How to hire a senior engineering technician

How to hire a senior engineering technician, step by step

Here's a step-by-step senior 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 a senior engineering technician job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new senior engineering technician
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your senior engineering technician job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a senior engineering technician for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   Hiring the perfect senior engineering technician also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list presents senior engineering technician salaries for various positions.

   Type of Senior Engineering Technician	Description	Hourly rate
   Senior Engineering Technician	Industrial engineering technicians help industrial engineers implement designs to use personnel, materials, and machines effectively in factories, stores, healthcare organizations, repair shops, and offices. They prepare machinery and equipment layouts, plan workflows, conduct statistical production studies, and analyze production costs.	$30-59
   Quality Assurance Technician	Quality assurance is an essential part of a company that offers products and services. It is critical that the company's output remains consistent and up to par with community standards... Show more	$12-28
   Consulting Engineer	A consulting engineer is a professional who aids in the planning, designing, and construction of a project from the public and private clients. Consulting engineers are required to advise on the best component suitable according to the needs of their clients... Show more	$34-62

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Java
   • SR
   • Emerging Technologies
   • Troubleshoot
   • Technical Support
   • Project Management
   • C++
   • Windows
   • R
   • Test Equipment
   • Prototype
   • SQL
   • CAD
   • Test Procedures

   Check all skills

   Responsibilities:

   • Manage and distribute cad standards to contributing design consultants and assist with any design issues as necessary.
   • Determine and insure how statistical process control (SPC) are performed, collect, and update.
   • Test equipment utilize included DMM's, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, waveform function generators, and signal generators.
   • Demonstrate expertise in analog and digital electronic circuit design.
   • Rework and diagnose SMT PCBs.
   • Implement native and HTML5 UI.

   More senior engineering technician duties

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your senior engineering technician job description helps attract top candidates to the position. A senior 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 a senior engineering technician in Alabama may be lower than in Idaho, and an entry-level senior engineering technician usually earns less than a senior-level senior engineering technician. Additionally, a senior 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 senior engineering technician salary

   $88,615yearly

   $42.60 hourly rate

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   Entry-level senior engineering technician salary

   $63,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 8, 2025

   Average senior engineering technician salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$127,707	$61
   2	Washington	$114,327	$55
   3	District of Columbia	$106,167	$51
   4	Maine	$103,342	$50
   5	Massachusetts	$100,961	$49
   6	Oregon	$97,395	$47
   7	New Jersey	$96,787	$47
   8	New Mexico	$95,421	$46
   9	Illinois	$92,970	$45
   10	Michigan	$91,761	$44
   11	Virginia	$90,352	$43
   12	Texas	$88,931	$43
   13	Kansas	$88,900	$43
   14	New York	$88,433	$43
   15	Georgia	$87,223	$42
   16	Pennsylvania	$87,005	$42
   17	Arizona	$85,549	$41
   18	North Carolina	$82,721	$40
   19	Colorado	$81,262	$39
   20	Missouri	$79,577	$38

   Average senior engineering technician salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	CrowdStrike	$135,992	$65.38	35
   2	Intuitive Surgical	$135,082	$64.94	8
   3	Apple	$133,966	$64.41	89
   4	Atlassian	$130,491	$62.74	10
   5	Western Digital	$130,406	$62.70	22
   6	Yahoo	$129,677	$62.34
   7	Vista Equity Partners	$128,303	$61.68
   8	Micron Technology	$127,670	$61.38	51
   9	Roku	$125,436	$60.31
   10	Rivian	$125,001	$60.10	25
   11	Levi Strauss & Co.	$124,295	$59.76
   12	Intuit	$124,212	$59.72	16
   13	Zoox	$124,143	$59.68	14
   14	Okta	$123,944	$59.59	1
   15	Edwards Lifesciences	$123,934	$59.58	5
   16	Astronics	$122,855	$59.06	7
   17	Photronics	$122,780	$59.03	11
   18	WorldQuant	$122,696	$58.99
   19	Enphase Energy	$122,098	$58.70
   20	Amazon	$122,003	$58.66	447

4. Writing a senior engineering technician job description

   A job description for a senior 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 a senior engineering technician job description:

   Senior engineering technician job description example

   • Typically requires bachelor's degree and 5 years of prior relevant experience OR in the absence of a degree, a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience is required
   • Experience designing RF systems
   • Experience with 2 or more of the following: Making measurements using commercial RF test equipment such as network analyzer, spectrum analyzer, oscilloscopes, frequency counters
   • Experience selecting RF components such as attenuators, phase shifters and switches
   • Experience integrating test systems

   Qualifications We Value:

   • Master's Degree and 3 or more years of prior relevant experience
   • Experience with radar systems
   • Experience with radar signal processing
   • Microwave signal design
   • Presenting or briefing leadership such as chief engineers
   • Self-starter, forward thinking
   • RF Measurement experience

   What We Offer:

   Whether you're just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package that goes above and beyond with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the superior benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care.
   
   Clearance : This position requires the eligibility to obtain a security clearance. Non-US citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance. The Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office (DISCO), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about Security Clearances can be found on the US Department of State government website here:

   Employee Referral Award Eligibility: Only employees currently within RMD and RI&S have the potential to receive a Referral Award for submitting a referral to RMD and RI&S roles. ALL eligibility requirements must be met (see guidelines) to receive the Referral Awarding

   Location Information:

   This position is located in beautiful Tucson, AZ. Tucson has a friendly, caring and laid-back atmosphere, combined with the innovation and energy of a metropolitan region and recognized as one of America's 10 Best Small Cities. Surrounded by beautiful mountains, colorful Sonoran Desert landscape and majestic saguaro cacti, Tucson is blessed with some of nature's best work. Tucson is known for its bright blue skies, and with more than 310 sunny days per year, Tucson's fantastic weather lets residents enjoy the outdoors year-round.

   Raytheon Technologies is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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5. Post your job

   To find the right senior 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 senior engineering technicians they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit senior 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 senior engineering technician job on Zippia to find and recruit senior engineering technician candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   During your first interview to recruit senior engineering technicians, engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. During the following interview, you'll be able to go into more detail about the company, the position, and the responsibilities.

   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 senior engineering technician

   Once you've decided on a perfect senior engineering technician candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   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.

   To prepare for the new employee's start date, you can create an onboarding schedule and complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9 forms, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Human Resources should also ensure that a new employee file is 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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