Electronic Technician

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire · Outside IR35 · £30 – £35/hour · Contract · Posted 19 October 2026

I'm recruiting for an electronics manufacturing business in Cheltenham who need an Electronic Technician on a contract basis during an extremely busy perioud running up until Christmas. The work There are around 30…

Outside IR35 Engineering
Pay rate £30 – £35/hour
Contract type Contract
Location Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Posted 19 October 2026

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Outside IR35

I'm recruiting for an electronics manufacturing business in Cheltenham who need an Electronic Technician on a contract basis during an extremely busy perioud running up until Christmas.

The work
There are around 30 reasonably complex PCBAs, each with different faults. We need an experienced technician to diagnose and repair them to component level.

ROLE: Electronic Technician

LOCATION: Cheltenham

RATE: up to £35ph (Outside IR35)

DURATION: 4 weeks initially

Responsibilities for the Electronic Technician

* Fault-find boards using schematics, multimeter, oscilloscope and bench PSU

* Identify failed components and assembly defects (shorts, opens, poor joints)

* Rework and replace fine-pitch SMD components down to 0201

* Keep a simple log of the fault found and repair made on each board

Essential

* Excellent hand soldering and SMD rework skills under a microscope, including hot air

* Proven experience working with 0201 and other small, fine-pitch packages

* Solid component-level fault-finding ability on mixed-signal boards

* Able to read and work from schematics and BOMs

* Methodical and able to work independently

Desirable

* IPC-7711/7721 or J-STD-001 certification

* QFN/BGA rework experience

* Background in a production test, repair or R&D lab environment

* SC / BPSS clearance (this is NOT essential!)

If you're interested, apply below get in touch with me directly with any questions.

Cheers,

Nathan

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