Two Way Radio Field Technician

Aerowave Technologies•San Antonio, TX

5d•$22 - $32•Onsite

About The Position

As a Two Way Radio Technician, you will be a key member of the organization and play an important role in client satisfaction. You will be a first line of response for a diverse customer base, communicating in an open, helpful, and engaging manner to identify each customer's unique solution. The role involves installing, programming, maintaining, and troubleshooting two-way radio systems and related communication equipment, including RF, IP networking, cabling, and basic DC electrical systems.

Requirements

Technical capability to install and support VHF/UHF digital Motorola DMR conventional and trunked systems.
Ability to program subscriber code plugs for mobile and portable subscriber equipment and different DMR channel types.
Ability to program MOTOTRBO Digital features.
Ability to troubleshoot RF technologies and use RF test equipment.
Ability to install and repair DAS and BDA systems and tune duplexers, combiners, and filters.
Ability to install and deploy radio and communication equipment in vehicles, buildings, and heavy equipment.
Ability to pull and terminate network, RF, and electrical cabling.
Ability to deploy and troubleshoot IP networking components, including subnets, VLANs, gateways, and IP addresses.
Ability to troubleshoot basic DC electrical issues in fixed, mobile, and handheld equipment.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Motorola MOTOTRBO infrastructure, Digital Conventional, IPSC and CPMS/LCP, Capacity Max, trunking, or similar systems.
Experience with Motorola Solutions CPS, CPS 2.0, and/or Radio Management/RM.
Experience in antenna design, duplexers, combining equipment, and related test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, service monitors, and RF tuning equipment.
Experience diagnosing radio interference issues.
Experience with battery backup systems, power amplifiers, phone patches, and cross-band radio interoperability.
Working knowledge of IP networking, subnets, VLANs, gateways, and IP addressing.
Experience with basic DC electricity and use of a multimeter/DMM.
Experience using an RF power meter to measure forward and reverse RF power on antenna and coax systems.

Responsibilities

Install and provide technical support for VHF/UHF digital Motorola DMR conventional and trunked systems.
Program subscriber code plugs for mobile and portable subscriber equipment across different DMR channel types, including Conventional, Capacity Plus Multi Site/LCP, Capacity Plus, Connect Plus, and Capacity Max.
Program MOTOTRBO Digital features, including Digital Emergency, Phone Patch, Call Alert, Text, GPS, and Data.
Implement dispatch consoles such as AvTec or SmartPTT.
Troubleshoot RF technologies related to two-way radio.
Use a service monitor, spectrum analyzer, VNA, and other test equipment for RF troubleshooting and tuning.
Install and repair Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) and Bidirectional Amplifier (BDA) systems.
Tune duplexers, combiners, and filters.
Install and deploy radios and communication equipment in vehicles, buildings, and heavy equipment.
Pull indoor and outdoor network and RF cabling.
Terminate network, RF, and electrical cabling.
Deploy and troubleshoot the IP networking side of Motorola radio systems, including subnets, VLANs, gateways, and IP addresses.
Troubleshoot basic DC electrical issues in fixed, mobile, and handheld equipment.