Electronics Technician

About the role

This classification performs responsible technical work of a moderately complex nature. Work assigned to this position involves the application of specialized knowledge and abilities in the area of passenger vehicle electronics installation and maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Aids in setting up new vehicles, products, and service information within the fleet maintenance software system to document vehicle maintenance history.
• Performs preventative maintenance inspections on fareboxes, video surveillance equipment, destination signs, automatic vehicle location equipment, two-way radios, infotainment systems, and miscellaneous on-board electronic equipment.
• Performs repairs on fareboxes, video surveillance equipment, destination signs, automatic vehicle location equipment, two-way radios, infotainment systems, cash box receiver vault, coin counter, door access system, methane detection system, and miscellaneous on-board electronic equipment.
• Performs repairs, modifications, troubleshooting, calibration, removal, and installation of complex electronic systems and equipment on transit vehicles.
• Checks functioning of newly installed equipment to evaluate system performance under actual operating conditions.
• Tests and calibrates electronic equipment using established test procedures; operates diagnostic test equipment, function generators, oscilloscopes, measuring test sets, meters, and other devices required to maintain electronic systems and equipment.
• Utilizes various schematics, blueprints, wire lists, equipment manuals, and other resources to repair electronic equipment.
• Performs service calls to repair farebox, destination signs, AVL equipment or related electronic repairs.
• Troubleshoots defective microprocessor-based equipment to identify problem components and makes necessary repairs.
• Maintains facility surveillance system and administers the facility door access system.
• Ensures fareboxes are ready for service daily and refills farebox card stock as needed.
• Ensures spare electronic equipment availability; research, order, receive, and inventory electronic parts for repairs.
• Possesses knowledge of the District’s Environmental Policy and performs assigned tasks in accordance with the environmental regulations, permit regulations, District environmental policies and procedures that have been communicated to them.
• Enters data into computer and prepares variety of transit maintenance reports.
• Maintains sound client/customer/vendor business relationships.
• Assist mechanics in trouble shooting vehicular electronic systems including, but not limited to, wheelchair lifts, lighting and electronic engine controls.
• Administer warranty repairs and ship defective parts to vendors for repair.
• Assist the Maintenance Supervisors with the implementation of the Hazardous Materials Program and Agency Safety Program.
• Repair and maintain this District's two-way radios, including mobile units, hand-held units, repeater units, console, data head units and other related equipment.
• Troubleshoot, install, and repair all related equipment associated with the fuel and fluid management system.
• Assure that two-way radio usage is within FCC rules and regulations.
• Install miscellaneous electronic equipment.
• Reports to work consistently, as assigned, which may occasionally include evening, weekend, and/or holiday work shifts.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Qualifications

A typical way to obtain the requisite knowledge and abilities to perform the duties and responsibilities of this classification is as follows:

• A High School Diploma or possession of a General Equivalency Diploma (GED).
• Three (3) years journey-level experience in electronics or industrial instrumentation and control, performing installation, calibration, maintenance, troubleshooting, repair and modification of electronic control systems and related electronic components such as integrated circuits, transistors, diodes, capacitors, resistors etc.