ICBM Training Device Electronics Technician I

Purpose and Scope:

Maintains Air Force Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Missile Procedures Trainers (MPTs) and ICBM Maintenance Training devices. The ICBM Training Device Technician-I applies basic technical knowledge to perform routine tasks under close supervision or from detailed procedures. Work is checked in progress or on completion. The Technician-I works under close supervision receiving technical guidance from a supervisor or higher-level technician. Work is checked frequently for accuracy. Guidance is readily available from superiors.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Assembling or installing equipment or parts requiring simple wiring, soldering, or connecting
• Performing simple or routine tasks or tests such as tensile or hardness tests
• Operating and adjusting simple test equipment
• Recording metric data
• Gathering and maintaining records of engineering metric data such as equipment and component performance and failure rates
• Troubleshooting and repairing missile training system electronic, electro-mechanical, and mechanical systems.
• Performing periodic preventive maintenance on the Minuteman Enhanced Procedures (MEP) Trainer, Missile Procedures Trainer (MPT), and maintenance trainers such as the Power and Environmental Control System (PECS), Control Monitor Procedures Trainer (CMPT), and Ground Minuteman Automatic Test System (GMATS)
• Diagnosing and isolating malfunctions down to component level
• Must be able to splice and terminate cables, wires, coaxial, Cat 5, in support of trainer repair actions
• Responsible for the accuracy of inventory and storage of all equipment and property used to maintain the training systems and GMATS bench
• Adhere to all electro-static discharge policies, instructions, and warnings
• Instructing Air Force personnel on the proper operation and care of training systems and equipment they operate and interact with daily
• Establishing and maintaining a positive working rapport and learning environment with peers and Air Force personnel
• Working from technical manuals, schematics, diagrams, written and verbal descriptions, layouts, or defined plans to perform routine checkout, troubleshooting, and simple engineering tasks
• Maintain a high work ethic in all job duties and responsibilities.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Training equivalent to 2-years technical trade school or military technical school.
• Prior military experience in the Electronics Laboratory (E-LAB), Electromechanical Maintenance Team (EMT), Facilities Maintenance Technician (FMT), or Missile Mechanical Team (MMT) specialty career fields is preferred.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Must be fluent in both written and oral English.

Requirements:

• Must be able to lift 50 pounds and work in confined spaces and on hands and knees for periods of time.
• US Citizenship is required; must have favorable background investigation results.
• Must either possess or be able to obtain a Top-Secret security clearance.