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Working under general technical guidance, an Electronics Technician III specializes in ground-based electronic systems and works on various types of electronic equipment and related devices through a combination of installing, maintaining, repairing, overhauling, troubleshooting, modifying, construction, and testing.
Job Responsibility
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 advance problems using diagrams, schematics, engineering data, and test equipment
Diagnose equipment malfunctions and effect repairs to restore equipment to required operating condition
Manipulate computer keyboards and view and interpret computer displays
Troubleshoot to the component level and make needed repairs
Assist and/or provide occasional work direction to lower-level technicians
Maintain system related drawings and configuration documents
Perform tool and equipment accountability inspections
Perform other job-related duties, as required
Each employee must read, understand, and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality, and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures, and policies pertaining to their job
Requirements
An associate's degree or higher from an accredited college
or technical schooling with courses in math, basic electronics, and microwave theory
or a military equivalent and a minimum of seven years of hands-on experience
Comprehensive knowledge in general electronics
Great understanding of information technology with an emphasis on networking
Demonstrated expertise in electronic, electro-mechanical, and computer systems and the 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