Onsite Avionics Lab Technician: Wiring & Test

Prattwhitney; Maryland; On-site; USD 53,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vacation days

401(k) plan

Job summary

RTX seeks an Avionics Qualification Lab Technician to support operation, maintenance, and hardware in the avionics lab. You will translate engineering drawings into test configurations, maintain equipment inventory, and help ensure secure storage and audit readiness.

The role involves building, wiring, troubleshooting, and improving lab test environments, with a focus on avionics hardware integration and RF test support. Onsite work and a structured interview process are expected.

Qualifications

• 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

• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Avionics wiring

Cable fabrication

Schematic reading

Troubleshooting

Electrical power handling

Education

AA/AS degree

Tools

Visio

Job description

RTX seeks an Avionics Qualification Lab Technician to support operation, maintenance, and hardware in the avionics lab. You will translate engineering drawings into test configurations, maintain equipment inventory, and help ensure secure storage and audit readiness.

The role involves building, wiring, troubleshooting, and improving lab test environments, with a focus on avionics hardware integration and RF test support. Onsite work and a structured interview process are expected.