Electronics Technician

Agency

NC State Highway Patrol

Division

NC State Highway Patrol

Job Classification Title

Electronics Technician I (S)

Position Number

Grade

NC09

About Us

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol’s primary mission is to reduce collisions and make the highways of North Carolina as safe as possible. The NCSHP has more than 1,600 troopers who cover nearly 80,000 miles of North Carolina roadways, more than any other state except Texas. In addition to enforcing the state’s traffic laws, state troopers also guide traffic during hurricane evacuations, re-route traffic around hazardous chemical spills, and they stand ready should any act of terrorism occur.

State Troopers are committed to protecting North Carolina’s motoring public.

Description of Work

Connect the technology that keeps public safety moving—one installation at a time.

The NC State Highway Patrol is seeking a skilled and motivated team member to join our Troop A Radio Shop as an Electronics Technician I. This position performs technical work installing and adapting complex telecommunications equipment and networks that support statewide law enforcement communications and public safety operations.

The position installs and removes base stations, mobile and portable voice and data equipment, mobile data computers, digital service units, speed-measuring instruments, video-surveillance systems, emergency lighting and warning systems, antennas, and related electronic, electrical, and mechanical equipment.

Knowledge

Skills and Abilities

/Management Preferences

Salary Range: $41,206.00 - $52,530.00

Salary Grade: NC09

This position is located at:

4003 West Main St Ext

Williamston, NC 27892

To receive credit for your work history and credentials, you must provide the information on the application form. Any information omitted from the application form, listed as general statements, listed under the text resume section, or on an attachment will not be considered for qualifying credit.

Management Prefers (Optional):
These skills are not required but may be used to identify applicants who are most qualified for the position.

• Experience installing, maintaining, diagnosing, and repairing telecommunications systems and related equipment, such as base stations, switching equipment, modems, mobile data computers, multi-frequency transceivers, network controllers, trunked voice systems, antennas, and associated equipment.
• Experience applying digital logic and troubleshooting telecommunications or electronic equipment at the component level, including transistors, capacitors, integrated circuits, and diodes.
• Experience using electronic and digital testing equipment, diagnostic software, and other tools to analyze problems, identify equipment failures, and complete repairs.
• Proficiency using computers, mobile data computers, local-area networks, network applications, and multiple software applications in a technical work environment.
• Experience interpreting technical reference manuals and applying Federal Communications Commission rules and regulations related to the installation, maintenance, and operation of radio transmitting and receiving equipment.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Installing, removing, configuring, and testing fixed, mobile, and portable wireless transceivers, repeaters, antennas, and associated voice and data networks across multiple radio-frequency bands.
• Installing and integrating mobile data computers, modems, GPS receivers, antennas, power sources, and related communications equipment in NCSHP vehicles.
• Installing and maintaining speed-measurement equipment, including radar and VASCAR/Tracker systems used for traffic enforcement.
• Installing or assisting with the installation and maintenance of telecommunications equipment,…