Build Technician — Join a Small Custom-Camera Shop Where Every Millimeter Matters
You've cleaned optics under a microscope, checked continuity, and torqued a fastener to spec — and you actually enjoyed it. If building complex, one-of-a-kind hardware from bare boards, optics, machined components into a finished, tested camera systems like your kind of day, keep reading.
We are a specialized small business designing and manufacturing complex engineered camera systems for major industrial corporations worldwide. Our cutting-edge products are essential for quality control in metal manufacturing processes across diverse global markets. We seek a skilled full-time Electronics Technician to support our expanding order book.
About the Role
As our Build Technician, you own the full assembly of custom cameras and systems — from building harnesses, to building optics, to integrating everything into precision mechanical housings. You'll work directly alongside the engineers who designed the parts in your hands, and your finished units ship to customers who depend on them for demanding imaging applications. This is a hands-on craft role, not a line job.
Core Responsibilities
- Assemble and integrate optical, electronic, and mechanical subsystems into finished camera units
- Perform hand-soldering, including through-hole work and fine-pitch SMD rework under a microscope,
- Terminate cables and build wiring harnesses to drawing
- Read and follow electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and mechanical prints to execute builds accurately
- Mount lenses and sensors; set back-focal distance, focus
- Run functional tests, verify performance against spec, and document build and QC results
- Collaborate with engineering to refine build procedures and flag design-for-manufacturability issues
- Maintain a clean, ESD-safe, organized workbench
Must-Have Technical Skills
- Proficient hand-soldering, including fine-pitch SMD rework under a microscope
- Ability to read and follow electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and mechanical prints
- Ability to repeatably build precision mechanical assembly
- Working knowledge of multimeters, oscilloscopes, and basic bench test equipment
- Consistent ESD-safe handling practices
- Strong manual dexterity and close-vision acuity for tight-tolerance work
Nice-to-Have
- IPC-A-610 or J-STD-001 certification
- Prior experience with machine vision, industrial, or scientific cameras
- Computer skills, CAD literacy (SolidWorks) for reading and marking up part drawings
- Cleanroom or controlled-environment experience
Who You Are
- Obsessively detail-oriented — you notice the 0.5 mm gap
- Patient and methodical; you'd rather do it right than do it fast
- Cross-disciplinary and curious — happy to move between a soldering iron, a lens, and a torque driver in the same hour
- Clear written communicator who leaves behind build notes the next person can actually follow
- Comfortable with ambiguity and evolving procedures in a small-team environment
- Take personal ownership of the quality of everything that leaves your bench
Why Join Us
You'll build cameras that don't exist anywhere else — bespoke systems designed for customers with problems off-the-shelf hardware can't solve. Every unit carries your fingerprint, and every build teaches you something new across electronics, optics, and mechanical work; this is the kind of cross-training that takes years on a large-company assembly line. You'll sit steps away from the engineers and founders, your feedback will directly shape the next revision, and there are no layers of management between your bench and the product. If you care about craft, this is a shop where quality is the product.
Why Join Us
Clean laboratory setting requiring precision work with sophisticated optical and electronic equipment.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $25.00 - $35.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Flexible schedule
- Paid time off
- Relocation assistance
Experience:
- soldering: 2 years (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
