FAA Test & Evaluation Lab Tech 1
Tukwila, WAContract / Temporary$22–27/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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PDS Defense is seeking a Test & Evaluation Lab Tech 1 in Tukwila, Washington. The technician performs functional tests on aircraft wiring lightning shielding and investigates failed tests by reviewing wiring diagrams, resolving equivalent resistor network circuits, and identifying incorrect shielding components or connectors. The role requires circuit analysis, engineering drawing interpretation, test equipment operation, wire assembly knowledge, and effective communication.
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Light Industrial/Manufacturing
FAA Test & Evaluation Lab Tech 1 Tukwila, WA Posted: 11/6/2026
Job Description
Job ID#:
227100
Job Category:
Light Industrial/Manufacturing
Position Type:
Associate - W2
Duration:
13
Shift:
1
Positions Available:
2
PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking a Test & Evaluation Lab Tech 1, in Tukwila, WA. Job ID#227100
Pay Rate: $22 - $27/hr
Job Description:
Position description:
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Perform functional tests on lightning shielding of aircraft wiring
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For functional tests that fail, collect airplane wiring diagrams, resolve equivalent the equivalent resistor network circuit, and identify which shielding component or connector is not the correct value and resolve.
Knowledge and skills required:
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Ability to analyze circuits using Ohms law, including series and parallel network combinations
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An understanding of Faraday's law of induction and Kirchhoff's Current and voltage law
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Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings
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Operate general test equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, power supplies, and meters of various types) and
interpret results.
- Knowledge of routing, clamping, tying, connecting and terminating wires and/or wire bundles in
electrical systems and assemblies, per the appropriate electrical codes
- Effectively communicate information.
Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.
Job Requirements
Minimum Security Clearance:
Secret
Military connected talent encouraged to apply.
VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled
To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit http://www.tadpgs.com/candidate-privacy/ or https://pdsdefense.com/candidate-privacy/
The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:
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The California Fair Chance Act
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Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
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Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
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San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled
How this job compares
Set against the 784 open Test Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$22–27/hr
- Washington median$29–41/hr35 hourly ranges
- US median$28–36/hr365 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $24.50/hr, is 33% below the Washington median midpoint ($36/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Test Technician hourly ranges in Washington.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 39 open Test Technician jobs in Washington and 784 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Washington
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- Experience
- Test Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 4 years (552 postings).
- Education
- 6 of the 784 open Test Technician jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 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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