Land Mobile Radio Maintenance Technician
Location
Springfield, VA | United States
Job description
We are seeking a talented Electronics Maintenance Technician. The Electronics Maintenance Technician will provide support to government agency customer and applies versatility and industry-leading technology related to tactical and secure communications.
GENERAL DUTIES:
- Implement comprehensive plans, policies and objectives, and provide technical advice to integrate technological applications to enhance customer operational requirements.
- Plan, organize, and conduct studies and forecasts to establish technology for operational support of the law enforcement mission.
- Coordinate with your manager and the customer COR about projected systems, current and planned capabilities, compatibility, costs and benefits, joint agency efforts, and other critical areas.
- Assist in the implementation of nationwide long-term projects in coordination with the Chief Inspector OST.
- Evaluate proposed technical solutions for law enforcement communications and make recommendations to USMS management.
- Identify radio communications requirements, analyze technical solutions, conduct physical surveys, and implement and validate the final solution.
- Serve as a troubleshooter and trainer to resolve operational and technical problems for radio systems, and users, and coordinate directly with the USMS field division leadership and/or representatives from other federal, state, and local public safety agencies.
- Identify technical issues with radio communications experienced by users throughout the customer locations.
- Design modifications and enhancements to improve the effectiveness of the communications systems.
- Provide briefings on proposed modifications or enhancements to OST for implementation.
- Work independently to survey wide areas and buildings for proper communications networks.
- Plan, coordinate, build, and install new communication networks.
- Identify technical failures on radio subscriber and infrastructure equipment and work independently to address/fix the failures.
- Install analog and IP based video surveillance cameras, set up secure communication systems, and support GPS tracking.
- Plan, design, and build custom hardware, cables, and components in support of unique communication demands.
- Program, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair land mobile radio and communication assets.
- Build radio code plugs for the USMS mission critical operations.
- Update CPS software and firmware for all radio programming computers.
- Prepare, run, and terminate coax, network, and fiber optic cables.
- Test, tune and align duplexers, repeaters, portable radios and mobile radios.
- Set up, configure, and use complex instrumentation to perform communication tests and maintenance.
- Manage encryption keys using the Motorola Key Management Facility (KMF).
- Encrypt radios using Over-the-Air-Rekeying (OTAR) or manually by using the KVL-3000+.
- Analyze and interpret circuit wiring, logic cable diagrams, complete communication systems schematic diagrams, and network specifications for the purpose of installing, troubleshooting, or maintaining the system or device.
- Perform calculations and manipulate test data in order to improve performance and solve problems.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience programming, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing the following LMR assets: APX 7000, APX 7500, XTS 5000, XTL 5000, XTS 2500, XTS 5000 consolette, Quantar repeater, Astro-Tac receiver, Astro-Tac 3000 comparator, GTR 8000 repeater, GPW 8000 receiver, and GCM 8000 comparator.
- Experience building radio code plugs for Motorola land mobile radios.
- Experience updating CPS software and firmware for all radio programming computers.
- Possess a basic working knowledge of local and wide area networking, subnets, and TCP/IP.
- Experience in installing and maintaining modern IP Radio Networks.
- The ability to work in a high security environment and observe all required security procedures.
- The ability to learn new radio and/or computer hardware and software skills quickly through independent study, formal training, and/or on-the-job training.
- Five years experience in land mobile radio subscriber equipment; including programming, troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance.
- Five years experience in land mobile radio infrastructure equipment; including programming, troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance.
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