Engineering Technician II - Kwajalein Atoll - 3873

Range Generation Next•Huntsville, AL

19d•Onsite

About The Position

RGNext employees execute and report on theater and strategic offensive and defensive ballistic missile testing and support space situational awareness operations and experiments, using a wide array of highly sophisticated radar, telemetry and optical sensors to meet the needs of our nation in defending the United States and its interests. This overseas position is located on Roi-Namur on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. It is an unaccompanied position (no family accommodations or pets). Benefits of this unique location include free housing, three meals a day and potential for overseas tax incentives.

Requirements

Associate’s degree in Electronics Technology or related field, military or vocational training equivalent, or experience in lieu of education.
Two (2) or more years of electronics technician experience including some high voltage systems, high power electronics and RF transmission equipment experience.
Ability to effectively use standard electronic test equipment, including but not limited to oscilloscopes, digital voltmeters, RF power meters, spectrum analyzers and frequency analyzers.
Ability to read electronic schematics.
Ability to successfully troubleshoot electronics and perform general repairs.
Electrical fabrication skills and soldering skills.
Sufficient critical thinking and writing skills required to generate Job Hazard Analysis (JHA), maintenance & operation procedures, and weekly reports.
General computer literacy: Microsoft Office Suite.
Climber II Certification or ability to obtain certification within 6 months of hire (local training and testing provided).
Ability to climb and work at heights up to 50 feet.
Ability to lift/carry/push/pull up to 45 lbs. independently.
The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. passport.
Must be able to relocate to the United States Army Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands.
The flexibility to work occasional non-duty hours or on weekends to support specific project or mission requirements.

Nice To Haves

2 years of civilian military electronics training.
Additional 2 years RF equipment experience including experience with analog/RF hardware components such as amplifiers, couplers, and hybrids.
A background in high power electronics and RF transmission.
Ability to perform maintenance on vacuum tubes and high-power peak pulsed microwave transmitters.
Ability to safely setup and conduct measurements of dc or dc pulsed high-voltage circuits.
Knowledge of Allen Bradley Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) hardware.
Mechanical fabrication skills.

Responsibilities

Provide transmitter operations and maintenance support for a C-Band and Ka-Band radar system.
Maintain, troubleshoot and repair various pieces of commercial and custom hardware.
Provide transmitter operations support including but not limited to daily warm-ups, satellite tracks, SOI tasking and range test operations.
Perform routine preventive maintenance procedures and runs system diagnostic software.
Provide support to receiver, transmitter and hardware engineers during design and implementation of improvement and modernization (I&M) projects involving receivers, transmitters, servos, and antenna subsystems.
Assemble, wire and bench tests components and subassemblies.
Install new equipment and provides technical input about system configuration and performance.
Maintain an equipment calibration data base, test fixtures and assemblies utilizing commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components.
Climb and works at moderate heights up to 50 feet.
Perform other related duties as assigned.