Technician (Detector and Electronics)

Azora; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous equity

Competitive healthcare

401(k)

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Azora is seeking an electronics technician to build, test, and characterize detector and electronics subsystems for aerospace receivers in Tempe, AZ. You will assemble, rework, and troubleshoot hardware, work with photodetectors, low-noise electronics, and flight avionics, and run automated tests with traceable results.

You will collaborate with electrical engineers on board bring-up, environmental testing, and EMC campaigns, maintain ESD-safe facilities, and support field deployments.

Qualifications

• 3+ years as an electronics technician in space flight/defense/high-reliability electronics.
• Certified or certifiable to J-STD-001 / NASA-STD-8739 soldering and harness workmanship standards.
• Skilled with standard bench equipment: DMMs, VNAs, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, power supplies, signal generators.
• Experience with ESD controls and handling of sensitive components.
• Ability to follow and red-line detailed test procedures and document anomalies clearly.

Responsibilities

• Assemble, modify, and rework electronic hardware to aerospace standards: soldering (including fine-pitch SMT), cable and harness fabrication, and connector assembly.
• Integrate and handle sensitive optical detectors (APDs, SPADs, PIN photodiodes, cameras and focal planes; potentially cryogenic detectors), including bias-up and safe-handling procedures.
• Run detector and receiver characterization: dark current/counts, responsivity, noise, bandwidth, and sensitivity measurements using calibrated optical sources.
• Build and operate automated test setups (Python-driven instrument control a plus) and record results with full traceability.
• Support board bring-up and debug alongside electrical engineers: continuity checks, power-up sequencing, signal probing, and failure analysis.
• Support environmental and EMC test campaigns for electronics assemblies, including instrumentation and data collection.
• Maintain ESD-safe work areas, calibration records, and inventory of flight and EEE parts, including lot traceability.

Skills

Electronics technician experience

Soldering standards

Bench equipment proficiency

ESD controls

Test procedure documentation

Tools

DMMs

VNAs

Spectrum analyzers

Oscilloscopes

Power supplies

Signal generators

Job description

Build, test, and characterize the detector and electronics subsystems that give Azora's receivers their edge. You will work hands-on with sensitive photodetectors, low-noise electronics, and flight avionics - from board-level assembly and rework through subsystem characterization and environmental test.

Responsibilities

• Assemble, modify, and rework electronic hardware to aerospace standards: soldering (including fine-pitch SMT), cable and harness fabrication, and connector assembly.

• Integrate and handle sensitive optical detectors (APDs, SPADs, PIN photodiodes, cameras and focal planes; potentially cryogenic detectors), including bias-up and safe-handling procedures.

• Run detector and receiver characterization: dark current/counts, responsivity, noise, bandwidth, and sensitivity measurements using calibrated optical sources.

• Build and operate automated test setups (Python-driven instrument control a plus) and record results with full traceability.

• Support board bring-up and debug alongside electrical engineers: continuity checks, power-up sequencing, signal probing, and failure analysis.

• Support environmental and EMC test campaigns for electronics assemblies, including instrumentation and data collection.

• Maintain ESD-safe work areas, calibration records, and inventory of flight and EEE parts, including lot traceability.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years as an electronics technician, including work on space flight, defense, or other high-reliability electronics.

• Certified or certifiable to J-STD-001 / NASA-STD-8739 soldering and harness workmanship standards.

• Skilled with standard bench equipment: DMMs, VNAs, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, power supplies, signal generators.

• Experience with ESD controls and handling of sensitive components.

• Ability to follow and red-line detailed test procedures and document anomalies clearly.

Preferred

• Experience with photodetectors, photomultipliers, cameras, or other low-light sensors.

• Familiarity with low-noise measurement practices, RF/microwave test equipment, or fiber-coupled optical test setups.

• Basic scripting for test automation (Python, LabVIEW).

• Experience with cryogenic systems or vacuum hardware.

Location

This is an onsite/hybrid role based in Tempe, AZ - hardware work that’s hard to do remotely. Some travel expected for field deployment and vendor/manufacturing visits.

Benefits:

• Generous equity

• Competitive healthcare (including options for vision and dental)

• 401(k)

• Unlimited PTO

EEO & Reasonable Accommodations

• Azora is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

• If you need a reasonable accommodation as part of your application for employment or interviews with us, please let us know by contacting [e-mail]

Export Control

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicants must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (iii) protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or (iv) be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Salary ranges are based on the following criteria:

• Final salary is based on geographic location, experience, skills, and qualifications.

About this Company

Azora is building high-bandwidth communications infrastructure for environments where fiber can't reach. This work spans LEO spacecraft constellations, lunar exploration missions, GEO satcom, deployable optical ground for defense, and data centers both on- and off-world. To enable rapid global proliferation Azora is developing compact and modular optical terminals small enough to deploy from a backpack, and space terminals that support high speed optical links from LEO out to the Moon.