Lead Avionics Technician - Harnessing

Castelion Corporation•Torrance, CA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Avionics Technician – Harnessing is a hands-on floor leadership role responsible for supporting the daily execution of wire harness manufacturing and rework. This Lead is expected to stay close to the work, understand what the team is building, identify blockers and schedule risks early, and help drive issues to resolution. The Lead will work closely with technicians, Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, Responsible Engineers, Planning, and the Avionics Supervisor to keep work moving. This is not a desk-based role. The Lead is expected to maintain a strong presence on the production floor and actively support technicians throughout the day.

Requirements

Strong hands-on experience building aerospace or high-reliability wire harnesses.
Experience with crimping, soldering, shielding, splicing, connector assembly, and harness routing.
Strong understanding of drawings, wire lists, work instructions, and process specifications.
Working knowledge of IPC/WHMA-A-620 or similar workmanship standards.
Ability to troubleshoot technical and process issues.
Strong communication and organization skills.
Ability to train and mentor technicians.
Comfortable working directly with Quality, Engineering, Planning, and production leadership.
Must be proactive and comfortable escalating issues before they impact production.

Nice To Haves

Experience with continuity testing, insulation resistance, hipot, or related electrical testing preferred.

Responsibilities

Maintain daily visibility of harness work in progress and upcoming work.
Identify blockers, delays, material shortages, tooling issues, drawing concerns, and process gaps before they impact schedule.
Take ownership of driving blockers to the correct support team and follow through until resolution.
Communicate schedule risks and delays to the Avionics Supervisor early.
Serve as the first technical point of contact for harness technicians.
Support wire preparation, crimping, soldering, connector assembly, shielding, splicing, routing, sleeving, labeling, and final assembly.
Help technicians interpret drawings, wire lists, work instructions, specifications, and acceptance criteria.
Verify technicians are working to the correct revision and released documentation.
Coordinate with Quality for in-process and final inspections.
Make sure inspection needs are communicated early so work is not waiting unnecessarily.
Support continuity, insulation resistance, hipot, pull testing, and other required electrical testing.
Support troubleshooting, rework, and disposition activity.
Review complex harness work before closure when issues would be difficult to correct later.
Support first article and first-build activities.
Train and mentor technicians on harness workmanship and company processes.
Identify recurring defects or process issues and work with Manufacturing Engineering on improvements.
Support clean handoffs between technicians, shifts, Quality, and Engineering.
Provide clear and accurate updates during daily stand-ups and production meetings.
Maintain strong floor organization, safety, and workmanship standards.