Electronics Technician

Darwin Recruitment are hiring for an Electronics Technician for a business in Paris.

Main Responsibilities

• Define and maintain procedures and work instructions for board repair, wiring, and potting.
• Standardize workshop practices and contribute to the selection of tools and equipment.
• Analyze quality issues and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Provide DFM/DFR input during design reviews and support industrialization efforts.
• Diagnose faults on PCB boards using measurement tools (multimeter, oscilloscope).
• Replace defective components (SMD, through-hole, connectors, integrated circuits) and perform fine soldering in compliance with IPC-A-610 standards and ESD procedures.
• Clean, inspect, and validate boards post-intervention.
• Manufacture, modify, or repair cable harnesses and wiring assemblies based on schematics and wiring diagrams.
• Crimp, solder, and connect terminals and wires while adhering to color codes and applicable standards.
• Ensure mechanical and electrical quality (insulation, EMC protection, vibration resistance).
• Verify electrical continuity, absence of short circuits, and compliance of assemblies.
• Prepare components and boards for encapsulation (cleaning, protecting sensitive areas).
• Apply potting resins (epoxy, silicone, polyurethane) according to defined procedures.
• Ensure encapsulation quality: no bubbles, proper adhesion, and correct polymerization.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of potting processes.
• Document field feedback to continuously improve methods, procedures, and electronic processes.
• Maintain traceability: intervention reports, non-conformities, updates to methods, and special processes (potting, complex repairs).
• Perform functional tests and compliance checks on equipment post-intervention.
• Ensure adherence to quality and safety standards (ISO 9001, IPC, ECSS, ESD) and participate in quality audits as the electronics methods expert.

Required Profile

• Associate’s degree in Electronics, Digital Systems, or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in board repair, wiring, or potting.
• Experience in a high-demand environment (space, aeronautics, defense, industrial electronics) is highly valued.
• Experience or strong interest in electronics methods, industrialization, and continuous improvement, with an understanding of quality, repeatability, and industrial robustness.
• Solid expertise in electronic assembly and repair: manual soldering (iron, hot air, including high voltage), reading schematics and wiring diagrams.
• Proficiency in testing and diagnostic tools (multimeter, oscilloscope) and potting processes and associated resins.
• Rigorous knowledge and application of quality standards (IPC-A-610, ECSS, ISO 9001, ESD rules), with the ability to work at the interface of Engineering/Production/Quality

Darwin Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

James Godfrey