Cable Fabricator (able to pass government background check) with Security Clearance

Job ID: 2026-25499 · Work Type: On-Site · Location: Tobyhanna, PA

About the Company

Truestone, an Akima company, is an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC) supporting 15,000 Iñupiat shareholders from above the Arctic Circle. The company delivers federal lifecycle solutions — from requirements and design through operations, logistics, and support — for complex systems and networks. Employees receive comprehensive benefits, competitive pay, growth opportunities, and retirement options in a work environment committed to innovation and diversity.

Responsibilities

• Works independently on routine and repetitive assignments such as maintaining, troubleshooting, testing, and repairing problems in single-layered printed circuit cards and other equipment of limited design and functional complexity.
• Assembles cables; removes and replaces defective components, modules, and assemblies identified as defective.
• Operates automatic test equipment programmed to a type of chassis or circuit card to isolate or locate defective components.
• Follows detailed schematics, wiring diagrams, layout diagrams, and work instructions to construct individual chassis and components of electronic equipment.
• May work as a member of a team performing work both on the depot and while on TDY to CONUS and/or OCONUS locations.
• Work requires normal color perception, close eye-hand coordination, and body movements such as sitting, kneeling, bending, climbing, standing, crawling, stooping, and lifting.
• May be required to work in cramped and strained positions inside and outside vans, shelters, and on work-stands.
• Subject to usual hazards associated with the electronic trade: electrical shock; abrasions; burns; bruises; cuts; exposure to fumes, oils, greases, varying noise levels; and R.F. radiation. May involve high voltage work.

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. Citizen with ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Clearance (includes criminal, credit, and other background checks at local and federal levels).
• Must pass a pre-employment drug test.
• Must be able to work First, Second, and Third Shift as dictated by workload.
• Must pass a pre-employment Cable Test Evaluation/Exam.
• Must have knowledge of Electronics Theory and applications.
• Cable Fabrication training and testing is mandatory.
• Experience with tinning, American Wire Gauge (AWG), understanding various types of conductors, and soldering various metals.
• All candidates will be asked several questions over the phone related to Cable Fabrication prior to being considered.
• Soldering skills and IPC certification readiness required.
• Ability to read, understand, and interpret drawings and blueprints.
• Fabricate and repair electronic components in accordance with drawings, standard work documents, technical reference orders, technical manuals, and technical orders.
• Fabricate and overhaul cable assemblies, including assembly of cable wires and connecting cable wires to connector pins, switch boxes, and power distribution boxes.
• Use common hand tools such as wire cutters, strippers, crimpers, and heat guns.
• Perform soldering compliant with standards such as IPC 7711/7721 and other industry soldering standards.
• Able to follow both written and oral instructions.
• Able to work independently on routine and repetitive assignments (maintaining, troubleshooting, testing, repairing single-layered printed circuit cards and equipment of limited design/functional complexity).
• May be required to wear protective equipment such as safety glasses, earplugs, etc.

Physical Demands

• May be exposed to adverse weather conditions when working outside on shelters or van-mounted systems.
• Must be able to lift objects up to 40 pounds.
• Must be able to stand, sit, bend, reach, and walk for extended periods of time.

Schedule

Typically 1st shift Monday–Thursday; candidates must be open to working other shifts if needed (2nd or 3rd).