Job Description
Title: Electronics Test Technician
Location: Elgin
Shift: 1st Shift
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Pay Rate: $70k-90k per year
Location: Elgin
Shift: 1st Shift
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Pay Rate: $70k-90k per year
Full Benefits
We're hiring an Electronics Test Technician for a fast-growing, innovative technology manufacturer specializing in advanced electronic components used across a wide range of industries. This is a highly hands-on role where you’ll design, build, and support real-world test solutions that directly impact product quality and production efficiency. If you enjoy working at the intersection of electronics, mechanical design, and problem-solving—and want to see your work used in both production and customer environments—this is an excellent opportunity to grow your technical skillset in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and develop electronic test fixtures for functional testing, validation, and production use
- Create schematics, wiring diagrams, and detailed documentation for fixture builds
- Select and integrate components such as connectors, switches, and microcontrollers
- Assemble, wire, and prototype fixtures including soldering, breadboarding, and enclosure integration
- Troubleshoot fixtures and electronic devices at both component and system levels
- Support production teams by maintaining, repairing, and improving existing test fixtures
- Assist in diagnosing product or test-related failures in manufacturing environments
Qualifications:
- Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, or related field
- 2–5+ years of hands-on experience in electronics, testing, or manufacturing environments
- Strong understanding of electronics fundamentals and component-level troubleshooting
- Experience building, wiring, and debugging circuits and electronic assemblies
- Ability to read and create schematics and wiring diagrams
- Must have familiarity with C or C++
- Experience with microcontrollers (Arduino, PIC, ARM, or similar) is a plus
- Familiarity with communication interfaces (I²C, SPI, UART, USB, GPIO)
- Basic programming or scripting experience for test automation is a plus
- Experience with CAD or schematic tools (Altium, KiCad, Eagle, etc.) is a plus
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Elgin, IL |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $70,000–$90,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
Skills
- ARM (Advanced RISC Machine)unmatched
- BASIC Programming Languageunmatched
- C Programming Languageunmatched
- C++ Programming Languageunmatched
- CAD/CAM (Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing)unmatched
- Component Selectionunmatched
- Debugging Skillsunmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- Electrical Componentsunmatched
- Electrical Engineeringunmatched
- Electrical Wiringunmatched
- Electronic Designunmatched
- Electronic Engineeringunmatched
- Electronicsunmatched
- Electronics Assemblyunmatched
- Functional Testingunmatched
- Identify Issuesunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Mechanical Designunmatched
- Microcontrollerunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Product Testingunmatched
- Production Supportunmatched
- Production Systemsunmatched
- Prototypingunmatched
- Schematicsunmatched
- Solderingunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
- Test Fixturesunmatched
- Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
- Test Scriptsunmatched
- Testingunmatched
- USBunmatched
- Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter (UART)unmatched
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