How to hire an electrical engineering technician

How to hire an electrical engineering technician, step by step

Here's a step-by-step electrical engineering technician hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write an electrical engineering technician job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new electrical engineering technician
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   First, determine the employments status of the electrical engineering technician you need to hire. Certain electrical engineering technician roles might require a full-time employee, whereas others can be done by part-time workers or contractors.

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   An electrical engineering technician's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, electrical engineering technicians from different industries or fields will have radically different experiences and will bring different viewpoints to the role. You also need to consider the candidate's previous level of experience to make sure they'll be comfortable with the job's level of seniority.

   This list shows salaries for various types of electrical engineering technicians.

   Type of Electrical Engineering Technician	Description	Hourly rate
   Electrical Engineering Technician	Electrical and electronics engineering technicians help engineers design and develop computers, communications equipment, medical monitoring devices, navigational equipment, and other electrical and electronic equipment. They often work in product evaluation and testing, using measuring and diagnostic devices to adjust, test, and repair equipment... Show more	$19-36
   Technician	Technicians are skilled professionals who primarily work with technology in different industries. They are knowledgeable about the technical aspects of the various items they work with... Show more	$11-27
   Electrical Apprentice	Sometimes called electrician apprentices, electrical apprentices assist the electricians in maintaining, repairing, and operating the electrical systems. Typically, they work in huge construction sites and facilities on their power distribution, lighting systems, and cables... Show more	$12-24

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Test Equipment
   • PLC
   • CAD
   • Electrical Schematics
   • Hand Tools
   • UL
   • Electrical Systems
   • Autocad
   • Electrical Components
   • RF
   • Test Procedures
   • Technical Assistance
   • PCB
   • Control Systems

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage over 10,000 tags in a PC base HMI database on a 19 node network.
   • Manage and distribute cad standards to contributing design consultants and assist with any design issues as necessary.
   • Assemble distribution DC power panels.
   • Insure all equipment meets NEC and OSHA standards.
   • Install circuit breakers, transformers, stabilizers, generators and distribution systems.
   • Interface with vendors for parts, equipment, PCB layout, and assembly.

   More electrical engineering technician duties

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your electrical engineering technician job description helps attract top candidates to the position. An electrical engineering technician salary can be affected by several factors, such as geography, experience, seniority, certifications, and the prestige of the hiring company.

   For example, the average salary for an electrical engineering technician in Louisiana may be lower than in Alaska, and an entry-level electrical engineering technician usually earns less than a senior-level electrical engineering technician. Additionally, an electrical engineering technician with certifications may command a higher salary, and working for a well-known company or start-up may also impact an employee's pay.

   Average electrical engineering technician salary

   $56,704yearly

   $27.26 hourly rate

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   Entry-level electrical engineering technician salary

   $41,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 15, 2025

   Average electrical engineering technician salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$61,541	$30
   2	Massachusetts	$58,834	$28
   3	District of Columbia	$55,572	$27
   4	Washington	$54,168	$26
   5	Georgia	$53,373	$26
   6	New Jersey	$52,371	$25
   7	Texas	$52,248	$25
   8	New York	$52,000	$25
   9	Virginia	$51,616	$25
   10	Arizona	$50,454	$24
   11	Oklahoma	$48,813	$23
   12	Illinois	$48,453	$23
   13	Alabama	$47,893	$23
   14	Florida	$46,542	$22
   15	Ohio	$45,470	$22
   16	Indiana	$44,256	$21

   Average electrical engineering technician salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Applied Materials	$103,411	$49.72	99
   2	Apple	$98,406	$47.31	104
   3	24M Technologies	$94,322	$45.35
   4	Western Digital	$84,169	$40.47	14
   5	NRG Energy	$72,857	$35.03	8
   6	Edge Home Finance	$72,338	$34.78
   7	AMETEK	$66,018	$31.74	32
   8	Boeing	$64,937	$31.22	181
   9	Siemens	$64,697	$31.10	48
   10	Textron	$64,569	$31.04	147
   11	Anheuser-Busch	$63,787	$30.67	12
   12	Lennox International	$63,703	$30.63	11
   13	City of Los Angeles	$63,455	$30.51	3
   14	Mohawk Industries	$62,854	$30.22	22
   15	The Boring Company	$62,832	$30.21	1
   16	General Dynamics	$62,075	$29.84	214
   17	Black & Veatch	$61,584	$29.61	366
   18	High Rise Fire and Security	$60,862	$29.26
   19	Daltile	$60,682	$29.17	3
   20	Jabil	$60,168	$28.93	79

4. Writing an electrical engineering technician job description

   A job description for an electrical engineering technician role includes a summary of the job's main responsibilities, required skills, and preferred background experience. Including a salary range can also go a long way in attracting more candidates to apply, and showing the first name of the hiring manager can also make applicants more comfortable. As an example, here's an electrical engineering technician job description:

   Electrical engineering technician job description example

   The Boring Company was founded to solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic by creating an underground network of tunnels. Today, we are creating the technology to increase tunneling speed and decrease costs by a factor of 10 or more with the ultimate goal of making Hyperloop adoption viable and enabling rapid transit across densely populated regions.
   
   ResponsibilitiesInstall, terminate, troubleshoot, and repair electrical and controls equipment and instrumentation for our proprietary tunnel boring machine.Implement control and automation systems using PLCs and industrial automation equipment.Understand the principles of measuring levels, pressures, temperatures, flow, and analytical processes using instrumentation.Consulting manuals, reading and interpreting circuit diagrams, blueprints, and schematics.Assisting design team in design documentation and review process.Work with other engineers to integrate electrical systems with mechanical structures, mechanisms, and software packages.On-site electronics inventory management.
   
   Basic Qualifications Apprentice LicenseAssociate's Degree in relevant field.3+ years experience in a similar role.Must be comfortable working in narrow and confined spaces, outdoors, and in a typical construction-site environment.
   
   Preferred Skills and Experience Journeyman's LicenseBachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering Technology or similar. Knowledgeable about high voltage power systems, including electric machines, motor controllers, transformers, and other grid-level electronics.Knowledgeable with various types of industrial automation and automotive DAQ technologies.Strong teamwork skills with a proven ability to effectively interact and collaborate with other engineering disciplines.Acute attention to detail. Experience with a variety of motor types (DC, AC induction, Synchronous, etc).Experience designing and implementing feedback control systems for electric machines.Experience working with PLCs (Beckhoff preferred).Experience designing panels, enclosures, and harnesses for rugged environments.High voltage safety training.
   Additional RequirementsPosition may require extended hours and weekend work.20% travel required.
   Culture
   We're a team of dedicated, smart, and scrappy people. Our employees are passionate about our mission and determined to innovate at every opportunity.
   
   Benefits
   We offer employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) plan, paid holidays, paid vacation, and a competitive amount of equity for all permanent employees.
   
   The Boring Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with The Boring Company is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

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5. Post your job

   To find the right electrical engineering technician for your business, consider trying out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important sources of talent for any company is its existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and current employees and ask if they know or have worked with electrical engineering technicians they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit electrical engineering technicians who meet your education requirements.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter now have more than 3.5 billion users, and you can use social media to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your electrical engineering technician job on Zippia to find and recruit electrical engineering technician candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Recruiting electrical engineering technicians requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match your ideal candidate profile. If you think a candidate is good enough for the next step, you can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new electrical engineering technician

   Once you've found the electrical engineering technician candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.

   Once that's done, you can draft an onboarding schedule for the new electrical engineering technician. Human Resources should complete Employee Action Forms and ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc. They should also ensure that new employee files are created for internal recordkeeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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