RF Technician

Job Description

Responsibilities:

Limited supervision performs a wide variety of technical efforts including processes, tests, troubleshoots, and repairs of technically challenging electronic equipment.

Work directly from approved procedures, schematics, and verbal instructions.

Performs tests and utilizes various engineering drawings, manuals, and other related documentation in the performance of their tasks.

Troubleshoot electronic assemblies to the component level. May be required to test and troubleshoot electronic assemblies containing Analog, Digital, R. F, and High Voltage circuits.

Observes, analyzes, and reports test data.

Required Skills:

3-6 Year Experience testing and troubleshooting electronic circuitry.

Ability to read and interpret drawings and schematics to perform measurements and troubleshoot electronic equipment.

Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to proactively identify alternate solutions to overcome technical challenges.

Ability to troubleshoot to the component level of moderately complex electronic assemblies is required.

Effectively communicate technical issues by generating comprehensive failure entries which correlate failure modes back to the associated test specification(s).

Can also verbally articulate troubleshooting challenges to coworkers with varied electronic backgrounds.

Desired Skills:

High Voltage, Digital and other electronic test equipment such as Oscilloscopes, Network Analyzers, Signal Generators, Spectrum Analyzers and Power Meters.

Possess a strong understanding of depot based electronic repair work.

Familiarity in the following testing areas is recommended: Insertion Loss, VSWR, Phase, gain, amplifiers, crystal detector circuits for fault monitoring, analog to digital conversion, up/ down converting, crystal/ SAW oscillators, multipliers, S-band, L-band and X-band frequencies.

Required Experience:

Experience using a wide variety of RF (Radio Frequency)/Analog

Education Required:

High School or equivalent. 2-year electronics/STEM degree or equivalent.