Akima · 2 days ago

Engineering Technician VI

Suffolk, VA

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$43/hr - $44/hr

10+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Performs engineering, design, maintenance, and installation of telecommunications systems and electronic systems. Experience performing repair, maintenance, or installation of at least four different electronic equipment and systems including MF, HF, VHF, UHF and SATCOM Communication Systems (including high and low power); US/NATO Secure Voice Systems; Radar Systems; Navigation Systems, SINS and DGPS Radio Beacon Transmitters, telephone systems, IP-PBX Key Systems; and, RADHAZ/EMI control measures. Requisite knowledge includes a comprehensive knowledge of DOD military specifications and standards including USCG specifications and standards.

Responsible for the development and/or review of engineering drawings to provide red-line corrections for 'as built' configurations.

Designs, develops, documents, and constructs major units, devices, or equipment; conducts tests or experiments; analyzes results and redesigns or modifies equipment to improve performance; and reports results.

Plans, or assists in planning, tests to evaluate equipment performance.

Responsibilities include the determination of test requirements, equipment modification, and test procedures; conducts tests using all types of instruments; analyzes and evaluates test results and prepares reports on findings and recommendations.

This technician independently plans and accomplishes complete projects or studies of broad scope and complexity or serves as an expert in a narrow aspect of a particular field of engineering, e.g., environmental factors affecting electronic engineering.

Complexity of assignments typically requires considerable creativity and judgment to devise approaches to accomplish work, resolve design and operational problems, and make decisions in situations where standard engineering methods, procedures, and techniques may not be applicable.

Supervisor or professional engineer provides advice on unusual or controversial problems or policy matters.

Completed work is reviewed for compliance with overall project objectives. This worker may supervise or train and be assisted by lower-level technicians, and performs, one or a combination of the following.

Prepares designs and specifications for various complex equipment or systems (e.g., a heating system in an office building, or new electronic components such as solid-state devices for instrumentation equipment).

Plans approach to solve design problems; conceives and recommends new design techniques; resolves design problems with contract personnel and assures compatibility of design with other parts of the system.

Designs and coordinates test set-ups and experiments to prove or disprove the feasibility of preliminary design; uses untried and untested measurement techniques; and improves the performance of the equipment.

May advise equipment users on redesign to solve unique operational deficiencies.

Plans approach and conducts various experiments to develop equipment or systems characterized by difficult performance requirements because of conflicting attributes such as versatility, size, and ease of operation; or unusual combination of techniques or components.

Arranges for fabrication of pilot models and determines test procedures and design of special test equipment.

Qualification

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DOD Command SystemsUSCG Command SystemsTelecommunications SystemsElectronic SystemsEngineering Technology DegreeInstallation ExperienceMaintenance ExperienceDesign TechniquesTest ProceduresProject PlanningRedesign RecommendationsTechnical School CompletionEnvironmental Factors Knowledge