Take Your Avionics Career to New Heights – Join a Leader in Aerospace & Defense!
Location: Hagerstown, MD | Payrate: $42/hour
PDS Tech Commercialis partnering with a leading aerospace and defense company to hire an experiencedAvionics Technician III. If you're passionate about aircraft systems, precision workmanship, and mission-critical technology, this is your opportunity to support innovative aircraft modification and maintenance programs that make a real impact.
In this hands-on role, you'll install, test, troubleshoot, and repair avionics systems while ensuring every aircraft meets the highest standards of safety, quality, and performance.
What You'll Do
Perform avionics maintenance in accordance with FCC, FAA, and company regulations.
Install, test, troubleshoot, repair, and modify aircraft avionics systems and components.
Assemble and route wiring harnesses, terminate connectors, and perform ring-out and functional testing.
Interpret technical schematics, wiring diagrams, blueprints, manuals, and engineering documentation.
Perform wiring installation, repairs, soldering, crimping, and connector termination.
Maintain test equipment, tools, and technical manuals.
Support aircraft modification projects while ensuring compliance with quality and safety standards.
Required Qualifications
High school diploma or GED and5+ years of relevant avionics experience(or an equivalent combination of education and experience).
Experience performing avionics maintenance, installation, testing, troubleshooting, and repair.
Hands-on experience with harness assembly, wire routing, connector termination, and functional testing.
Experience terminatingCOAX, CIR-MIL, RJ-45 Network, and D-SUB connectors.
Ability to read and interpret technical schematics, blueprints, diagrams, and maintenance manuals.
Advanced skills in avionics installation, wiring, soldering, crimping, and wiring repair.
**Must provide your own tools in good working condition.
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Ability to work in a safety-sensitive environment and perform physical job requirements, including lifting up to 50 pounds.
Preferred Qualifications
Familiarity with FCC regulations and FCC GROL certification.
Experience using oscilloscopes, spectrometers, or pitot static test equipment.
Experience with TRIAX, QUADRAX, fiber-optic assemblies, or El Ochito RF connectors.
Aerospace & Defense, U.S. Department of Defense, or military aviation experience.
Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, if required.
Ready to Build the Future of Flight?
If you're an experienced Avionics Technician looking to work on advanced aerospace and defense programs,PDS Tech Commercialwants to hear from you.
Apply today and put your technical expertise to work with a team that's helping shape the future of aviation and defense.
Pay Details:$42.00 per hour
Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Military connected talent encouraged to apply
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One of the oldest and largest staffing companies in the United States, PDS Tech connects highly skilled employees with Fortune 500 clients’ needs for project support such as contingent labor, statement of work/offload engineering projects, and permanent placements.
PDS Tech has staffing partnerships with leading organizations based in the United States and globally. We hire jobseekers daily for openings across skill categories, including Engineering, IT, Business Professional, Administrative, Accounting/Finance, Skilled Trades and Industrial. We offer our contractors an ala carte benefits package that far exceeds our competitors, including health, dental, vision, life, disability, 401k, and employee prepaid legal services. We have an active referral bonus program to reward the collaborative efforts of our contractor community. Depending on your location or job category, holidays and longevity bonuses may also be offered. In addition, we have a recognition program to honor workplace accomplishments and celebrate contractor achievements.
PDS Tech has recently joined the AKKA Group. AKKA is an international leader listed on the Euronext stock exchange and provides engineering consulting and R&D services for clients in the fields of automotive, aerospace and rail, and including life sciences, telecommunications, energy and defense. For more information about AKKA Technologies, visit https://www.akka-technologies.com/
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