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AIT Test Technician
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AIT Test Technician
Location: Farnborough — full-time, onsite
About the Position
Our client is a space engineering organisation developing electronic hardware for satellite communications applications. Its Farnborough site includes an electronics laboratory supporting engineering and hardware verification activities.
In the role you will provide practical laboratory support, ensuring equipment, test benches and electronic hardware are prepared, maintained and available for engineering use. The position combines hands-on electronics work with equipment calibration, stock control and accurate laboratory documentation.
What You Will Be Working On
The role covers the day-to-day preparation and organisation of the electronics laboratory, including:
- Setting up and configuring laboratory equipment for engineering and verification activities.
- Maintaining test benches, cables, fixtures and associated hardware.
- Assisting engineers with hardware installation, assembly and troubleshooting.
- Carrying out soldering and PCB rework where required.
- Coordinating equipment calibration, preventive maintenance and repair.
- Tracking equipment usage, service schedules and calibration records.
- Managing stocks of cables, connectors, adapters, electronic components and laboratory consumables.
- Maintaining laboratory procedures, work instructions, equipment registers and engineering records.
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You will also support routine laboratory maintenance and ensure that ESD handling and wider laboratory safety procedures are followed.
What Our Client Is Looking For
For this AIT Test Technician position, our client is looking for someone with experience in:
- Working within an electronics, test or engineering laboratory.
- Soldering and PCB rework.
- Assembling and troubleshooting electronic hardware.
- Electronic components and commonly used laboratory equipment.
- Maintaining test benches, cables, fixtures or similar laboratory hardware.
- Equipment calibration, maintenance records or inventory control.
- Following ESD handling and laboratory safety procedures.
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Applicants should hold a Diploma or Certificate in Electronics, or a related discipline. The position also requires someone able to maintain accurate records, organise equipment and manage several practical laboratory tasks effectively.
Why Consider This Role?
This position offers varied, hands-on work within a satellite communications engineering environment. It would suit someone who enjoys practical electronics, takes responsibility for keeping a technical laboratory organised and wants regular exposure to specialist hardware and engineering equipment.
Benefits include private healthcare, pension, life insurance, disability income protection and an employee assistance programme.
If you would like to discuss this AIT Test Technician position further, please contact Teddy Jones at IC Resources.
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