Engineering Technician; Electronics Technician

Engineering Technician (Electronics Technician) (H)

Bowhead seeks an Engineering Technician (Electronics Technician) on a newly awarded contract supporting Battle Management System (BMS) family of projects. In this role, you will support electronic-focused, bridging hardware engineering with basic network and digital troubleshooting. You will be expected to be familiar with testing, configuring, and troubleshooting integrated hardware components, embedded systems, and GUI software. Travel of 20% annually can be expected.

We are looking to hire at either an ET5 or ET6 level, dependent on interview process and experience:

ET4 will start at $46.96/hr

ET5 will start at $56.81/hr

The Engineering Technician (Electronics Technician) shall provide critical technical support with an electronic-focused, bridging hardware engineering with basic network and digital troubleshooting. You will be responsible for testing, configuring, and troubleshooting integrated hardware components, embedded systems, and GUI software, ensuring physical components operate harmoniously with network architectures. You will also serve as a vital link back to the design team by identifying and reporting physical system discrepancies.

Duties & responsibilities include, but are not limited, to the following:

Electronic Hardware Testing & SIL Prep: Set up electronic test environments, configure GPS simulators, and verify wiring harnesses at the NSWCDD Dahlgren SILs. Proactively ensure all electronic hardware and test benches are prepared and ready for internal project test events and general system testing executed by the BMS test team.

Manned & Unmanned Payload Integration: Perform physical and electrical integration of electronic payloads, sensors, telemetry systems, and tracking units for manned and unmanned platforms across air, land, and maritime domains.

HW IPT Feedback Loop: Actively provide clear, documented technical feedback and recommendations to Hardware Integrated Product Teams (HW IPTs) regarding identified design flaws, component limitations, manufacturing issues, or required hardware iterations.

System Validation & Quality Assurance: Verify platform-level electrical interfaces, physical connections, signal integrity, and system responses. Inspect vendor-supplied electronic components and perform component-level rework/repair as necessary.

Cross-Functional Network Support: Collaborate with the Network Technician to assist with basic network address assignments, system software loads, and verification of network communication links.

• High school diploma or passing score on the General Education Development (GED) exam
• 10(10) years of full-time professional experience working as an Engineering Technician in providing technical support related to the design, development, production, or testing directly in support of the Department of Defense.
• Seven(7) years of hands‑on testing and troubleshooting of electronic systems in a professional engineering environment. Experience in developing and testing solutions to solve technical problems in research and development, manufacturing, inspection, and maintenance; while assisting engineers in inspecting products, conducting tests, and collecting data. Experience with following published user manuals and maintenance documentation. In addition, experience reading, editing, and creating electrical drawings and system schematics
• Experience with hands‑on mechanical fabrication, cabling, electro‑mechanical assembly, and platform‑level systems integration in a professional aerospace or defense engineering environment is desired
• Intermediate to advanced level skills in Microsoft Office software suite - Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point
• Ability to…