Avionics Surveillance Engineering Technician

Acron Aviation; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

Acron Aviation is seeking an Engineering Technician – Surveillance to join its avionics lab in Phoenix. The role focuses on component-level rework, electrical testing, and debugging of circuit cards, while supporting prototyping and rapid development efforts.

The engineer will work closely with Design, Qualification, and Test teams in a controlled lab environment, maintaining 5S standards and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives across hardware, firmware, and test fixtures.

Qualifications

• Reading electrical schematics and mechanical drawings.
• Soldering, rework, assembly, and troubleshooting of electronic assemblies.
• Experience supporting laboratory, test, manufacturing, or engineering environments.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Read schematics and mechanical drawings to assemble prototype equipment from released documentation and preliminary designs.
• Create redline markup drawings for test equipment and wire harnesses.
• Perform soldering and rework of through-hole (PTH) and surface-mount (SMT) electronic assemblies.
• Assemble wire harnesses, test fixtures, and prototype hardware.
• Conduct electrical testing and troubleshooting of digital, analog, power supply, and RF circuits.
• Support checkout, debugging, and qualification of circuit card assemblies and test stations.
• Adhere to established ESD and FOD controls and support Lab 5S activities.
• Maintain laboratory organization, efficiency, and readiness through continuous improvement initiatives.
• Perform functional testing and document results under environmental test conditions in accordance with approved test procedures.

Skills

Reading schematics

Soldering & rework

Electronic assembly troubleshooting

Independent work

Attention to detail

Lab/Engineering environment experience

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Associate Degree or equivalent two-year post-secondary education

Tools

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

PCB design tools

Job description

Acron Aviation is seeking an Engineering Technician – Surveillance to join its avionics lab in Phoenix. The role focuses on component-level rework, electrical testing, and debugging of circuit cards, while supporting prototyping and rapid development efforts.

The engineer will work closely with Design, Qualification, and Test teams in a controlled lab environment, maintaining 5S standards and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives across hardware, firmware, and test fixtures.