**Job Title: Manufacturing Technician** **Job Description** Excel with simple hand tools and machinery as a professional Assembler. Engage in RF testing and troubleshooting, utilizing various equipment. Showcase proficiency with surface mount soldering skills and demonstrate excellent hand-eye coordination and adherence to safety protocols. Assemble components and integrated systems by accurately reading schematics and engineering drawings. **Responsibilities** + Utilize a microscope for extended periods. + Perform equipment maintenance and auxiliary shop duties as instructed. + Conserve resources and supplies to minimize waste. + Demonstrate quality-focused workmanship and take ownership of tasks. + Determine location, position, accuracy of fit, and conformity to contour of parts and assemblies by executing assembly prints. + Foster and maintain professional and productive relationships with peers. + Familiarize yourself with the tools, instrumentation, and calibration equipment as necessary. **Essential Skills** + 5+ years of RF experience + Proficiency in surface mount soldering + Experience with RF and QFM (Quasi-Frequency Modulation) + Ability to interpret blueprints and schematics + Experience using basic test tools such as a multimeter **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + Experience with semi-automatic pick & place machines + Building ribbon flex coax cables, semi-rigid cables, RF cables, modules, and chassis + Feed through soldering + ESD Awareness + IPC-A-610 or J-STD-001 certification is a plus **Why Work Here?** Join a rapidly growing company with a niche-specific focus that has consistently won government contracts, ensuring long-term production stability and ample room for career growth and upward mobility. Engage in exciting and innovative projects, with components you assemble being used in outer space, submarines, and international bases. **Work Environment** Work in a small manufacturing environment that is rapidly expanding from 20 to 45 employees over the past five years, with plans to reach 60 by year's end. Enjoy a flexible first shift schedule from 6am-3:00pm or 7am-4:00pm, typically working four 10-hour days from Monday to Thursday. **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $55000.00 - $70000.00/yr. PTO, health, vision and dental benefits, **Workplace Type** This is a fully onsite position in Sparks,MD. **Application Deadline** This position is anticipated to close on Sep 5, 2025. **About Aerotek:** We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow. Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.