Lead Systems Engineering Technician
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading. Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones.
We need to decide which sections to include based on content.
Content:
- Job Summary: "The Lead Systems Engineering Technician is responsible for providing onsite complex technical support for maintenance, repairs, modifications, equipment setup, and testing for our TIH program."
- Job Responsibilities: a list of bullet-like sentences.
- Qualifications: includes education, documentation skills, proficiency, FOA certification, experience, software skills, communication skills, US Citizenship, security clearance.
- Pay: salary range $35.00/hour - $50.00/hour.
- Benefits: description of benefits package.
- Schedule: "Work variable shifts and up to 12-hour shifts to perfom necessary testing" and "maintain and adhere to the customer's onsite scheduling requirements with no more than 5 unplanned absences during any rolling 12-month period". Also mention flexible work schedules with 9/80 program etc in benefits? Actually schedule info appears in responsibilities: "Work variable shifts and up to 12-hour shifts to perfom necessary testing". Also later: "We champion wellness programs... flexible work schedules with our 9/80 program". So schedule content exists.
Thus we can include sections: About the role (maybe from Job Summary), Responsibilities, Qualifications, Pay, Benefits, Schedule.
We need to use headings exactly as given: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. But we should only include sections that have real content. We have content for About the role (Job Summary). Responsibilities (list). Qualifications (list). Pay (salary range). Benefits (list). Schedule (variable shifts, up to 12-hour, etc). We don't have separate "Requirements" distinct from Qualifications? Could combine but we have Qualifications. Could also have Skills but we have software skills etc within Qualifications. Might be redundant. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine Skills into Qualifications or omit Skills section if not distinct. But we need to follow headings list? It says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't say we must use all; we should include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it. So we can choose which headings to use based on content.
Thus we will output:
About the role
The Lead Systems Engineering Technician is responsible for providing onsite complex technical support for maintenance, repairs, modifications, equipment setup, and testing for our TIH program.
Responsibilities
- May provide work leadership and technical assistance to lower-level technicians
- Serve as customer contact on technical issues
- Troubleshoot and resolve equipment issues by utilizing drawings and technical documentation
- Conduct repairs and/or modifications using a variety of hand tools and test equipment
- Demonstrate, setup, and adjustment of complex equipment for potential users or operators
- Complete appropriate written documentation and feedback for onsite service and installations
- Deliver technical solutions to customers with a high degree of professionalism
- Determine and recommend which products or services best fit customer needs
- Analyze test results related to the design and test objectives and adjust equipment to bring within specifications
- Record test procedures and results, numerical and graphical data, and recommendations for changes in product or test methods
- May provide formal/informal training of customer personnel
- Demonstrate great customer service skills
- Work variable shifts and up to 12-hour shifts to perform necessary testing
- Exhibit mature, independent judgment and communicate effectively
- Must be able to maintain and adhere to the customer's onsite scheduling requirements with no more than 5 unplanned absences during any rolling 12-month period
Qualifications
- Associate’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Methodical documentation skills with the ability to assist in accurate, complete and timely technical service reports
- Proficient in the use of a laptop computer, mobile devices, MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Project, and PowerPoint)
- FOA (The Fiber Optic Association, Inc.) CFOT - Certified Fiber Optic Technician preferred
- Acceptable field experience installing and testing fiber optic networks will be considered in lieu of FOA certification. This experience includes: Participation in multiple installation jobs, preferably including premises and OSP installations; Experience preparing various cable types; Experience with fusion, splicing, and several termination types; Experience testing with visual inspection, VFL, OLTS, OTDR
- Software skills with C+, C++, Java, and Visual Basic a plus
- Outstanding communication skills (written and oral)
- U.S. Citizenship required.
- This position requires an active DOD security clearance or the ability to obtain such clearance within a reasonable time after commencement of employment.
Pay
The salary range for this position is $35.00/hour - $50.00/hour). This range reflects the good faith estimate of pay the employer is willing to offer at the time of posting. Several factors can influence the pay scale, including but not limited to: Federal contract labor categories and contract wage rates, collective bargaining agreements, geographic location, business considerations, scope, and responsibilities of the position, local or other applicable market conditions, and internal equity. Other factors include the candidate’s qualifications such as prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education/training, and certifications. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for: annual performance-based bonuses, equity awards, and overtime pay (for non-exempt employees as applicable.
But note the text has a stray parenthesis: "$35.00/hour - $50.00/hour)". We should preserve as is? Probably keep exactly as given. Might be a typo but we must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we keep the text exactly.
Benefits
- annual performance-based bonuses
- equity awards
- overtime pay (for non-exempt employees as applicable)
- comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
- employer matching 401(k) retirement plan
- paid time off including vacation, holidays, and sick leave (including ant state-mandated paid sick leave)
- parental leave benefits
- tuition reimbursement
- professional development support
- life and disability insurance coverage
- company contribution to a health savings account
- telemedicine
- legal insurance
- 401(k) savings plan
- wellness programs that focus on physical, emotional, and financial well-being
- programs and activities to support career-growth, professional development, and skill enhancement
- flexible work schedules with our 9/80 program
- competitive vacation
- health/emergency leave
- paid parental leave
- community service hours
But we need to avoid duplication: The benefits paragraph includes many items; we can list them as - . However we must ensure we don't repeat the same content from the Pay section (bonuses, equity awards, overtime pay) which also appear in benefits. The posting mentions those under "In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for: annual performance-based bonuses, equity awards, and overtime pay (for non-exempt employees as applicable." Then later benefits list includes those again? Actually the benefits paragraph includes: "Our benefits package includes comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision), employer matching 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off including vacation, holidays, and sick leave (including ant state-mandated paid sick leave), parental leave benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional development support, and life and disability insurance coverage. Taking care of our people is a top priority at Leonardo DRS. We are proud to offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a company contribution to a health savings account, telemedicine, life and disability insurance, legal insurance, and a 401(k) savings plan. We champion wellness programs that focus on physical, emotional, and financial well-being. We develop our talent by offering programs and activities to support career-growth, professional development, and skill enhancement. And we understand there is more to life than work, and the importance of offering flexible work schedules with our 9/80 program, competitive vacation, health/emergency leave, paid parental leave, and community service hours. *Some employees are eligible for limited benefits only"
Thus we should capture all distinct benefits items. The bonuses/equity/overtime are part of compensation, not benefits per se but could be included under Benefits section? The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can list benefits under Benefits heading. The pay section already covers base pay range; we could also list bonuses etc under Pay or Benefits. To avoid duplication, maybe we put bonuses etc under Pay as they are compensation. But the posting says "In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for: annual performance-based bonuses, equity awards, and overtime pay (for non-exempt employees as applicable." That's under pay discussion. Then later benefits paragraph does not repeat those. So we should keep bonuses etc under Pay section, not duplicate under Benefits. So Pay section should include base pay range and mention of bonuses, equity awards, overtime pay. Benefits section should list health insurance, 401(k), paid time off, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, professional development, life/disability, HSA, telemedicine, legal insurance, wellness programs, career development programs, flexible work schedules (9/80), competitive vacation, health/emergency leave, paid parental leave, community service hours.
We need to ensure we don't include placeholder text like "ant state-mandated" (typo). Keep as is.
Now Schedule section: we have "Work variable shifts and up to 12-hour shifts to perform necessary testing" and "Must be able to maintain and adhere to the customer's onsite scheduling requirements with no more than 5 unplanned absences during any rolling 12-month period". Also later benefits mention flexible work schedules with 9/80 program etc. That could be considered schedule. We
for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading. Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We need to decide which sections to include based on content. Content: - Job Summary: "The Lead Systems Engineering Technician is responsible for providing onsite complex technical support for maintenance, repairs, modifications, equipment setup, and testing for our TIH program." - Job Responsibilities: a list of bullet-like sentences. - Qualifications: includes education, documentation skills, proficiency, FOA certification, experience, software skills, communication skills, US Citizenship, security clearance. - Pay: salary range $35.00/hour - $50.00/hour. - Benefits: description of benefits package. - Schedule: "Work variable shifts and up to 12-hour shifts to perfom necessary testing" and "maintain and adhere to the customer's onsite scheduling requirements with no more than 5 unplanned absences during any rolling 12-month period". Also mention flexible work schedules with 9/80 program etc in benefits? Actually schedule info appears in responsibilities: "Work variable shifts and up to 12-hour shifts to perfom necessary testing". Also later: "We champion wellness programs... flexible work schedules with our 9/80 program". So schedule content exists. Thus we can include sections: About the role (maybe from Job Summary), Responsibilities, Qualifications, Pay, Benefits, Schedule. We need to use headings exactly as given: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. But we should only include sections that have real content. We have content for About the role (Job Summary). Responsibilities (list). Qualifications (list). Pay (salary range). Benefits (list). Schedule (variable shifts, up to 12-hour, etc). We don't have separate "Requirements" distinct from Qualifications? Could combine but we have Qualifications. Could also have Skills but we have software skills etc within Qualifications. Might be redundant. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine Skills into Qualifications or omit Skills section if not distinct. But we need to follow headings list? It says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't say we must use all; we should include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it. So we can choose which headings to use based on content.
Thus we will output:
About the role
The Lead Systems Engineering Technician is responsible for providing onsite complex technical support for maintenance, repairs, modifications, equipment setup, and testing for our TIH program.
Responsibilities
- May provide work leadership and technical assistance to lower-level technicians
- Serve as customer contact on technical issues
- Troubleshoot and resolve equipment issues by utilizing drawings and technical documentation
- Conduct repairs and/or modifications using a variety of hand tools and test equipment
- Demonstrate, setup, and adjustment of complex equipment for potential users or operators
- Complete appropriate written documentation and feedback for onsite service and installations
- Deliver technical solutions to customers with a high degree of professionalism
- Determine and recommend which products or services best fit customer needs
- Analyze test results related to the design and test objectives and adjust equipment to bring within specifications
- Record test procedures and results, numerical and graphical data, and recommendations for changes in product or test methods
- May provide formal/informal training of customer personnel
- Demonstrate great customer service skills
- Work variable shifts and up to 12-hour shifts to perform necessary testing
- Exhibit mature, independent judgment and communicate effectively
- Must be able to maintain and adhere to the customer's onsite scheduling requirements with no more than 5 unplanned absences during any rolling 12-month period
Qualifications
- Associate’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Methodical documentation skills with the ability to assist in accurate, complete and timely technical service reports
- Proficient in the use of a laptop computer, mobile devices, MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Project, and PowerPoint)
- FOA (The Fiber Optic Association, Inc.) CFOT - Certified Fiber Optic Technician preferred
- Acceptable field experience installing and testing fiber optic networks will be considered in lieu of FOA certification. This experience includes: Participation in multiple installation jobs, preferably including premises and OSP installations; Experience preparing various cable types; Experience with fusion, splicing, and several termination types; Experience testing with visual inspection, VFL, OLTS, OTDR
- Software skills with C+, C++, Java, and Visual Basic a plus
- Outstanding communication skills (written and oral)
- U.S. Citizenship required.
- This position requires an active DOD security clearance or the ability to obtain such clearance within a reasonable time after commencement of employment.
Pay
The salary range for this position is $35.00/hour - $50.00/hour). This range reflects the good faith estimate of pay the employer is willing to offer at the time of posting. Several factors can influence the pay scale, including but not limited to: Federal contract labor categories and contract wage rates, collective bargaining agreements, geographic location, business considerations, scope, and responsibilities of the position, local or other applicable market conditions, and internal equity. Other factors include the candidate’s qualifications such as prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education/training, and certifications. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for: annual performance-based bonuses, equity awards, and overtime pay (for non-exempt employees as applicable.
But note the text has a stray parenthesis: "$35.00/hour - $50.00/hour)". We should preserve as is? Probably keep exactly as given. Might be a typo but we must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we keep the text exactly.Benefits
- annual performance-based bonuses
- equity awards
- overtime pay (for non-exempt employees as applicable)
- comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
- employer matching 401(k) retirement plan
- paid time off including vacation, holidays, and sick leave (including ant state-mandated paid sick leave)
- parental leave benefits
- tuition reimbursement
- professional development support
- life and disability insurance coverage
- company contribution to a health savings account
- telemedicine
- legal insurance
- 401(k) savings plan
- wellness programs that focus on physical, emotional, and financial well-being
- programs and activities to support career-growth, professional development, and skill enhancement
- flexible work schedules with our 9/80 program
- competitive vacation
- health/emergency leave
- paid parental leave
- community service hours
- . However we must ensure we don't repeat the same content from the Pay section (bonuses, equity awards, overtime pay) which also appear in benefits. The posting mentions those under "In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for: annual performance-based bonuses, equity awards, and overtime pay (for non-exempt employees as applicable." Then later benefits list includes those again? Actually the benefits paragraph includes: "Our benefits package includes comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision), employer matching 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off including vacation, holidays, and sick leave (including ant state-mandated paid sick leave), parental leave benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional development support, and life and disability insurance coverage. Taking care of our people is a top priority at Leonardo DRS. We are proud to offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a company contribution to a health savings account, telemedicine, life and disability insurance, legal insurance, and a 401(k) savings plan. We champion wellness programs that focus on physical, emotional, and financial well-being. We develop our talent by offering programs and activities to support career-growth, professional development, and skill enhancement. And we understand there is more to life than work, and the importance of offering flexible work schedules with our 9/80 program, competitive vacation, health/emergency leave, paid parental leave, and community service hours. *Some employees are eligible for limited benefits only"
Thus we should capture all distinct benefits items. The bonuses/equity/overtime are part of compensation, not benefits per se but could be included under Benefits section? The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can list benefits under Benefits heading. The pay section already covers base pay range; we could also list bonuses etc under Pay or Benefits. To avoid duplication, maybe we put bonuses etc under Pay as they are compensation. But the posting says "In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for: annual performance-based bonuses, equity awards, and overtime pay (for non-exempt employees as applicable." That's under pay discussion. Then later benefits paragraph does not repeat those. So we should keep bonuses etc under Pay section, not duplicate under Benefits. So Pay section should include base pay range and mention of bonuses, equity awards, overtime pay. Benefits section should list health insurance, 401(k), paid time off, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, professional development, life/disability, HSA, telemedicine, legal insurance, wellness programs, career development programs, flexible work schedules (9/80), competitive vacation, health/emergency leave, paid parental leave, community service hours. We need to ensure we don't include placeholder text like "ant state-mandated" (typo). Keep as is. Now Schedule section: we have "Work variable shifts and up to 12-hour shifts to perform necessary testing" and "Must be able to maintain and adhere to the customer's onsite scheduling requirements with no more than 5 unplanned absences during any rolling 12-month period". Also later benefits mention flexible work schedules with 9/80 program etc. That could be considered schedule. We