Electronics Technician I
About The Position
The Electronics Technician I performs skilled repair and maintenance of standard and custom electronic devices, subsystems, and smaller systems. The role calibrates, performs preventive maintenance, troubleshoots, and repairs electronics, including interconnected systems whose configuration can complicate troubleshooting. Available documentation may be fragmented or nonexistent, so the technician may determine circuit configuration and function without documentation. The position may modify circuitry to improve performance or provide special functions, and work is evaluated based on repair reliability and the workability of designs and circuit modifications. The technician also assists other entities in the Ferry Division and may need to travel overnight. The employee must be legally able to operate a motor vehicle and pass a fit-for-duty test. The position is based at the NCDOT Ferry Shipyard in Manns Harbor, North Carolina.
Requirements
- Associate's degree in electronics from an appropriately accredited institution and one year of experience repairing and maintaining a variety of specialized electronic devices, preferably including some responsibility for circuit modification; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
- Must be legally able to operate a motor vehicle.
- Must pass a fit-for-duty test.
Nice To Haves
- Working knowledge of electronic principles.
- Working knowledge of the fundamentals of physics as applied to electronics.
- Working knowledge of mathematical principles as applied to electronic circuit analysis.
- Working knowledge of the uses of standard and specialized electronic testing equipment.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze and modify standard circuitry to improve its performance or provide special effects.
- Experience with circuit modification.
Responsibilities
- Troubleshoot and repair electronic systems made up of complex interconnected electronic devices.
- Determine circuit configuration and function of complex electronics systems when documentation is unavailable; evaluate and install electronic systems.
- Design, construct, and evaluate devices; modify standard and nonstandard electronic devices to improve performance or customize them for special use.
- Operate standard and specialized test equipment.
- Maintain an inventory of electronic replacement parts.
- Recommend additional or replacement shop equipment to the immediate supervisor.
- Compile a library of technical literature and read it to keep electronics knowledge up to date.
- Perform related duties as required.
- Assist other entities in the Ferry Division.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
