Hardware Technician
Austin, TXJob$25–30/hrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
An employer is seeking two Hardware Technicians to support a Video Conferencing Engineering organization in Austin. The role involves hands-on hardware development, prototype builds, testing, troubleshooting, and validation, including PCB rework and hardware and sensor testing. Technicians will install hardware in test environments, run cabling, support compliance testing, and document results while working with electrical engineering and software development teams. The position is onsite five days a week.
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Job Description
An employer is seeking 2 Hardware Technicians to join their team in Austin, TX. They will be joining a Video Conferencing Engineering organization and will be responsible for supporting hands-on hardware development, prototype builds, testing, troubleshooting, and validation. This person will perform PCB and component-level rework, including soldering small surface-mount components, and support hardware and sensor testing. They will also work with 360-camera technology, microphones, speakers, and other audio/video hardware. Additional responsibilities include installing hardware into test environments, running cabling, supporting compliance testing, and documenting test results. This person will work closely with electrical engineering and software development teams in a fast-paced, hands-on environment. This role is onsite 5 days a week and pay ranges from $25 - $30/hr depending on experience and feedback from the customer.
Skills and Requirements
3+ Years of Hardware Technician experience
Hands-on experience working with camera, audio, sensor, and other embedded hardware systems
PCB/board rework and soldering with small surface-mount components
Prototype building, testing, troubleshooting, and validation
Hardware installation and cabling experience
Ability to collect and document test results
Go-getter mentality and strong team collaboration EMC/EMI and ESD testing experience
Compliance/certification testing experience
Sensor testing and data collection experience
Experience with cameras, microphones, and speakers
We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].
How this job compares
Set against the 443 open Hardware Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$25–30/hr
- Texas median$30–54/hr48 hourly ranges
- US median$28–54/hr335 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $27.50/hr, is 35% below the Texas median midpoint ($42/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Hardware Technician hourly ranges in Texas.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 62 open Hardware Technician jobs in Texas and 443 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — more than three in four Hardware Technician postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 301 postings).
- Education
- 68 of the 443 open Hardware Technician jobs (15%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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