populated assemblies, manufacture and test flight and EGSE harnesses, run unit and subsystem tests, and maintain an organized electronics lab. The role requires hands-on soldering, harness work, and strong documentation practices.

Qualifications

• Trade qualification, diploma, or strong exhibited experience in electronics, avionics, mechatronics or a related technical discipline.
• 3+ years hands-on experience building, testing or maintaining electronic hardware in aerospace, defence, medical, motorsport or another high-reliability field.
• Demonstrated soldering and rework skill on fine-pitch surface mount and through-hole assemblies.
• Direct experience manufacturing and testing wiring harnesses and cable assemblies.
• Confident with lab instrumentation – oscilloscopes, multimeters, bench supplies, logic analysers – and able to read schematics and wiring diagrams to fault-find independently.
• Disciplined approach to documentation and traceability, including working to written procedures in a controlled environment.
• Experience maintaining a lab, workshop or bench environment – tooling, consumables, calibration status and ESD control.
• Working effectively both independently and in teams.

Responsibilities

• Rework & Repair – Repair, rework and modify populated electronic assemblies to flight standard, including fine-pitch surface mount and through-hole work, conformal coating, staking and cleaning.
• Harness Manufacture – Manufacture, modify and test flight and EGSE wiring harnesses – cut, crimp, connector assembly, lacing, backshells and potting, through to continuity and insulation resistance verification.
• Electronics Lab Ownership – Own the electronics lab end to end: tooling, consumables, calibration status, ESD compliance and bench discipline. The lab works because you make it work.
• Test Execution – Run subsystem and unit level test campaigns. Set up and operate test equipment, work to written procedures, capture data and record results with full traceability.
• Bring-Up & Fault-Finding – Support in-house electronics development through prototype board bring-up, debugging of test setups, and methodical fault-finding to component level alongside the design team.
• Flight Hardware Integration – As part of the AIT team, perform assembly and integration on flight hardware under ESD, FOD and cleanroom controlled conditions, and support environmental test campaigns including vibration, thermal vacuum and EMC including instrumenting the test article and standing up ground support equipment.
• Documentation & Nonconformance – Write and red-line work instructions, test procedures and as-built records to a standard presentable to external partners and regulators. Raise and help close non-conformances.
• Design Feedback – Provide practical feedback on manufacturability, testability, maintainability and serviceability, early enough to change the outcome.

Skills

Soldering & Rework

Wiring harnesses

Lab instrumentation

Documentation

Lab maintenance

Teamwork

Fault-finding

Component-level fault analysis

Education

Trade qualification / diploma in electronics or related field

Tools

KiCad

Altium

Job description

Trojan Recruitment Group is seeking an Electronics Technician for our Sydney Botany facility to keep spacecraft electronics alive through assembly, integration and test.

You will rework and repair populated assemblies, manufacture and test flight and EGSE harnesses, run unit and subsystem tests, and maintain an organized electronics lab. The role requires hands-on soldering, harness work, and strong documentation practices.