Test Technician

ACTalent; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Disability (short & long-term)

Health Spending Account

Transportation benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Paid time off

Job summary

Actalent is seeking an Electronics Technician to join our Milwaukee, WI team for reliability characterization and test-board assembly in a cutting-edge lab. You will follow precise instructions, analyze schematics, and troubleshoot to root causes while ensuring safety and quality in a fast-paced environment.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years of hands-on electronics experience, proficiency with DMMs, scopes, LCR meters, and VNA, and the ability to handle voltages up to 50 volts.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on electronics experience with standard test and measurement instruments.
• Familiarity with circuit board design, schematic analysis, and board-level troubleshooting.
• Experience soldering electrical components, preferably surface-mount parts.

Responsibilities

• Perform electrical, thermal, and reliability characterization of critical electrical components.
• Create and assemble test boards according to specifications.
• Follow detailed work instructions to conduct tests effectively.
• Track test requests and acquire necessary component samples.
• Manage multiple requests and projects, prioritizing tasks as needed.
• Generate detailed test reports as required.
• Adhere to electrical safety best practices at all times.
• Read and interpret electronic schematics accurately.
• Utilize various electrical equipment to troubleshoot and diagnose failures from board level to component level.
• Solder and remove surface mount and through-hole components on printed circuit boards using hand tools and soldering equipment.

Skills

Soldering techniques

Multimeters

Test boards

Failure analysis

Tools

Digital multimeters

LCR meters

Source measure units

Oscilloscopes

Vector network analyzers

Job description

Job Title: Electronics Technician Job Description The Electronics Technician is responsible for utilizing technical skills to ensure that reliability and robustness targets are achieved in electronic designs that are tested to their limits. The role involves working in a cutting-edge electronics reliability lab, performing various characterization tasks under the guidance of the Electronics Characterization Operational Lead.

Responsibilities

• - Perform electrical, thermal, and reliability characterization of critical electrical components.
• - Create and assemble test boards according to specifications.
• - Follow detailed work instructions to conduct tests effectively.
• - Track test requests and acquire necessary component samples.
• - Manage multiple requests and projects, prioritizing tasks as needed.
• - Generate detailed test reports as required.
• - Adhere to electrical safety best practices at all times.
• - Read and interpret electronic schematics accurately.
• - Utilize various electrical equipment to troubleshoot and diagnose failures from board level to component level.
• - Solder and remove surface mount and through-hole components on printed circuit boards using hand tools and soldering equipment.

Essential Skills

• - Proficiency in electronics and soldering techniques.
• - Comfortable using multimeters and handling voltages up to 50 volts.
• - Experience in building test boards, running tests, and debugging designs.
• - Ability to probe and analyze failures to determine root causes.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• - 2+ years of experience working with electronics and standard test and measurement instruments such as digital multimeters, LCR meters, source measure units, power supplies, oscilloscopes, and vector network analyzers.
• - Familiarity with circuit board design, schematic analysis, and troubleshooting at the board level.
• - Experience with soldering electrical components, preferably surface-mount components.

Work Environment

The role operates within a state-of-the-art electronics reliability lab, where tasks are often repetitive and involve creating standard processes for testing.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Milwaukee, WI.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $28.00 - $34.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• - Medical, dental & vision
• - Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• - 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• - Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• - Short and long-term disability
• - Health Spending Account (HSA)
• - Transportation benefits
• - Employee Assistance Program
• - Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 17, 2026.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Milwaukee,WI.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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