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Assembly Technician

AIM

Responsibilities

  • Perform mechanical and electrical assembly of components, sub-assemblies, and final structure integrations per engineering drawings and work instructions.
  • Assemble PCB assemblies into product enclosures; install wire harnessing, cables, and components.
  • Install fasteners, brackets, and hardware to specified torque values; verify structural mounting and alignment.
  • Use precision hand tools, power tools, torque wrenches, and calibrated measuring instruments for assembly and inspection.
  • Set up and conduct functional testing of built hardware — instrumentation setup, test execution, data capture, and teardown.
  • Read and interpret layout drawings, mechanical drawings, assembly procedures, schematics, engineering drawings, and parts lists.
  • Identify and troubleshoot assembly defects; perform rework and re-assembly to correct non-conformances.
  • Support development of prototype test capabilities for manufactured components and life tests.
  • Maintain a clean, organized, and safety-focused work area; follow all safety procedures and PPE requirements.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • 1+ years of hands-on assembly or mechanical/electrical work experience.
  • Ability to read and follow assembly drawings, schematics, and work instructions.

Preferred

  • 2+ years hands-on experience in electro-mechanical, precision, or high-volume manufacturing.
  • Familiarity with IPC-A-610 acceptance standards for electronic assemblies.
  • Experience with electrical wiring and basic wire harness installation.
  • Experience setting up and running functional tests or experiments.
  • Associate degree in a technical field.
  • Comfort working in a fast-paced, low-volume/high-mix production environment with shifting priorities.

Physical Requirements

  • Ability to work at a bench or on a vehicle/structure for extended periods.
  • Ability to lift up to 30 lbs and maneuver components with hand trucks or pallet jacks as needed.
  • Good vision and hand-eye coordination for detailed assembly work.

Hard skills

  • Mechanical and electrical assembly to drawing/spec, including fastener installation to torque values and structural fit-up/alignment.
  • Reading and working directly from assembly drawings, schematics, and work instructions without hand-holding.
  • Setting up and running functional tests — instrumentation, execution, data capture — and interpreting pass/fail results.
  • Diagnosing and correcting an assembly defect (not just reporting it) — rework, re-fit, re-assembly.
  • AIM-specific attributes

Comfort with ambiguity

— AIM's build documentation and BOMs change week to week as programs go through revisions; the technician has to build correctly today and adapt tomorrow without a finished, static work instruction.

Safety-first mindset

— works around powered tools, heavy structures, and electrical systems; stops and flags rather than pushing through an unsafe condition to hit a deadline.

Ownership of outcomes

— treats an assembly with their name on it as their responsibility through test, not just through build.

Low-volume/high-mix tolerance

— comfortable switching between assembly types and revisions within a shift rather than expecting long, repetitive runs.

Compensation

$40,000-$75,000 base salary