Senior Electronic Technician

Senior Electronics Technician

Location: Oldham

Salary: Up to £55,000 + Benefits

We're looking for an experienced Senior Electronics Technician to join our clients engineering team in Oldham. You'll diagnose, repair and overhaul a wide range of electronic PCBs and assemblies to component level, making sure every repair meets high standards of quality and traceability.

Each unit that comes in is different, so the work is varied and technically demanding. You'll work closely with the wider engineering and operations teams, and help train and mentor new and junior engineers.

Key responsibilities

Diagnose and repair faults on electronic PCBs and assemblies to component level, including analogue, digital, RF and high-voltage circuits

Find faults using test equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic probes, logic analysers, and network and spectrum analysers

Replace and rework surface mount and through-hole components to IPC-A-610 standard

Commission repaired and new PCBAs

Carry out in-circuit and boundary-scan testing using tools such as XJTAG

Design and build in-house test equipment and fixtures to improve diagnostic capability

Make sure repairs meet company and customer standards for quality and traceability

Carry out functional, environmental and acceptance testing on completed repairs

Work with the wider engineering and operations teamsTechnical skills profile

Proven experience of fault-finding and repair to component level

Strong soldering and rework skills, including SMD, to IPC-A-610 standard

Ability to read circuit diagrams, schematics, datasheets and technical documentation

Confident with oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic probes and analysers, and RF test equipment

Experience with boundary-scan and in-circuit testing (XJTAG or similar)

Microcontroller programming (e.g. Atmel or Arduino), and FPGA programming with a working knowledge of Verilog

Schematic capture and PCB layout in KiCad or similar

Circuit simulation in LTspice or similar

Serial communications (RS232 and RS485) for interfacing and diagnostics

Environmental testing, including temperature, humidity, vibration and EMIWhat They offer

Salary of up to £55,000

24 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Pension scheme

Flexible working, including compressed hours so you can take one Friday a month off as time in lieu

A wide variety of challenging and interesting repairs

Career development in a growing companyHow to apply

Send your up-to-date CV and a short cover letter outlining your repair and fault-finding experience today and a member of the KO2 team will be in touch