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Electronics Technician
Federal Bureau of Investigation · Posted 5 days ago
About the Role
Electronics technicians require knowledge of data networks, radio frequency theory, and electronic troubleshooting skills. They have knowledge of techniques, theories, and characteristics of electronics, such as basic electronics and electronic theory, algebra, and elementary physics.Our electronics technicians are skilled in electronic equipment design, development, evaluation, testing, installation, and maintenance.
What You'll Do
- →Perform installation, maintenance, and operational testing required to maintain the Bureau's communication and intrusion systems in optimum condition.
- →Perform maintenance and service functions required to obtain optimum operational capability of a wide variety of complex equipment incorporated into the FM radio, radio teletype, secure telephone, data and teletype, and intrusion Systems.
- →Use test equipment and advanced techniques to perform installation, maintenance and repair tasks as well as the operational testing of the FM radio system (base stations, repeaters, remote and mobile transmitters/receivers and personal equipment).
- →Conduct preventive maintenance by regularly inspecting and testing equipment for reliability and accuracy to prevent breakdown.
- →Perform corrective maintenance to restore a system which is out of operating condition through extensive analytical testing, take positive action to replace or repair deficient or malfunctioning components and units.
- →Review pertinent technical manuals, remain current with technology, and be available to attend government sponsored training classes.
Requirements
- ✓Must be a U.S. citizen.
- ✓Must have (or be able to obtain) a valid driver's license.
- ✓Must be able to obtain a Top Secret-SCI clearance.
- ✓Some travel may be required.
- ✓PHYSICAL DEMANDS Work requires strenuous physical exertion such as climbing tall ladders or towers, long periods of standing, recurring bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, reaching or similar activities; and recurring lifting heavy objects in excess of 50 pounds such as radio and related communications systems.
- ✓WORK ENVIRONMENT Work involves high risks with exposure to potentially dangerous situations such as electrical shocks, falls from high towers, inclement weather conditions (rain, snow, ice, and high winds), requiring a range of safety and other precautions, including accompaniment by another technician when performing duties considered hazardous to life and limb.
- ✓All degrees must be from an accredited college or university.
- ✓Education may be substituted for specialized experience as follows: GS-7: Applicant must have a bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement or one (1) full year of graduate level education.
- ✓Superior academic achievement is the completion of all the requirements of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, which is based on (1) class standing, (2) grade-point average of 3.0 or higher as recorded on an official transcript, or as based on courses completed during the final two years of the curriculum, or (3) honor society membership.
- ✓GS-9: Applicant must have a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related.
- ✓Degrees must be in one of the following fields: Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering Technology, Electronics Technology, Telecommunications, or Computer Science.
- ✓Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements provided you can show foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.
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