Electronic Technician III

About the Role

Leads electronic maintenance activities, including resourcing and training other technicians. Performs scheduled, preventive, and corrective maintenance on TADSS (e.g., RVCT, STE, and GFP) using technical manuals, PM checklists, or industry best practices when checklists are unavailable. Provides the government with maintenance timelines for staffed and unstaffed sites, including notifications for required travel and surge support. Deconflicts maintenance with training, exercises, and testing. Records all maintenance actions in real time in MAXIMO. Ensures compliance with warranty terms by tracking items by part number, serial number, and location.

Supports three primary missions:

• Steady-State Training Support – Assists Soldiers in planning exercises in TMT, aligning training equipment and RVCT modules, and initializing/troubleshooting the RVCT network. During execution, provides over-the-shoulder training and exercise control functions (e.g., roleplay, intelligence reporting).
• Point of Need Training – Oversees preparation, shipment, transportation, setup, initialization, and troubleshooting of RVCT modules and associated equipment at the Point of Need and at the home site after redeployment. Provides over-the-shoulder support during execution.
• Surge Support – Temporarily shifts personnel from other locations to support high-demand training events (up to 28 RVCT modules or two companies) at a given site.

Travel: Up to 30%, including OCONUS.

Responsibilities

• Leads electronic maintenance activities, including resourcing and training electronic technicians.
• Performs scheduled, preventive, and corrective maintenance on TADSS (e.g., RVCT, STE, GFP) using technical manuals, PM checklists, or industry best practices when checklists are unavailable.
• Records all maintenance actions in real time in MAXIMO and tracks warranty-covered items by part number, serial number, and location.
• Sets up and tests TADSS and STE devices to verify proper operation and interoperability.
• Monitors hardware baselines and recommends corrective actions when updates fail.
• Analyzes maintenance trends, tracks component usage, manages obsolescence, applies risk management, and conducts failure analysis to reduce risk and improve reliability.
• Manages configuration control for all maintenance on TADSS, STE, and GFP devices.
• May serve as a preventive maintenance rover for unstaffed sites.
• May install and maintain software and hardware for applications and operating systems.

Working Environment

90% of the regular work environment is inside simulation facilities either onsite or a Point of Need (PoN) location wherever training is being conducted. 10% of the regular work is within an office environment.

Requirements

• 2-year associate degree in Electronics related field or Electronic Technicians Association (ETA) Basic Electronics Certification IAW ISO 17024 standards or possess a Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) in a related discipline.
• 2+ years of experience with an MA/MS, 5+ years with a BA/BS, 10+ years with an Associate degree, or no degree.
• STE Device knowledge preferred.
• NACI Background Check clearance required.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Leads electronic maintenance activities including resourcing and training of Electronic Technician II as assigned.