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BAE Systems VHF Radio Service Maintenance Technician in Washington, District Of Columbia

Job Description

BAE Systems is seeking Radio Technical support workforce that is capable to accomplish its assigned duties and respond to no-notice situations in order to sustain the customer s mission and its processes. Provide minimization of the customer s equipment downtime, taking into consideration the circumstances/characteristics of the equipment defect or damage, customer service oriented and respond to the needs of the customer and other contractors. Contractor, Engineering and Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) staff will work alongside division staff to modernize the RF over Fiber Distributed Antenna System in place today to a supported and future ready platform.

Provide staff to support maintenance of Motorola Trunked and Conventional radio system core hardware, network devices, and associated components. Complete moto-patching of equipment, devices and network components. Maintain RF antenna systems of various frequencies and power levels with components to include: Transmit combiners, receive multi-couplers, duplexers, pass and reject filtering, diplexers, and precision tuned filter assemblies with test equipment to include Vector Network Analyzers, return loss bridges, tracking generators with spectrum analyzers, antenna analyzers and power meters.

Support staff will ascertain performance of equipment is at or exceeding minimum expected manufacturer performance along with ability to exceed minimum levels to ensure best performance of radio sites for coverage in both talk-in and talk-out coverage to selected service areas. Complete inventory of all systems, document components and devices, maintain logs on performance and changes, complete site binders associated with site layout, service entities for all equipment, wiring diagrams and network references, and descriptions of service area sites to use for reference when missions require an offline copy. Report items found outside of expected operation or performance to the COR for next steps to monitor, restore or enhance depending on risk to operational mission.

This position is located in Washington, DC. There is no relocation assistance available for this position. Applicants must be currently residing in or state willingness to relocate self to Washington DC or surrounding areas.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

Bachelor s Degree and a minimum of 6 years of direct experience with telecommunications, integration and design (additional years of experience may be substituted for the degree)

Ability to pass US Capitol Police Background Check

Motorola Solutions equipment and training

Experience of 5 years or more with:

  • P25 trunking systems platforms and components

  • VMS hardware

  • Juniper SRX and ACX routers / switches

  • GGM8000 routers

  • Aruba switches

  • Fortinet Firewalls

  • Motorola GTR Base stations

  • CORE hardware and network devices

  • Dispatch sub-site network devices and console PC s

  • TRAK GPS timing sources

  • Motorola RDM timing sources

  • Conventional resources to include:

  • CCGW

  • Consolettes

  • MCD5000

  • MCG8000

  • RGU s

  • IPLC s

  • RGU IP Link Converters

  • And similar hardware

  • SME with test equipment to include:

  • Viavi service monitor w/ autotest

  • Anritsu LMR SiteMaster 412e

  • Tracking generator w/ return loss bridge

  • Telephone line test set

  • Digital VOM

  • Ethernet test set

  • USB test set

  • Programming software for LMR devices and equipment

  • Technical Maintenance and Awareness of AC and DC Power Plants

  • Inspection of AC Power supporting communications equipment

  • Inspection and verify proper operation of Uninterruptable Power Systems (UPS)

  • Inspection and verify proper operation of Emergency Power systems to include Generators, DC power plants, and similar

  • backup or emergency power systems that support communication equipment

  • Inspection of DC power systems that support equipment mounted in vehicles or are fixed and operate solely on DC power

  • Proper procedures on lock-out/tag-out when opening from mains or power sources equipment for maintenance. The reversal of restoring power to equipment shall follow industry methods of power-up and include procedures from the program office when required

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Experience with any of the following Motorola Base Station equipment:

  • Motorola APX-600

  • Vertex Radio

  • Motorola Astro Mobile

  • Motorola XTS-5000

  • Motorola TXM 2000 VHF

  • Motorola GTR 8000

  • Digital Interface Unit (DIU)

  • Astro Tac Comparator(ATAC)

  • Motorola XTS-3000

  • Motorola Radio Gateway Unit (RGU)

  • Wave Routers

  • KVL Key Loaders

  • Experience with Juniper, Circuit to Packet (CTP-150)

  • Experience using test equipment such as O-scope, Fireberd, and transmission test sets

  • Familiarity with patch panels

  • Ability to be self-reliant

  • Ability to professionally interact with high level civilian officials on a daily basis

  • Quality assurance experience with both new and upgraded telecommunications systems

  • Trainer / training experience

  • Positive service-oriented attitude

  • Experience with larger enterprise IP networks and related networking equipment

  • Familiarity with Motorola portable and mobile radio accessories and how they work in unison with the devices

  • Familiarity with Motorola trunked digital radio operation with focus on affiliation process, devices operation when experiencing high traffic, declaring emergencies, navigation from the keypad vs channel selector

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $95106 - $161680

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

VHF Radio Service Maintenance Technician

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