Radio Frequency Technician Maintenance III (RF)

Radio Frequency Technician Maintenance III (RF)

Job Category: Service Contract Act

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: None

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 50%

Type of Travel: Continental US

Anticipated Posting End: 6/30/2024

CACI has an opportunity for a Radio Frequency Technician Maintenance III (RF) to join the CAMMO contract in Colorado Springs.  Candidate applies comprehensive technical knowledge to solve problems by interpreting Space Force Technical Orders, vendor manuals or similar documents. Work requires familiarity with the interrelationships of satellite tracking station circuits and understanding the selection and use of proper tools and test equipment to perform that work. Receives technical guidance, as required, work is reviewed for compliance with accepted practices. Provide technical guidance to peers and onsite technicians.

Under limited direction, provides maintenance of site/field equipment and/or the installation, rearrangement and removal of equipment and associated wiring at the customer site or at the company location. Tests, completes analysis, repairs, aligns, and adjusts equipment associated with any trouble reports at the customer site and routinely performs optimization maintenance activities.  Writes clearly with sound verbal skills to communicate with the customer providing granularity to each project.
 
Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serves as member of installation and depot maintenance team. Performs a wide variety of complex activities associated with installing, maintaining and servicing electrical/electronic/mechanical equipment.
• Installs, maintains, repairs, overhauls, troubleshoots, modifies and tests various types of electrical, electronic and/or mechanical equipment and related devices using various test equipment.
• Understands and interprets electrical and mechanical drawings. Applies technical knowledge of electronic, mechanical, and hydraulic principles to return equipment to operational condition and solve technical problems.
• Experience in reading schematics, troubleshooting and installation of 120 VAC – 480 VAC electrical circuits within conduit.
• Experience in conducting troubleshooting, calibration, adjustments, test and maintain servo-controlled equipment.
• Conduct troubleshooting and electrical repair of 12 and 24 VDC interlock system.
• Perform alignment and calibration checks on servo amplifiers and vector drives control systems.
• Perform alignment and calibration checks on high-power amplifiers and control systems.
• Working knowledge and understandings tracking receivers and low noise amplifiers.
• Works closely with others regarding scheduling and general technical requirements. 
• Maintains solution standards/processes/policy documentation as agreed, having regard for accepted business standards.
• May make recommendations for improvements or modifications to correct problems. Assembly, tuning, and plan development.
• Troubleshoots and corrects malfunctions using specialized test and diagnostic equipment.
• May participate in special projects as required.
• Ability to communicate and apply critical thinking in all aspects of systems repair and servicing.
• Ability to solder and make various types of cabling i.e. Ribbon Electric Cables, Shielded Cable,
• Coaxial Cables, Fiber Optics Cable.
• Working with a range of RF-enabled devices including antennas, amplifiers, and satellite systems.
• Troubleshooting circuits used in RF transmission independently.
• Identifying and repairing faults in finished assemblies making adjustments as required.
• Identifying the causes of faults and work with on-site teams to implement preventative measures so that they do not happen again.
• Maintaining documentation of test cases.
• Performing routine antenna capability tests.
• Maintaining documentation of test cases.
• Document training.
• When assigned in a lead role you will be responsible to evaluate newly assigned personnel and identify individual training requirements; Conduct On-the-Job Training (OJT); Evaluate quality of OJT and provide trainee feedback and understand master training plan requirements.
• Develop procedures for field use.
   

Required Qualifications:

• Typically requires high school diploma or equivalent, and at least seven years of related technical training experience.
• Experience understanding and interpreting electrical and mechanical drawings coupled with electrical and mechanical schematics. Applies technical knowledge of electronic principles in order to return equipment to operational condition and solve problems using critical thinking techniq