Electromechanical Technician – Wildfire Drone Manufacturing
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Fire is coming. Help us build the machines that fight back.
More than 115 million Americans live in homes threatened by wildfire. Fire seasons are getting longer, hotter, and more destructive, and the tools for fighting them haven't kept pace. Seneca is changing that with autonomous drones and sensors that detect and suppress wildfires early, before small fires become catastrophic ones.
Every one of those aircraft is built by hand, and the last hands it passes through before it heads into the field belong to our production technicians. We're looking for an Electronics Technician who wants to be one of them.
The Role
You'll be the person who turns a kit of parts into a flight-ready aircraft. You'll assemble and seal the enclosures, torque every fastener to spec, build and route the harnesses, then power it up, test it, and sign off that it's ready for one of the toughest jobs there is. When something doesn't work, you'll figure out why. When something could be built better, you'll walk over to the engineering team and tell them, and they'll listen.
If you notice a pinched gasket or a half-seated connector from across the room, keep a tidy bench, and get real satisfaction from a build that comes together exactly to the drawing, you'll fit right in.
What You'll Do
Bring drones to life: electromechanical final assembly of avionics enclosures, propulsion, payload, and airframe subsystems, working from work instructions, drawings, and BOMs
Get every fastener right: correct hardware, torque spec, tightening sequence, and thread-locker where called out
Build assemblies that hold up in the field, seating gaskets, O-rings, and connector seals so the electronics inside stay protected
Build clean, reliable harnesses: strip, crimp, terminate, and dress JST, Molex Micro-Fit, JWPF, XT, and other connectors for power and signal
Solder splices, terminations, and repairs when the job calls for it
Put every unit through its paces: pre-power checks, safe power-up, continuity checks, sensor calibration, motor/ESC verification, comms link testing, and configuration on our test stations
Hunt down faults, mechanical or electrical, and figure out whether it's the part, the harness, or the setup
Inspect like it's headed to a fire, because it is: check your work against the drawing and catch defects before they ship
Document serial numbers, torque values, test results, and deviations so every aircraft is fully traceable
Be the voice of the production floor: flag unclear instructions and work with engineering on design-for-assembly and design-for-test improvements
Drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions so problems get fixed once, for good
Keep tools, fixtures, test equipment, and workstations organized, calibrated, ESD-safe, and FOD-free
Work safely with LiPo/Li-ion batteries and high-current systems, and help set the bar for safety on the floor
What You Bring
3+ years of hands-on electromechanical assembly, test, or repair. Aerospace, avionics, robotics, EV, medical device, contract manufacturing, and military backgrounds all translate well
Strong mechanical assembly skills: reading drawings, choosing the right hardware, working to torque specs, and fitting precision parts without forcing them
Experience with sealed or waterproof assemblies (gaskets, O-rings, connector seals)
Solid harness skills: stripping, crimping, terminating, and dressing across multiple connector types and gauges
Solid soldering fundamentals for terminations and splices
Comfort reading work instructions, BOMs, assembly drawings, wiring diagrams, and schematics
Fluency with torque drivers, multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, and hand tools
A solid grasp of electrical fundamentals and ESD-safe handling of electronics
Serious attention to detail, real discipline around quality and documentation, and the confidence to ask when something doesn't look right
The ability to work independently and juggle multiple builds and tests in a fast-moving environment
Bonus Points
You build, fly, or fix drones, FPV quads, or robots, whether at work or in your garage