Aerospace Detector & Electronics Technician

Azora; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous equity

Competitive healthcare

401(k)

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Azora is seeking an electronics technician to build, test, and characterize detector and electronics subsystems for aerospace receivers in Tempe, AZ. You will assemble, rework, and troubleshoot hardware, work with photodetectors, low-noise electronics, and flight avionics, and run automated tests with traceable results.

You will collaborate with electrical engineers on board bring-up, environmental testing, and EMC campaigns, maintain ESD-safe facilities, and support field deployments.

Qualifications

• 3+ years as an electronics technician in space flight/defense/high-reliability electronics.
• Certified or certifiable to J-STD-001 / NASA-STD-8739 soldering and harness workmanship standards.
• Skilled with standard bench equipment: DMMs, VNAs, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, power supplies, signal generators.
• Experience with ESD controls and handling of sensitive components.
• Ability to follow and red-line detailed test procedures and document anomalies clearly.

Responsibilities

• Assemble, modify, and rework electronic hardware to aerospace standards: soldering (including fine-pitch SMT), cable and harness fabrication, and connector assembly.
• Integrate and handle sensitive optical detectors (APDs, SPADs, PIN photodiodes, cameras and focal planes; potentially cryogenic detectors), including bias-up and safe-handling procedures.
• Run detector and receiver characterization: dark current/counts, responsivity, noise, bandwidth, and sensitivity measurements using calibrated optical sources.
• Build and operate automated test setups (Python-driven instrument control a plus) and record results with full traceability.
• Support board bring-up and debug alongside electrical engineers: continuity checks, power-up sequencing, signal probing, and failure analysis.
• Support environmental and EMC test campaigns for electronics assemblies, including instrumentation and data collection.
• Maintain ESD-safe work areas, calibration records, and inventory of flight and EEE parts, including lot traceability.

Skills

Electronics technician experience

Soldering standards

Bench equipment proficiency

ESD controls

Test procedure documentation

Tools

DMMs

VNAs

Spectrum analyzers

Oscilloscopes

Power supplies

Signal generators

Job description

Azora is seeking an electronics technician to build, test, and characterize detector and electronics subsystems for aerospace receivers in Tempe, AZ. You will assemble, rework, and troubleshoot hardware, work with photodetectors, low-noise electronics, and flight avionics, and run automated tests with traceable results.

You will collaborate with electrical engineers on board bring-up, environmental testing, and EMC campaigns, maintain ESD-safe facilities, and support field deployments.