Electronics Lab Tech

Fives DyAG Corp.; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Holidays

Personal Time Off

401K & IRA

Job summary

Fives Group is seeking an Electronics Lab Technician to support reliability and manufacturing testing of automotive electrical hardware, including ADAS, telematics, infotainment, and ECUs. This hands-on role involves setting up test equipment, running environmental and electrical tests, troubleshooting hardware, and documenting results.

You will collaborate with engineering teams to validate new test systems, build fixtures, and read schematics while maintaining organized lab documentation.

Qualifications

• Technical degree or equivalent hands-on electronics experience.
• 5+ years in electronics testing or related environments.
• Experience with test equipment setup and lab instrumentation.
• Familiarity with thermal and vibration test chambers; chillers a plus.
• Ability to read electrical schematics and component datasheets.

Responsibilities

• Operate software interfaces and test equipment during hardware bring-up and validation.
• Set up, operate, and maintain thermal and vibration test chambers.
• Support calibration and mechanical setup of environmental chambers and associated equipment.
• Perform electrical testing using oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, and analyzers.
• Troubleshoot failures in DUTs, test equipment, wiring, and harnesses.
• Build and modify test fixtures, harnesses, and electromechanical test setups.
• Read and interpret schematics and component datasheets, document results.

Skills

Electronics testing

Soldering & rework

Test equipment operation

Documentation

Lab safety

Education

Technical degree (electronics)

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Digital multimeters

Power supplies

Test fixtures

Job description

Fives Group is seeking a Electronics Lab Tech.

We are seeking a hands-on Electronics Lab Technician to support reliability and manufacturing testing of advanced automotive electrical hardware, including ADAS, telematics, infotainment, battery management, and zonal electronic control units (ECUs).

In this role, you will work closely with engineering teams to set up and operate test equipment, perform environmental and electrical testing, troubleshoot hardware and test systems, and document test results. This is a hands-on position that requires someone comfortable working with electronics, laboratory equipment, test fixtures, wiring, and mechanical setups.

Key Responsibilities

• Operate software interfaces and test equipment during hardware bring-up and validation.
• Set up, operate, and maintain thermal and vibration test chambers.
• Support calibration and mechanical setup of environmental chambers and associated equipment, including chillers and test fixtures.
• Perform electrical testing using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, power supplies, and power analyzers.
• Troubleshoot and identify root causes of failures involving devices under test (DUTs), test equipment, wiring, and harnesses.
• Build and modify test fixtures, harnesses, and other electromechanical test setups.
• Perform circuit board modifications, including soldering, desoldering, and component rework.
• Support commissioning and validation of new test systems.
• Read and interpret electrical schematics, drawings, and component datasheets.
• Document test procedures, test results, failures, troubleshooting activities, and corrective actions.
• Assist engineering teams with reliability and manufacturing testing throughout the product development cycle.
• Support first-article builds, test fixture assembly, and schematic redlines as needed.
• Maintain organized lab equipment, tools, test setups, and documentation.
• Follow established safety, calibration, and testing procedures while proactively identifying opportunities to improve lab and test processes.

Qualifications

• Technical degree, certificate, or equivalent hands-on experience in electronics, electrical technology, engineering technology, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience with electronics testing, automated test equipment (ATE), industrial automation, or similar hands-on technical environments.
• Hands-on experience operating and setting up test equipment and laboratory instrumentation.
• Experience with thermal and/or vibration test chambers; experience with chillers is a plus.
• Ability to read and understand basic electrical and digital schematics.
• Experience troubleshooting electrical systems, wiring, harnesses, circuit boards, and test equipment.
• Experience with soldering, desoldering, and PCB/component rework.
• Comfortable using power tools and performing mechanical assembly of test fixtures and equipment.
• Understanding of basic electronics and digital components.
• Familiarity with product development and validation processes such as EVT, DVT, and PVT.
• Ability to understand basic test requirements, ramp rates, control parameters, and test profiles.
• Strong documentation and communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google productivity applications.
• Ability to move and lift test boxes, fixtures, instrumentation, and other lab equipment.

Benefits

• Hired employees will receive great benefits along with an extremely competitive compensation package. Benefits include Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Holidays, Personal Time Off and 401K & IRA and more.