Space Electronics Technician – Soldering, Harnessing & Test

Quantum Tech Services; Sydney; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Space Machines Company in Sydney (Botany) is seeking an Electronics Technician to maintain the flight and ground support electronics for Rendezvous and Proximity Operations spacecraft, ensuring readiness through assembly, integration and test.

You will rework, repair and test populated assemblies, manufacture wiring harnesses, and own the electronics lab, driving conformance and traceability while collaborating with the design team.

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 and modify populated electronic assemblies to flight standard, including fine-pitch surface mount and through-hole work.
• Manufacture, modify and test flight and EGSE wiring harnesses.
• Own the electronics lab end to end: tooling, consumables, calibration status, ESD compliance and bench discipline.
• Run subsystem and unit level test campaigns. Set up and operate test equipment, follow procedures, capture data with full traceability.
• Bring-up and fault-finding to support in-house electronics development with the design team.
• Flight hardware integration on AIT team under controlled conditions and environmental tests.
• Write and red-line work instructions, test procedures and as-built records for external partners.
• Provide practical feedback on manufacturability, testability, maintainability and serviceability.

Skills

Soldering & rework

Wiring harnesses

Lab instrumentation

Documentation discipline

Fault finding

Team collaboration

Education

Electronics/Avionics Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Bench power supplies

Logic analyzers

Schematic reading

Space soldering qualification

Job description

Space Machines Company in Sydney (Botany) is seeking an Electronics Technician to maintain the flight and ground support electronics for Rendezvous and Proximity Operations spacecraft, ensuring readiness through assembly, integration and test.

You will rework, repair and test populated assemblies, manufacture wiring harnesses, and own the electronics lab, driving conformance and traceability while collaborating with the design team.