Technician, Teleport Operations 1 1

Primary Responsibilities / Key Result Areas

• Fabrication, installation, maintenance, and repair of the radio-frequency (RF) equipment used in large-scale satellite downlink and uplink operations; such as waveguide assemblies, cables, and fiber-optic systems. Performs component-level troubleshooting required on High-Power Amplifiers (HPA), fiber-optic systems, upconverters, downconverters, RF switching units, Antenna Control Units (ACUs), Low-Noise Amplifiers (LNAs) and Low-Noise Block Downconverters (LNBs) and switching and/or monitoring audio/video equipment. Performs maintenance and repair on large transmit/receive and receive-only satellite antenna systems. Provide sketches of drawings required for equipment installation.
• System level and bench level electronics troubleshooting experience.
• Operational configurations awareness and routine preventative maintenance skills required.
• Absorb and provide operational continuity in manager’s absence.
• Maintain team shift scheduling with the manager and must be able to perform occasional shift work as directed in scheduled events, anomalies and manpower deficit.
• Maintain the use of a company-provided phone in the event of necessary remote support.
• Ability to read and interpret schematics, assemble wave guide systems, efficiently utilize sophisticated test equipment, perform documentation tasks, and successfully interact with management & engineers.
• Career development and professional growth opportunities are available.

Competencies

• Ability to cover shift work if required and be on call 24x7x365 for off-hours emergencies
• Ability to lift at least 50 pounds and climb ladders
• Customer-centric communication and interpersonal skills (both oral and written)
• Task Scheduling, reporting and time management Skills
• Ability to work in a culturally diverse organization
• SATCOM, broadband, telecommunications, digital video, and TCP/IP technical skills

Qualifications & Experience

• 3 years of satellite communication technical experience is preferred
• 3 years of teleport /earth station experience is preferred
• Technical or military training in electronics or communication systems

Other Key Requirements / Comments

• Meet 99.98% annual South Mountain teleport availability
• Meet 100% TT&C availability
• Complete assigned South Mountain station projects on-time, to-spec, on-budget