Electronics Technician

These positions are located within the Chief Information Office of the USDA Forest Service. Electronics Technicians perform duties related to installing, maintaining, repairing, and acquisition requirements for land, mobile, and radio systems. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Raymond Adams at 406-241-4982 or raymond.e.adams@usda.gov.

Responsibilities listed are at the full performance level.

Provides design, implementation, corrective/preventive maintenance, and installation of lightning protection and grounding systems.

Provides radio subject matter expertise to local leadership on the forest and assists in the design of Land Mobile Radio systems.

Installs and performs corrective/preventive maintenance of Land Mobile Radio systems.

Programs authorized radio frequencies into radios, requests frequencies, mitigates and deconflicts interference issues.

Provides incident ticket management and resolution and responds to customer help desk requests.

Researches technical specifications, equipment configuration, and installation plans to identify equipment and service requirements and procures equipment and services.

There is no substitution of education for specialized experience.