Senior Systems Technician; Electronic

The systems (electronic) technicians provide systems design and technical documentation, installation, component level repair and operational support for a wide array of electronic communications systems and equipment. They are proficient in the use of tools and test equipment to troubleshoot problems and effect repairs. They provide routine preventative maintenance for conference and TV production facilities, radio systems and TV post production systems and equipment.

They provide fabrication support where required and install and maintain short and long haul signal distribution systems which utilize copper cable and fiber optic routing and switching. The system (electronic) technicians provide advanced conference operation services to support audio and video teleconferences, fiber hub network feeds, Video Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) and satellite television broadcasts. They design, document, install and maintain a web of intra and inter facility audio and video transmission subsystems at DOE/HQ in Washington, DC and Germantown, MD.

• Five years’ experience and knowledge of operation, repair and installation of audio visual equipment
• Maintain and enhance in-house cable TV infrastructure
• Possess relevant AV experience in regards to projectors, video relay, broadcast and design
• Technical aptitude toward AV systems, video conferencing, computer technology as well as networking, wireless, data cabling standards
• Organizational and planning skills to orchestrate setups of weekly events in client’s conference rooms or offsite
• Low voltage cabling installation
• Experience with digital AV installation and maintenance
• Training customers on the use of systems that we install
• Experience in commercial AV installations
• Experience installing and/or configuring Polycom and/or Tandberg videoconferencing products
• Working knowledge of basic hand tools for installs
• Good mechanical/fabrication and soldering skills are a plus
• Ability to accurately read wiring diagrams
• Communication skills (written and verbal) and proven face-to-face customer support skills and the ability to multi-task several different projects or issues