Electronic Integrated System Mechanic - Title 32

Air National Guard Units • Louisville, KY

12d

About The Position

This is a National Guard Title 32 excepted-service position with the Kentucky Air National Guard, 123rd Airlift Wing. The Electronic Integrated System Mechanic performs maintenance on complex integrated electronic and avionics systems, including operational checks, inspections, testing, troubleshooting, component replacement, system alignment, and calibration. The mechanic diagnoses malfunctions using technical orders, schematics, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, aircrew debrief data, built-in tests, and test equipment; analyzes system performance and failures; and recommends improvements to equipment, technical data, and maintenance procedures. The role also includes maintaining test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment, managing supply and repairable assets, documenting labor and maintenance, and training others on assigned systems and support equipment. This is a developmental position; promotion to the next grade may be possible after meeting specified training, experience, time-in-grade, and supervisor recommendation conditions.

Requirements

• Maintain membership in the Kentucky National Guard and be assigned to a compatible military position; wear of the military uniform is required.
• For WG-12: Complete an Air Force three- or five-skill-level technical training school and hold one of the listed compatible AFSCs: 2A031, 2A051, 2A231, 2A251, 2A335, 2A354, 2A934, or 2A954.
• Applicants whose rank requires it must state in writing that they are willing to accept a rank reduction; failure to do so results in disqualification.
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of electronic theories and practices for identifying, isolating, and repairing integrated-system malfunctions.
• Have experience with digital and analog circuits, electromechanical devices, solid-state devices, digital techniques, synchro/servo operation, and integrated-circuit theory.
• Have experience interpreting and tracing schematics, logic diagrams, and wiring diagrams, and using a wide variety of test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment.
• Have at least 12 months of specialized experience installing, modifying, overhauling, maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing, aligning, calibrating, and rebuilding multi-system avionics complexes.
• Have experience completing operational checks, inspections, tests, troubleshooting, and removal and replacement of systems and components.
• Have experience maintaining, modifying, calibrating, and inspecting user test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment.
• Have experience evaluating integrated-system operating characteristics using waveforms, voltage, current, power indications, computer registers, and printouts.
• Have experience analyzing faults, determining repair sequences, performing repairs, and aligning, adjusting, and calibrating integrated systems.
• For WG-13: In addition to the specialized experience, have at least 12 months of experience as an Electronic Integrated Systems Mechanic (WG-2610-12), completion of a seven-skill-level technical training school, and one of the compatible seven-skill-level AFSCs listed: 2A974.
• For WG-13: Complete at least one military professional education course program.
• Provide a resume with complete employment dates and work schedules and/or hours worked per week for civilian and military employment; year-only dates or unspecified schedules may result in disqualification.
• Substantiate in the applicant's own words how all minimum and specialized experience requirements are met; do not copy and paste from the announcement or position description.
• Include the applicant's name on every submitted document.
• Maintain a favorable adjudication of a T3 or equivalent investigation.
• Possess a valid state driver's license to operate government motor vehicles under applicable directives.
• Complete hazmat certification within six months of employment and recertify every two years.
• Meet applicable Military Selective Service registration requirements.
• A pre-employment physical may be required; the position may be subject to furlough and a trial period, and direct-deposit participation is mandatory.
• A qualifying domestic-violence misdemeanor conviction disqualifies an individual from performing the duties of this position.

Responsibilities

• Perform maintenance on complex integrated electronic systems and avionics multi-systems.
• Complete operational checks, inspections, tests, troubleshooting, and removal and replacement of line-replaceable units and other components.
• Isolate malfunctions using technical orders, schematics, wiring diagrams, tools, and test equipment.
• Analyze system installation, circuitry, operating characteristics, equipment failures, and malfunctions.
• Adjust and align system sensors, transmitters, amplifiers, power supplies, display devices, controls, transponders, actuators, servos, computers, and related components.
• Install serviceable components into aircraft and perform total-system alignments.
• Maintain, modify, calibrate, and inspect user test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment.
• Install, modify, overhaul, maintain, troubleshoot, repair, rebuild, align, and calibrate electronic avionics multi-system controls.
• Review and analyze maintenance data and perform final integrated-system calibrations.
• Troubleshoot malfunctions and evaluate system performance using aircrew debrief data, technical orders, diagrams, engineering drawings, data analysis, test equipment, and built-in system tests.
• Test and troubleshoot solid-state electronic assemblies and subassemblies.
• Recommend improvements to equipment performance, technical data, and maintenance procedures; report malfunctions, initiate material deficiency reports, and assist with design changes.
• Conduct aircrew debriefings to determine the nature of malfunctions.
• Requisition supply assets and process repairable assets.
• Document labor-hour expenditures and maintenance actions.
• Conduct training on assigned systems and related support equipment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• A comprehensive federal employee benefits package is available; eligibility depends on position type and whether employment is full-time, part-time, or intermittent. Applicants are directed to contact the hiring agency for details.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed