Electronics Test Technician
Also known as: Test Technician · PCB Testing Technician
Tests and inspects circuit boards and electronic products on a production line and reports or fixes faults.
What you’d do
Tests printed circuit boards and finished electronic products in a factory to check they work as designed. Electronics manufacturing and assembly companies hire for this role. The day is spent at test stations — running test programs, finding faults, sending boards for rework and logging results.
- Run functional and in-circuit tests on boards
- Find and report faulty components
- Rework or repair boards to standard
- Record test results and yields
How you get in
Freshers join as trainees or operators-turned-technicians in electronics manufacturing units, often through campus drives, walk-ins or apprenticeship schemes in industrial areas. Interviews check basic electronics, component identification and soldering. Shift work is usual.
Salary in India
Fresher salary over the years
middle of the 0–1 yr range, ₹ lakh a year
Fewer than two years of fresher data so far — the trend shows once there are two.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Reading schematics and assembly drawings
- Using test instruments
- Soldering and rework
- ESD-safe handling
- Recording results accurately
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition4
How many graduates enter each year?
B.Sc (all subjects) graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field4
Is it diverse?
Share of women among B.Sc (all subjects) graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Growth path: technician → senior technician → test or quality engineer (often with further study).
- Work is shift-based and on the factory floor.
- Experience with test programs can lead into test engineering roles.
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