Space Testbeds & EGSE Technician - Onsite

ArcTern Ventures; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 126,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

Muon Space seeks a Technician to join our Testbeds & EGSE team in San Jose, building and maintaining HITL testbeds and EGSE interfaces used to integrate and test satellites. You will assemble racks, harnesses, and electronics from drawings, troubleshoot with engineers, and maintain inventory and documentation in a fast-paced, onsite role.

The role requires hands-on fabrication, soldering, PCBA work, and comfort working without step-by-step procedures while collaborating with software and

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on experience assembling and maintaining electrical or electromechanical hardware
• Harness fabrication including connectorization, pinning, crimping, and testing
• PCBA assembly and rework (SMT and through-hole)
• Basic electrical test tools (multimeter at minimum) for troubleshooting
• Comfort in a Linux heavy development environment
• Ability to read drawings, schematics, and block diagrams with minimal supervision
• Strong documentation habits and organized lab/inventory management
• Excellent communication and teamwork

Responsibilities

• Assemble HITL testbed hardware: racks, avionics modules, wiring, and interconnects from drawings and engineering direction
• Assemble and maintain spacecraft test equipment (EGSE) used to power, command, and monitor satellites during integration and test
• Fabricate, modify, and repair cable harnesses, including connectorization, pinning, and continuity checkout
• Perform PCBA assembly and rework (surface mount and through-hole soldering)
• Maintain testbed infrastructure and support resources — power, network, and lab equipment — and respond quickly when systems go down
• Troubleshoot electrical issues with standard test tools (multimeters, oscilloscopes) alongside engineers
• Perform light mechanical fabrication: drilling, tapping, rack fit-up, and proper torquing of fasteners
• Track testbed and EGSE inventory, and document builds, changes, and repairs with logs and procedure redlines

Skills

Electrical hardware assembly

Harness fabrication

PCBA soldering

Documentation & logs

Teamwork & communication

Linux familiarity

Tools

Multimeter

Oscilloscope

Soldering (SMT/through-hole)

Crimping & connectorization

Job description

Muon Space seeks a Technician to join our Testbeds & EGSE team in San Jose, building and maintaining HITL testbeds and EGSE interfaces used to integrate and test satellites. You will assemble racks, harnesses, and electronics from drawings, troubleshoot with engineers, and maintain inventory and documentation in a fast-paced, onsite role.

The role requires hands-on fabrication, soldering, PCBA work, and comfort working without step-by-step procedures while collaborating with software and