Radar Satellite Technician

Amentum is seeking a Radar / SatCom Technician to support the CDSS program.

CDSS provides air and maritime surveillance and detection, communications, and command and control support for U.S. and Partner Nations' counterdrug efforts. This support includes providing a competent and reliable workforce, equipment, facilities, supervision, training, and materials to ensure program management, operations and maintenance, and mission support of Ground Based Radar Systems and SATCOM Earth Terminals to meet customer and host nation mission requirements.

**Responsibilities**
- Shall have knowledge of tactical and commercial satellite communication equipment.
- Shall know how to operate Satellite Modems, Redundancy Switch, associated cables, and interconnects; Up Converters, Redundancy Switch; Down Converters, High Power Amplifiers (HPAs), Low Noise Amplifiers (LNAs), Low Noise Block (LNB); Waveguide (rigid, flex, and elliptical) joints and connections; Intermediate Frequency (IF) cable and connections; Antenna, Antenna motors, Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPA), Antenna Control Unit (ACU), and associated cabling and interconnects; Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Units; Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS); Generator (if applicable).
- Shall have technical documentation skills related to SAR, GAR, TSR and ASI requests.
- Shall have known how to use Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE) equipment; power meter, spectrum analyzer, firebird, volt meter, etc...
- Shall have knowledge operation and maintenance of AN/TPS-70 series radars
- Knowledge of operations and maintenance of TADIL systems desired
- Shall be able to perform preventative and corrective maintenance as required

**Minimum Qualifications**
- Shall have a minimum of two (2) years of experience in support of installations, repair, troubleshooting or maintenance of satellite communications electronic systems or equipment.
- Shall have a minimum of two (2) years’ experience operating in a tactical satellite environment operating/maintaining antenna controller, SSPA, LNA/LNB, up and down converters, Fiber optic/Coax/Ethernet Cable, Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) and Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) modems (satellite modems) and Modem Hub operations.
- Shall have minimum two (2) years of experience in operation and maintenance of AN/TPS-70 series radars
- Associates degree or equivalent or may be substituted with a major certification plus 7 years of recent specialized experience.
- Shall have experience and skill with commercial and military satellite and commercial TDMA/FDMA modems required.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret US Government Clearance. Note: US Citizenship is required to obtain a Secret Clearance.

Amentum will never charge a recruiting fee.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran’s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.

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