VLF Electronic Technician II

About the role

VLF Electronic Technician II positions are integral to the APS Program at Lualualei, HI. This position requires a strong background in electronic maintenance and troubleshooting, with a focus on ground radio communications systems.

Responsibilities

• Performs preventive maintenance on ground radio communications systems and related equipment.
• Inspects equipment at specified intervals to determine operational status.
• Replaces defective components.
• Performs operational checks.
• Repairs, overhauls, and modifies ground radio communications and related equipment.
• Isolates malfunctions using system checking procedures, required test equipment, analyzing voltage and wave form measurements, schematic diagrams and equipment operation characteristics.
• Repairs equipment, including transmitters, and receivers and antenna interface equipment.
• Tunes and adjusts ground radio components.
• Adjusts, aligns, and calibrates equipment for maximum operating efficiency.
• Fabricates and connects various types of antenna systems and transmission lines.
• Tests repaired components using bench mockups and related test equipment.
• Performs corrosion control.
• Maintains inspection and maintenance records.
• Posts entries on maintenance and inspection records.
• Records meter readings and pertinent data in equipment logs.
• Completes maintenance data collection forms.
• Interacts with management and customers daily and troubleshoots potential problems.

Requirements

• U.S. Navy Electronics Technician “A”, “C” or equivalent from an accredited college, Jr. College or technical school.
• Three (3) years of general electronic work involved in the preventive and corrective maintenance of complex electronic circuits.
• A minimum of one year experience maintaining and operating HF, LF, VHF, or ELF C-E broadcast systems, or similar field that could be applied in the testing, and maintenance of RF Transmitting systems.
• Experience in NEC ET-1415, NET-1420, AFCS 2E1X3 is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of high power vacuum tubes is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of electricity and radio theory, including transistors, solid-state components, vacuum tube theory, and digital techniques applying to ground radio communications and related to equipment maintenance.
• Ability to work rotating shifts.
• Physical ability to lift and carry 50 lbs a distance of 50 feet horizontally and 35 lbs vertically a distance of 50 feet without resting.

Qualifications

• Must be able to lift and carry 50 lbs a distance of 50 feet horizontally and 35 lbs vertically a distance of 50 feet without resting.

Skills

• Highly desirable to have experience with COMPTIA Security Plus.

Benefits

Details not specified.

Pay

Details not specified.

Schedule

Rotating Shift.