Industrial Technician
Industrial technicians in this role diagnose, repair, and refurbish hardware units returned from the field, turning each repair into actionable failure data that feeds product reliability cycles. They combine hands-on electronics repair—soldering, component swaps, reassembly—with meticulous documentation practices, treating repair logs as critical data inputs rather than administrative tasks. These roles sit within manufacturing and reliability teams at AI hardware companies, working closely with engineering to identify failure patterns that improve future device generations and accelerate production timelines.
Measured across 74 of 77 open postings.
This role is advertised at 2 levels, so a single figure for the role would describe none of them. Experience and pay are the midpoints for each level on its own.
| Level | Share | Median years | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry | 65%(48) | 3 | — |
| Mid | 18%(13) | 5 | — |
A dash means too few postings stated it to report a midpoint. Most companies do not publish a salary band, so pay is indicative rather than a market rate. 3 levels with fewer than 10 open postings are not shown.
Requirements are a share of every open posting, so a role missing from this list is one where almost nobody asks. Work mode is different: many postings never say, so that figure counts only the ones that do. A posting stops being advertised when it is filled, cancelled or reorganised, so read the last figure as how long these stay on the market, not as time to hire.
Skills
What companies are looking for in this role.
Equipment maintenance and calibration
Quality management systems
Technical drawing interpretation
Technical issue diagnosis
Hardware test and validation
Critical facility operations
Electromechanical assembly and rework
Process design and improvement
Regulatory compliance and document control
Health, safety and environmental programs
Inventory and warehouse operations
Hardware and embedded systems
Hardware bring-up and debug
Reliability and failure analysis
Power and grid infrastructure delivery
Detail and documentation rigor
Technical documentation
Technology
The tools and technologies that define this role.
Open Jobs
74 open Industrial Technician jobs across 11 companies.
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