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How to hire a product technician

Product technician hiring summary. Here are some key points about hiring product technicians in the United States:

  • In the United States, the median cost per hire a product technician is $1,633.
  • It takes between 36 and 42 days to fill the average role in the US.
  • Human Resources use 15% of their expenses on recruitment on average.
  • On average, it takes around 12 weeks for a new product technician to become settled and show total productivity levels at work.

How to hire a product technician, step by step

To hire a product technician, you need to identify the specific skills and experience you want in a candidate, allocate a budget for the position, and advertise the job opening to attract potential candidates. To hire a product technician, you should follow these steps:

Here's a step-by-step product technician hiring guide:

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

What does a product technician do?

Product technicians are skilled professionals who are responsible for evaluating manufactured goods to ensure quality and functionality before they are marketed to the general public. These technicians are required to perform equipment setup and adjustments while conducting minor preventative maintenance tasks to test for safety and productivity before they are put into production. By using their technical knowledge, they must identify problems such as mechanical issues and safety issues while providing potential solutions to the issues. Product technicians must also ensure that finished products conform to specifications and codes.

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  1. Identify your hiring needs

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

    Determine employee vs contractor status
    Is the person you're thinking of hiring a US citizen or green card holder?

    A product technician's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, product 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 product technicians.

    Type of Product TechnicianDescriptionHourly rate
    Product Technician$17-59
    Manufacturing TechnicianA manufacturing technician, or often called a manufacturing production technician, is a professional who is responsible for setting and testing manufacturing machinery or equipment. To set up the machines, manufacturing technicians will use electronic, electrical, mechanical, or computer technologies... Show more$12-25
    Manufacturing Production TechnicianA manufacturing production technician specializes in handling and maintaining the equipment and machines for manufacturing procedures. Their responsibilities include performing installations and upgrades, preparing equipment, providing technical support to staff, troubleshooting problems, and performing repairs and adjustments... Show more$11-17
  2. Create an ideal candidate profile

    Common skills:
    • Customer Service
    • Troubleshoot
    • Product Support
    • Excellent Interpersonal
    • Windows
    • Technical Support
    • Quality Standards
    • Test Results
    • Test Equipment
    • Customers Homes
    • Production Equipment
    • CNC
    • R
    • Sales Floor
    Check all skills
    Responsibilities:
    • Manage paperwork associate with HVAC procedures.
    • Perform internal auditor training regarding FDA 21 CFR 820 and ISO 13485 guidelines.
    • Operate CNC machines for BMW X3/X5 front and rear axle.
    • Load various operation systems - unix, linux, windows.
    • Perform internal company audits conforming to ISO 9000 - 2002 standards.
    • Ensure all areas are ESD compliant and record daily compliance records.
    More product technician duties
  3. Make a budget

    Including a salary range in your product technician job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. A product technician can vary based on:

    • Location. For example, product technicians' average salary in maine is 60% less than in alaska.
    • Seniority. Entry-level product technicians 71% less than senior-level product technicians.
    • Certifications. A product technician with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
    • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in a product technician's salary.

    Average product technician salary

    $67,026yearly

    $32.22 hourly rate

    Entry-level product technician salary
    $36,000 yearly salary
    Updated December 17, 2025

    Average product technician salary by state

    RankStateAvg. salaryHourly rate
    1California$117,260$56
    2Washington$106,569$51
    3Maryland$81,014$39
    4Texas$79,246$38
    5Massachusetts$78,051$38
    6North Carolina$66,874$32
    7Illinois$66,688$32
    8New York$66,516$32
    9Virginia$64,857$31
    10Indiana$64,649$31
    11Michigan$64,550$31
    12Pennsylvania$64,404$31
    13Connecticut$61,810$30
    14Wisconsin$54,565$26
    15Iowa$51,930$25
    16Georgia$50,922$24
    17Oklahoma$48,152$23
    18Missouri$47,879$23
    19Colorado$46,618$22
    20Kansas$45,852$22

    Average product technician salary by company

    RankCompanyAverage salaryHourly rateJob openings
    1PayPal$162,621$78.187
    2Google$153,137$73.6244
    3eBay$150,525$72.3718
    4Exxon Mobil$146,963$70.669
    5Citi$135,877$65.3312
    6Kronos Incorporated$134,732$64.78
    7Sunrise Systems$122,553$58.92
    8JPMorgan Chase & Co.$121,219$58.28407
    9LinkedIn$121,112$58.23
    103D Systems$120,281$57.83
    11Bungie$119,300$57.36
    12Data$118,391$56.92
    13Dell$115,505$55.531
    14J.P. Morgan$113,682$54.65
    15Amazon$111,393$53.55391
    16Ricoh$111,347$53.534
    17BorgWarner$110,873$53.306
    18VIVA USA$109,740$52.76
    19Sony Pictures$107,228$51.55
    20American Red Cross$106,100$51.0127
  4. Writing a product technician job description

    A product technician job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. Below, you can find an example of a product technician job description:

    Product technician job description example

    Company IPS Group, Inc. is a design, engineering and manufacturing company focused on low power wireless telecommunications and parking technologies. IPS manufactures its products locally and has been delivering world-class solutions to the telecommunications and parking industries for over 20 years. The company is best known for their patented credit card enabled, solar powered single-space parking meter and web-based management system.

    Job Description: The Tier I Support Technician will provide entry level support for servicing, maintenance, repair, and testing of IPS Group Inc. equipment. IPS Group clients are located across the United States. The ability to troubleshoot remotely is required. This is a customer facing position and requires strong communication skills along with a commitment to service excellence. The ideal candidate must have the ability to provide entry level support on all relevant company technical products including software, hardware, data management systems and telecommunications and escalate issues to upper-level support personnel when unable to determine a resolution on their own.

    Job Duties:

    • Serve as the first point of contact for customers seeking technical assistance over the phone or email
    • Perform remote troubleshooting through diagnostic techniques and pertinent questions
    • Walk the customer through the problem-solving process
    • Direct unresolved issues to the next level of support personnel
    • Provide accurate information on products or services
    • Record events and problems and their resolution in Help desk ticketing system
    • Follow-up and update customer status and information

    Skills & Experience:

    • Proven experience as a help desk technician or other customer support role
    • Good understanding of computer systems, mobile devices, and other technical products
    • Ability to diagnose and resolve basic technical issues
    • Proficiency in English
    • Excellent communication skills
    • Customer-oriented and cool-tempered
    • Ability to work independently with little or no supervision
    • Excellent customer service skills
    • Ability to continually learn new product service techniques
    • Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing with business professionals
    • Working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel

    Work Environment

    The work environment described here is representative of those that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualified disabilities to perform the essential functions.

    Note: The above statements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel in this classification. Nothing in the job description restricts IPS Group, Inc. from the right to change, assign, or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time for any reason. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment as this is an “AT-Will” employer.

    It is the policy of IPS Group, Inc. not to discriminate against any applicant for employment, or any employee because of age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

    An Equal Opportunity Employer—M/F/D/V.”

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  5. Post your job

    To find product technicians for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

    • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
    • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any product technicians they would recommend.
    • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level product technicians with the right educational background.
    • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.
    Post your job online:
    • Post your product technician job on Zippia to find and recruit product technician candidates who meet your exact specifications.
    • Use field-specific websites.
    • Post a job on free websites.
  6. Interview candidates

    Recruiting product 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.

    You should also ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match the ideal candidate profile you developed earlier. Candidates good enough for the next step can complete 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 product technician

    Once you've found the product 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 equally important to follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

    After that, you can create an onboarding schedule for a new product technician. Human Resources and the hiring manager should complete Employee Action Forms. Human Resources should also ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc., and that new employee files are created.

  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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How much does it cost to hire a product technician?

Before you start to hire product technicians, it pays to consider both the one-off costs like recruitment, job promotion, and onboarding, as well as the ongoing costs of an employee's salary and benefits. While most companies that hire product technicians pay close attention to the initial cost of hiring, ongoing costs are much more significant in the long run.

You can expect to pay around $67,026 per year for a product technician, as this is the median yearly salary nationally. This can vary depending on what state or city you're hiring in. If you're hiring for contract work or on a per-project basis, hourly rates for product technicians in the US typically range between $17 and $59 an hour.

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