Two Way Radio Field Technician

Aerowave Technologies•San Antonio, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Two Way Radio Field Technician is a key member of Aerowave Technologies’ organization, supporting client satisfaction and providing responsive, helpful service to a diverse customer base. The role installs, repairs, programs, and troubleshoots two-way radio systems and related communications equipment, including Motorola DMR systems, dispatch consoles, RF infrastructure, cabling, IP networking, and basic DC electrical components. Work is performed in person.

Requirements

Ability to install and provide technical support for VHF/UHF digital Motorola DMR conventional and trunked systems.
Ability to program subscriber code plugs for mobile and portable equipment for the specified DMR channel types.
Ability to program MOTOTRBO Digital features.
Ability to implement dispatch consoles such as AvTec or SmartPTT.
Ability to troubleshoot RF technologies and use RF test equipment for troubleshooting and tuning.
Ability to install and repair DAS and BDA systems and tune duplexers, combiners, and filters.
Ability to install and deploy communications 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 a similar field.
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 equipment across 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 systems.
Use service monitors, spectrum analyzers, VNAs, 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 communications 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.