Electronic Technician III Lead

Job Summary Essential Functions/Duties

Working as a group/team lead, an Electronic Technician III Lead specializes in ground-based electronic systems and works on various types of electronic equipment and related devices by performing a combination of installing, maintaining, repairing, overhauling, troubleshooting, modifying, construction, and testing.

Employee will be responsible to perform the following functions/duties: 

• Perform as a team leader with a system, project, or task, providing guidance and training to lower-level technicians
• Lead effort to diagnose equipment malfunctions and effect repairs to restore equipment to required operating condition
• Operate and maintain electronic transmitting and receiving equipment, digital and analog computers, industrial measuring and controlling equipment, microwave amplifiers and transmission lines, high-voltage power supplies and keying circuits, indicators and displays, and antenna positioning systems
• Apply technical knowledge of electronic principles to solve complex electronic, communication, and mechanical problems using diagrams, schematics, engineering data, and test equipment
• Troubleshoot to component level and work with engineers and vendors to resolve software related problems
• Lead installation, setup, and check-out of major subsystems
• Perform complex system measurements/calibrations using test equipment and established procedures, and record test results
• Develop system briefings and prepare draft technical reports for review
• Perform other job-related duties, as required

Other Responsibilities

Each employee musts read, understand, and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality, and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures, and policies pertaining to their job

Working Conditions

Employee will be required to work some shift work, at remote locations, and occasional over-night assignments. 

Work is performed both indoors and outdoors. Outdoor duties may be performed on even and uneven surfaces, which may be dry or wet. Grease or oil may be found on working surfaces. Outdoor duties may be performed on gravel or shingled roof. Climbing stairs, ladders, towers, and scaffolds, and the ability to lift up to 50 lbs, (anything heavier requires two or more people or mechanical assistance) are required. A government vehicle is used on an as-needed basis. 

Requirements - Education, Technical, and Work Experience

An associate's degree, or higher, from an accredited college; or technical school with courses in math, basic electronics, and microwave theory; or a military equivalent; and a minimum of 10 years of hands-on and leadership experience are required for this position. 

In addition, an Electronic Technician III Lead employee must possess the following qualifications: 

• Great understanding of information technology with an emphasis on networking
• Expert-level knowledge of electronics, electro-mechanical, and computer systems
• Demonstrated expertise in electronic, radio frequency (RF) and test equipment used to maintain and repair equipment
• Experience with tubes, transistors, logic gates, and/or high-power radio frequency (RF) devices
• Expert-level troubleshooting and soldering capabilities
• The candidate must qualify for and maintain a government security clearance and must have a valid, current state driver's license.