Electronics Production Technician – SMT, Soldering & Assembly

Mavis Technologies Ltd

· Vulcan Works, Northampton · On-site

Salary: £21,000–£32,000 per year, depending on experience

Hours: Full-time or Part-Time.

Contract: Permanent,

Closing date: 30 November 2026

Mavis Technologies designs and manufactures AI-powered smart glasses, Mavis Viaro and Mavis Itero, that help blind and visually impaired people read, recognise their surroundings and live more independently. We build our electronics in-house on our own SMT line at Vulcan Works, Northampton, taking boards from bare PCB to finished, tested product.

The role

We’re growing our production team and looking for a second electronics technician to work alongside our existing technician. You’ll run our SMT line, carry out fine hand soldering and rework, help assemble the smart glasses, and flash and test boards and finished units. This is a hands-on role in a small team where you’ll see your work go all the way to the people who use it.

What you’ll do

SMT and PCB assembly

• Set up and run our SMT line: solder paste printing, pick-and-place, reflow
• Load feeders, prepare stencils and support product changeovers
• Inspect boards visually and under magnification, and rework defects

Hand soldering and rework

• Carry out fine-pitch hand soldering of SMT and through-hole components
• Rework and repair PCBs, including small connectors and fine wiring
• Work to ESD-safe practices at all times

Product assembly

• Assemble electronic and electro-mechanical sub-assemblies into finished smart glasses
• Fit and connect boards, cameras, batteries, flex cables and other components into frames
• Follow build instructions and help improve them

Firmware loading and testing

• Flash firmware onto boards and finished units
• Run functional tests and record results
• Help the engineering team identify and report faults
• Support basic fault-finding with multimeters and oscilloscopes

What we’re looking for

• Experience in electronics manufacturing or PCB assembly
• Confident, neat hand soldering of small SMT components
• Experience operating SMT equipment, or a strong willingness to learn
• Able to read assembly drawings, build instructions and basic circuit diagrams
• Familiar with test equipment such as multimeters and oscilloscopes
• Good attention to detail and comfortable with repetitive, precise work
• Happy to work across SMT, soldering, assembly and testing as production needs change

Nice to have

• IPC-A-610 or IPC J-STD-001 certification
• Experience setting up SMT machines or programming placement
• Experience flashing firmware or using test jigs and scripts
• Background in consumer electronics, wearables or medical devices
• An electronics qualification (BTEC, HNC, apprenticeship) or equivalent experience

What we offer

• £27,000–£32,000 depending on experience
• Training on our SMT line and product test processes
• Holiday: 28 days including bank holidays
• Workplace pension
• The chance to build products that make a real difference to blind and visually impaired people

Location

On-site at Vulcan Works, Northampton. You must have the right to work in the UK.

How to apply

Send your CV and a short note about your soldering and electronics production experience to Sign in to view email by 30 November 2026.