Electronics Technician I
Core
Install, configure, maintain, and repair telecommunications equipment and networks supporting statewide law enforcement communications and public safety operations.
Role type
Electronics Technician I (IC)
Builds
Fixed, mobile, and portable radio systems; mobile data computers; speed-measurement instruments; video-surveillance systems; emergency lighting and warning systems.
Domain
Public Safety / Law Enforcement Communications
Required skills
Installing and adapting complex telecommunications equipment, troubleshooting electronic equipment at the component level, using electronic and digital testing equipment, interpreting technical reference manuals and FCC regulations, integrating mobile data computers and GPS receivers, installing speed-measurement equipment, securing and integrating mobile video systems and emergency lighting.
Preferred skills
Experience with base stations, switching equipment, modems, multi-frequency transceivers, network controllers, trunked voice systems, antennas, and associated equipment.
Technologies
Base stations, mobile data computers, GPS receivers, radar systems, VASCAR/Tracker systems, transceivers, repeaters, antennas, emergency generators, lightning protection systems.
Responsibilities
Install, remove, configure, and test fixed, mobile, and portable wireless transceivers, repeaters, and antennas. Install and integrate mobile data computers, modems, and power sources in enforcement vehicles. Install and maintain speed-measurement equipment. Install or assist with telecommunications infrastructure at remote base-station sites. Install, adapt, and secure mobile video systems and emergency lighting in vehicles.
Seniority
Entry-level (I)