Legacy Electronics & Media Systems Technician

Legacy Electronics & Media Systems Technician
Heirloom Cloud Corporation is seeking a skilled and curious Legacy Electronics & Media Systems Technician to help preserve priceless family memories and historical archives by maintaining, repairing, restoring, and improving the vintage equipment used to digitize obsolete media.

This is a unique opportunity to combine electronics repair, mechanical troubleshooting, fabrication, and innovation while working with one of the nation's fastest-growing media preservation companies.

From VHS decks and MiniDV camcorders to film scanners, cassette transports, floppy drives, and professional broadcast equipment, you'll help ensure thousands of irreplaceable memories are successfully rescued every day.

If you enjoy solving difficult technical problems, bringing old equipment back to life, and working on technology that most people have forgotten even exists, we'd love to meet you.

What Makes This Job Different
This isn't a typical electronics repair job.

One day you may restore a VHS deck that digitizes a family's wedding from 1987. The next, you might repair a professional U-matic player containing historical government records, fabricate a replacement part for a machine that has been out of production for decades, or develop a better workflow that helps preserve thousands of additional memories each year.

Every repair has a purpose. The equipment you maintain helps rescue irreplaceable photographs, videos, films, audio recordings, and digital files before they are permanently lost to deterioration or obsolete technology.

As Heirloom continues to grow, you'll have the opportunity to help shape the future of media preservation. Rather than simply maintaining yesterday's machines, you'll play an important role in building tomorrow's preservation systems while ensuring yesterday's technology continues telling its stories.

Responsibilities

Diagnose, repair, restore, and maintain legacy audio, video, film, photographic, and computer media playback equipment

Troubleshoot electronic, electrical, mechanical, and electro‑mechanical systems

Perform component-level repairs incl. soldering, capacitor replacement, connector repair, switch replacement, and printed circuit board (PCB) troubleshooting

Replace belts, pinch rollers, idlers, gears, motors, bearings, and other mechanical components

Clean, lubricate, calibrate, and align precision playback equipment

Maintain preventative maintenance schedules for production equipment

Test repaired equipment to ensure reliable operation and consistent digitization quality

Assist Digitizing Specialists with diagnosing equipment‑related capture issues

Research repair procedures, service manuals, schematics, and obsolete replacement parts

Source replacement components through suppliers, donor equipment, and custom fabrication

Design and fabricate simple replacement components using 3‑D printing or other fabrication methods when commercial parts are unavailable

Document repair procedures, maintenance history, and equipment performance

Recommend improvements to production workflows, tooling, and equipment reliability

Assist with evaluating and acquiring vintage equipment to expand production capacity

Support development of innovative preservation technologies and automation systems

Skills & Qualifications

Minimum three years of experience repairing electronic or electro‑mechanical equipment

Strong troubleshooting skills using logical diagnostic techniques

Experience reading electrical schematics and service manuals

Experience using soldering equipment, multimeters, oscilloscopes, bench power supplies, and other electronic test equipment

Familiarity with motors, gears, belts, bearings, and precision mechanical assemblies

Experience repairing audio/video equipment, broadcast equipment, computers, printers, arcade machines, pinball machines, musical instruments, laboratory equipment, industrial equipment, or similar systems is highly desirable

Comfortable disassembling and rebuilding complex electro‑mechanical devices

Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

Self‑motivated with the ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities

Excellent documentation and problem‑solving skills

Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds

High school diploma or equivalent required

Technical school, military electronics training, Associate's degree, or Bachelor's degree in Electronics, Engineering Technology, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, or a related field is a plus

Preferred Experience
Experience with any of the following is a plus:

VHS, S‑VHS, Betamax, VHS‑C, Video8, Hi8, Digital8, MiniDV, DV, DVCAM, U‑matic, Betacam, or other legacy video formats

Cassette, DAT, reel‑to‑reel, vinyl, or other legacy audio equipment

Film projectors, telecine systems, or film scanners

Floppy drives, Zip drives, optical media drives, or vintage computer hardware

PCB repair and component‑level troubleshooting

Surface‑mount and through‑hole soldering

Mechanical restoration and precision alignment

3‑D printing, CNC machining, or custom fabrication

Computer hardware, networking, or USB interfaces

Photography, videography, or media production equipment

Position Details
Location: 11 eWall Street, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

Internship, part‑time, and full‑time opportunities available

Flexible scheduling may be available depending on role and availability

Competitive compensation based on experience and position type

Benefits available for eligible full‑time employees

Clear advancement opportunities into Senior Technician, Engineering, Operations, Product Development, and Leadership roles as Heirloom continues to grow

About Heirloom
At Heirloom Cloud Corporation, we believe memories matter.

Our mission is to help families, businesses, government agencies, and cultural institutions rescue, preserve, organize, and securely protect priceless media before it is lost to time, deterioration, or disaster.

Every videotape, film reel, photograph, floppy disk, and audio recording entrusted to us represents a story that deserves to survive for future generations.

If you're passionate about repairing remarkable technology, solving challenging problems, and making a meaningful difference every day, we'd love to have you join our team.

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