Lead Hardware Integration Technician

MAG Aerospace•Atlanta, GA

18h•Onsite

About The Position

At MAG, we provide and enable real-time situational awareness to help our customers make the world smaller and safer. We are laser focused on serving our customers by providing technical expertise, operational excellence, and flawless execution. Our success is due entirely to the high caliber of employees we recruit, hire, and retain. At MAG, we look for individuals who thrive in a high-performance environment where challenges are the norm and success is expected. The Lead Hardware Integration Technician runs hands-on build, cabling, integration, and test and leads the integration technician team across MAG Aerospace's U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) command and control portfolio: mobile command platforms, fixed and survivable C2 facilities, and integration and training sites. The mobile C2 platform is the current anchor, and the same hands-on integration applies to facility and site installations across the portfolio. The position builds to the electrical engineer's harness and pinout designs and the documentation specialist's controlled drawings. It owns the integration bench and the build and workmanship standard, leads system bring-up and test, and is the senior set of hands. The electrical engineer owns harness and pinout design; this position owns execution and build quality. Must Be US Citizen

Requirements

Extensive hands-on electronics, communications, or vehicle-systems integration and test experience, with the ability to lead a small build team.
Expert cable and harness fabrication and connector termination (circular military specification, RF coaxial, and fiber), building to engineering harness designs and controlled drawings.
Experience wiring and integrating equipment and power systems into armored or tactical vehicles.
Test and troubleshooting with standard instruments (multimeter, oscilloscope, network test tools) and fault isolation to the component or line-replaceable-unit level.
Ability to read and work to wiring diagrams, schematics, interface control documents, and mechanical drawings.
Associate degree in electronics or a related technical field, or equivalent military or technical training.
Minimum of 8 years of electronics or systems integration and test experience, including cable and harness fabrication and connector termination.
Must hold, or be able to obtain and maintain, a U.S. Department of Defense Top Secret security clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information access (TS/SCI).
U.S. citizenship is required.
This position involves access to technical data controlled under U.S. export control regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

Nice To Haves

Soldering to IPC J-STD-001 and IPC-A-610 standards.
Experience with tactical or military communications or C2 systems and with networking equipment and SATCOM and RF terminals.
Prior lead or supervisory experience in an integration or fabrication shop.
Experience building or integrating in SCIF or secure facility (ICD 705) environments, including TEMPEST RED and BLACK installation practices.
Prior U.S. military service, or direct experience supporting U.S. military operations.
An active or current Top Secret/SCI (TS/SCI) clearance.
Experience supporting nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3), strategic communications, or continuity-of-operations programs.

Responsibilities

Lead and perform cable and harness fabrication, connector termination (circular military specification, RF coaxial, and fiber), and wiring of power and signal interfaces to the engineering designs and controlled drawings.
Lead and perform vehicle integration: equipment mounting, rack and enclosure build, power distribution wiring, and subsystem installation.
Run the integration bench, lead system bring-up, set build and workmanship standards, and verify work performed by the technician team.
Lead integration and acceptance test execution, record results, and isolate and resolve hardware and integration faults to the component level.
Lead field and site installation and demonstration support, including setup, operation, teardown, on-site troubleshooting, and operator training and system handover to the receiving organization.
Provide build feedback and red-line markups to the electrical engineer and documentation specialist, and maintain as-built records.
Maintain shop, tool, and test-equipment readiness and safety and electrostatic discharge practices.