Field Service Technician
Job Description
Job Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire
Schedule: 40+ hours/week; occasional evenings/weekends based on project needs
Travel: Approximately 25–35% domestic travel
Compensation: $58,000–$75,000 annually
Benefits: Health, dental and vision insurance options, paid time off, paid holidays, and additional incentives based on position level and job specifics
- Test and validate completed electrical/electronic systems prior to shipment
- Install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain security technology solutions in the field
- Diagnose electrical/electronic issues and replace or repair components as needed
- Assemble and configure systems using technical documentation and design drawings
- Provide onsite technical and customer support during field visits
- Maintain accurate testing, service, repair, and maintenance records
- Collaborate with internal technical teams to ensure successful project completion
- Travel approximately 25–35% to customer and project sites
- Hands-on experience with electrical and/or electronic systems and components
- Experience troubleshooting electrical/electronic issues
- Ability to read and understand technical documentation, schematics, or design drawings
- Comfortable using hand tools and electrical test equipment
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality and safety
- Customer-focused, self-motivated, and willing to learn
- Field service or installation experience
- Experience with low-voltage electrical systems, security systems, CCTV, or similar technologies
- Experience testing finished electrical/electronic products
- Industrial or manufacturing environment experience
- Mechanical aptitude is a plus
Meet Your Recruiter
Senior Technical Recruiter
Galen is a Senior Technical Recruiter at Sterling Engineering with nearly 14 years of recruiting and talent acquisition experience, spanning agency leadership, high-volume technical recruiting, and executive-level client partnership. Since joining Sterling in February 2026, he has brought a strategic, relationship-driven approach to supporting candidates and clients across manufacturing, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and more.
Galen is dedicated to solving complex hiring challenges and building trusted, long-term partnerships with candidates, hiring managers, and executives. He takes the time to understand each person’s experience, goals, and career ambitions so he can help connect them with opportunities that align with both their skills and long-term direction.
For Galen, recruiting is about being an advocate and facilitator during important moments of transition and opportunity. He genuinely enjoys learning what motivates people and helping them take meaningful next steps in their careers while supporting companies in building strong, high-performing teams.