Avionics Qualification Lab Technician (Onsite)

Collins Aerospace; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 53,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

3 weeks vacation

401(k) with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Collins Aerospace in Annapolis, MD, is seeking an Avionics Qualification Lab Technician to support operation, maintenance, and hardware for the avionics lab. You will translate engineering drawings into functional test setups and help maintain equipment accountability.

The role is onsite and requires a hands-on approach to wiring, integration, and test configuration, collaborating with test engineers to ensure repeatable results.

Qualifications

• Typically requires AA/AS degree (or other 2-year post high school training) with a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on avionics, aircraft electrical, aerospace electronics, test-lab, or comparable experience.
• Demonstrated experience with avionics wiring, hardware integration, cable fabrication, or wire maintenance.
• Experience reading and working from schematics, wiring diagrams, pinouts, and system drawings.
• Hands-on experience with crimping, soldering, shielding, connector termination, and cable routing.
• Working experience with electrical power and safe integration practices for avionics equipment.
• Practical troubleshooting experience at the wiring, cable, rack, equipment, and system-integration level.

Responsibilities

• Lab Operations, Property & Inventory: conduct routine inspections and preventive maintenance on lab equipment, racks, cabling, workstations, and support infrastructure.
• Maintain accurate equipment, configuration, calibration, maintenance, and inventory records.
• Support accountability for vendor-furnished and customer-owned equipment, including labeling, tracking, secure storage, and audit readiness.
• Assist with shipping, receiving, packing-list verification, material handling, and equipment movement.
• Build, modify, inspect, and repair custom cable assemblies, harnesses, breakout boxes, and related hardware.
• Perform crimping, soldering, shielding, connector assembly, and wire routing.
• Read and interpret electrical schematics, pinouts, wiring diagrams, and system drawings.

Skills

Avionics wiring

Hardware integration

Schematic reading

Cable fabrication

Troubleshooting

Electrical safety

Education

AA/AS degree in a related field

Tools

Visio

Oscilloscopes

Spectrum analyzers

Signal generators

Job description

Location:

US-MD-ANNAPOLIS-906 ~ 2551 Riva Rd ~ BLDG 906

Date Posted:

2026-09-16

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-MD-ANNAPOLIS-906 ~ 2551 Riva Rd ~ BLDG 906

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access certain necessary systems.

Security Clearance Type:

None/Not Required

Security Clearance Status:

Not Required

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

The Avionics Qualification Lab Technician supports the operation, maintenance, and hardware support for our Avionics lab. The technician will work with Test engineers to translate engineering and system drawings into functional rack-based test configurations, support lab readiness, and help maintain accountability for equipment and materials.

This is a hands-on role for someone who is comfortable building, wiring, troubleshooting, and improving physical avionics test environments. The successful candidate should understand avionics hardware well enough to integrate equipment safely, follow signal and power paths, identify issues, and collaborate effectively with test and integration engineers.

What You Will Do

Lab Operations, Property & Inventory

• Conduct routine inspections and preventive maintenance on lab equipment, racks, cabling, workstations, and support infrastructure.
• Maintain accurate equipment, configuration, calibration, maintenance, and inventory records.
• Support accountability for vendor-furnished and customer-owned equipment, including labeling, tracking, secure storage, and audit readiness.
• Assist with shipping, receiving, packing-list verification, material handling, and equipment movement.

Wiring, Harnesses & Hardware Fabrication

• Build, modify, inspect, and repair custom cable assemblies, harnesses, breakout boxes, and related hardware.
• Perform crimping, soldering, shielding, connector assembly, and wire routing.
• Read and interpret electrical schematics, pinouts, wiring diagrams, and system drawings.
• Create or update basic cable and system drawings using Visio or similar tools when needed.
• Apply safe wire maintenance and power-handling practices to protect personnel and equipment.
• Monitor bench stock, consumables, and commonly used wire-maintenance materials; identify replenishment needs.
• Help maintain a clean, organized, safe, and customer-ready laboratory.

Avionics Hardware Integration

• Integrate, rack, stack, wire, and configure avionics equipment within engineering lab environments.
• Turn engineering concepts, schematics, and system drawings into functional test setups.
• Troubleshoot physical integration issues involving signal paths, power, wiring, connectors, and lab interfaces.
• Work closely with the avionics test engineers to maintain stable, repeatable test configurations.

RF & Communications Test Support

• Support testing involving VHF, HF, SATCOM, datalink, and other avionics communications systems.
• Use spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, signal generators, and equivalent test equipment.
• Perform or assist with cable-loss, return-loss, VSWR, signal-integrity, and distance-to-fault measurements.
• Understand basic RF behavior and safely support RF test paths across a variety of frequencies.
• Assist with controlled lab testing while partnering with engineers who perform deeper data analysis and demodulation.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires AA/AS degree (or other 2-year post high school training) with a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on avionics, aircraft electrical, aerospace electronics, test-lab, or comparable experience.
• Demonstrated experience with avionics wiring, hardware integration, cable fabrication, or wire maintenance.
• Experience reading and working from schematics, wiring diagrams, pinouts, and system drawings.
• Hands-on experience with crimping, soldering, shielding, connector termination, and cable routing.
• Working experience with electrical power and safe integration practices for avionics equipment.
• Practical troubleshooting experience at the wiring, cable, rack, equipment, and system-integration level.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Commercial/transport aircraft avionics, aircraft electrician, aviation electronics, or related technical-school background.
• Experience supporting an avionics test bed or lab, flight-test environment, or aerospace research and development lab.
• Customer or Vendor property, inventory, shipping/receiving, or audit-readiness experience.
• Exposure to ARINC 429, IP, Ethernet, ACARS, or other avionics communication architectures.
• Experience with VHF, HF, SATCOM, or aircraft datalink systems.

Role Type

Please ensure the role type defined below is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role. This position is classified as:

Onsite

Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

Candidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process. For onsite and hybrid roles, commuting to and from the assigned site is the employee’s personal responsibility.

What We Offer

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option.
• Tuition reimbursement program.
• Student Loan Repayment Program.
• Life insurance and disability coverage.
• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance,critical illnessinsurance, group legal, ID theft protection.
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits.
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning.
• Adoption Assistance.
• Autism Benefit.
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions.
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program.
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits.
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services.
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program.
• And more!

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.

The salary range for this role is 53,100 USD - 100,900 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.

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