Poly Clearance - OCONUS Travel Required

Parsons Corporation•USA VA (Virtual Office), VA

7d•$27 - $47

About The Position

Parsons is seeking a Primary Mission Equipment Technician to support the operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, integration, and sustainment of airborne mission systems and associated support equipment. The role works across aircraft, flight-line, back-shop, facility, and logistics environments to maintain mission readiness and resolve hardware, software, networking, communications, and electronic-system issues. OCONUS travel is required. The technician performs mission-system checks and maintenance on a broad range of aircraft and mission-support equipment, including radios, satellite systems, modems, intelligence systems, radar, networking equipment, and encryption devices. The position also supports inventory and logistics, maintenance records, site moves, facilities, installations, and operational equipment troubleshooting, while following flight-line, foreign-object-debris, tool-control, safety, security, and maintenance procedures. This position is part of Parsons’ Federal Solutions team, which provides services and solutions to U.S. government customers in defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental areas. An active Top Secret SCI with polygraph clearance is required.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
High school education or specialized training, and typically 6 or more years of experience; additional years of experience may substitute for a degree.
Valid U.S. passport.
Demonstrated experience troubleshooting, repairing, testing, integrating, or maintaining complex electronic, communications, information-technology, or airborne mission systems.
Experience with aircraft or mission-equipment maintenance in a military, government, or defense-contractor environment.
Experience using electronic test equipment, including oscilloscopes, power meters, multimeters, network analyzers, or spectrum analyzers.
Experience with RF systems, communications equipment, networking, SATCOM, modems, encryption devices, and mission-support systems.
Ability to read technical drawings, wiring diagrams, schematics, and equipment documentation.
Ability to perform cable fabrication, termination, soldering, electrical testing, and RF testing.
Ability to troubleshoot hardware, software, networking, connectivity, and equipment-interoperability issues.
Ability to maintain accurate maintenance, inventory, and configuration records.
Ability to work safely in aircraft, flight-line, back-shop, facility, and deployed environments.
Ability to work independently, prioritize competing maintenance requirements, and coordinate effectively with engineering, operations, logistics, and site-management personnel.
Ability to comply with Foreign Object Debris control, tool-control, safety, security, and maintenance procedures.

Nice To Haves

Experience with PRC-117G, ARC-210, ARC-231, AE-4500, OSPREY 50 RADAR, PRISM, Mustang/Shelby, or comparable systems.
Experience with airborne ISR, COMINT, ELINT, SIGINT, radar, or electronic warfare systems.
Experience supporting virtual machines, virtual desktop interfaces, Windows environments, and multivendor network architectures.
Experience with communication cryptographic key loaders and IFF systems.
Experience supporting deployed, austere, or 24/7 operational environments.
Experience with maintenance databases, configuration management, and mission-equipment logistics.
Technical certifications in electronics, avionics, networking, RF systems, or related disciplines.

Responsibilities

Conduct pre-mission, preflight, and post-flight hardware and mission-system checks.
Isolate, troubleshoot, document, and report hardware and software defects to engineering or technical support organizations.
Test, repair, remove, replace, load, and configure software and firmware for mission systems, subsystems, equipment, and components.
Support computer systems, RF radio systems, Beyond-Line-of-Sight satellite systems, modems, SIGINT, COMINT, ELINT, ICS, encryption devices, and radar systems.
Perform aircraft and back-shop troubleshooting, testing, repair, calibration, integration, and modification activities.
Perform soldering, cable fabrication and termination, electrical and RF measurements, print reading, and equipment integration.
Test and troubleshoot electronic equipment using digital storage oscilloscopes, power meters, multimeters, network analyzers, and spectrum analyzers.
Install hardware and accessories and resolve software connectivity, technical, and equipment-interconnectivity issues.
Maintain and sustain the operability and capability of PRC-117G, ARC-210, and ARC-231 radios.
Support Windows workstations, virtual machines, virtual desktop interfaces, multivendor network switches, Line-of-Sight and Beyond-Line-of-Sight systems, radar systems, and COMINT, ELINT, and SIGINT systems.
Support mission systems including AE-4500, OSPREY 50 RADAR, PRISM, and Mustang/Shelby.
Support satellite mobile airborne network systems and associated communications encryption equipment.
Support IT and mission-support networking, including software, hardware, modems, SATCOM, LOS, RF, IFF, and cryptographic key-loader updates.
Perform consumable and parts inventories, order and organize parts and equipment, and maintain accurate digital inventory records.
Identify, process, and track defective tools and equipment.
Monitor flight hours, missions, system issues, maintenance databases, and personnel actions to ensure maintenance events are performed accurately and efficiently.
Support logistical inventories, site moves, facilities, installations, and troubleshooting of operational equipment.
Check for and remove Foreign Object Debris when working in or around aircraft and on the flight line.
Proactively learn new platforms, systems, and technologies to increase and maintain technical proficiency.
Perform other maintenance, integration, and mission-support duties as assigned.