Engineering Technician VI

About the role

The Engineering Technician will provide semi-professional technical support for engineers working in areas such as research, design, development, testing, or manufacturing process improvement. Work pertains to electrical, electronic, or mechanical components or equipment.

Responsibilities

• Prepares designs and specifications for various complex equipment or systems (e.g., a heating system in an office building, or new electronic components such as solid state devices for instrumentation equipment).
• Plans approach to solve design problems; conceives and recommends new design techniques; resolves design problems with contract personnel, and assures compatibility of design with other parts of the system.
• Designs and coordinates test set-ups and experiments to prove or disprove the feasibility of preliminary design; uses untried and untested measurement techniques; and improves the performance of the equipment.
• May advise equipment users on redesign to solve unique operational deficiencies.
• Plans approach and conducts various experiments to develop equipment or systems characterized by (a) difficult performance requirements because of conflicting attributes such as versatility, size, and ease of operation; or (b) unusual combination of techniques or components.
• Arranges for fabrication of pilot models and determines test procedures and design of special test equipment.
• Independently plan and accomplish complete projects or studies of broad scope and complexity, or serve as an expert in a narrow aspect of a particular field of engineering, e.g., environmental factors affecting electronic engineering.
• May supervise or train and be assisted by lower level technicians.

Qualifications

• Education and Experience:
  • Associate’s Degree in Engineering Technology, math, or science; or Formal electronics training from Technical School, or Class A or B military school in electronics or communications; or four-year electronics apprentice program; or High School diploma or GED.
  • Twelve (12) years with degree/formal training or 14 years with HS/GED of practical experience to include design, preparation and modification of engineering documents, and drawings.
• Specific Experience:
  • Ten (10) years of practical experience in C4ISR systems, C4ISR land-based vehicular platforms or related C4ISR systems/subsystems.
  • Eight (8) years of experience, to include installation of such equipment.
  • Four (4) years of experience, to include design, preparation and modification of engineering documents, and drawings.
  • Eight (8) years of experience in task C4ISR systems, C4ISR land-based vehicular platforms or related C4ISR systems/subsystems, of which 5 must have been performed within the last 7 years.
• US Citizenship and Secret Clearance: Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a secret clearance.