TITLE:  RADAR TECHNICIAN III 

Full-time/Unaccompanied Status)

***This position is located on a beautiful tropical island in the Marshall Islands. You must be willing to relocate. This is an Accompanied position***

HR 032807   Dept.  ALCOR/MMW.   

• The Technician will provide operations and maintenance support for a C-Band radar systems.  The Technician will maintain, troubleshoot and repair various pieces of commercial and custom hardware.  Operations support includes daily warm-ups, satellite tracks and range operations.  The Technician will perform routine preventive maintenance procedures and run system diagnostic software.  The Technician will 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.  Bench test components and subassemblies.  The Technician will install new equipment and provide technical input about system configuration and performance. The Technician will maintain an equipment calibration data base, test fixtures and assemblies utilizing COTS components. The ability to climb and work at heights is required.

JOB SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS:

• Required:  Prior experience working with high voltage systems is required. The ability to perform general and successful repairs & the ability to successfully troubleshoot electronics is required. Must be familiar with standard electronic test equipment. Candidate must have a strong background in high power electronics and RF transmission. The ability to read schematics is required. The technician must be able to use an oscilloscope, a digital voltmeter, an RF power meter and a spectrum analyzer. Sufficient writing skills required to generate JSA's, procedures, and weekly reports along with general computer literacy is expected. Excellent electrical fabrication skills and soldering skills are needed. A familiarity with standard electronic test equipment is required. Prior experience working with oscilloscopes, frequency analyzers is required. Must obtain climber II certification (local training and testing provided) and be able to work at moderate heights.

• Desired:     Experience with the general repair and troubling shooting of RF equipment is desired. Experience maintaining a vacuum tube, high power peak pulsed microwave transmitteris desired.   Experience in the safe setup and conduct of measurements of dc or dc pulsed high-voltage circuits is preferred.  Knowledge of Allen Bradley PLC hardware is desirable. Experience with analog/RF hardware components such as amplifiers, couplers, and hybrids is helpful.  Mechanical fabrication skills are a plus.

EXPERIENCE (Years):

• Required:  5 years electrical experience in RF systems, including vacumm tube technology is needed.

• Desired:     8 years experience with RF equipment and transmitter maintenance is desired

EDUCATION:

• Required:  High School Diploma and minimum of two years of civilian or military electrical/electronics training.

• Desired:     An AS in Electronics or higher

OTHER SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

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KRS is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin."