Hardware Integration/Test Technician

Position Summary

At MAG, we provide and enable real-time situational awareness to help our customers make the world smaller and safer. We are laser focused on serving our customers by providing technical expertise, operational excellence, and flawless execution. Our success is due entirely to the high caliber of employees we recruit, hire, and retain. At MAG, we look for individuals who thrive in a high-performance environment where challenges are the norm and success is expected.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Fabricate cables and harnesses and terminate connectors (circular military specification, RF coaxial, and fiber) to the engineering harness designs and controlled drawings.
• Wire power and signal interfaces and install power distribution components, including vehicle alternator, battery, inverter, and distribution interfaces.
• Perform vehicle integration: equipment mounting, rack and enclosure build, and subsystem installation.
• Perform system bring-up: load approved configurations, verify connectivity, and confirm operation under direction of the lead technician and engineers.
• Execute integration and acceptance test procedures, record results, and troubleshoot and resolve hardware faults to the component level.
• Support field and site installation and demonstration, including setup, operation, teardown, and on-site troubleshooting.
• Maintain as-built records and red-line markups for the documentation team, and observe shop, tool, safety, and electrostatic discharge practices.

Requirements

REQUIRED / MINIMUM SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

• Hands-on electronics, communications, or vehicle-systems integration and test experience.
• Cable and harness fabrication and connector termination (circular military specification, RF coaxial, and fiber).
• Ability to read and work to wiring diagrams, schematics, interface control documents, and mechanical drawings.
• Test and troubleshooting with standard instruments (multimeter, oscilloscope, network test tools) and fault isolation to the component or line-replaceable-unit level.

ADDITIONAL PREFERRED SKILLS

• Experience wiring or integrating equipment into armored or tactical vehicles.
• Soldering to IPC J-STD-001 and IPC-A-610 standards.
• Familiarity with networking equipment and SATCOM and RF terminals, and prior field-service or demonstration support.
• Experience building to TEMPEST RED and BLACK separation and in SCIF or secure facility (ICD 705) environments.
• Prior U.S. military service, or direct experience supporting U.S. military operations.
• An active or current Top Secret/SCI (TS/SCI) clearance.
• Experience supporting nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3), strategic communications, or continuity-of-operations programs.

EDUCATION

• Associate degree in electronics or a related technical field, or equivalent military or technical training.

MINIMUM YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 4 years of electronics or systems integration and test experience.

CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, AND CLEARANCE

• CAN START THIS POSITION WITH A SECRET CLEARANCE BUT YOU MUST have the solid/clean background to be able to obtain and maintain a future U.S. Department of Defense Top Secret security clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information access (TS/SCI). U.S. citizenship is required.
• This position involves access to technical data controlled under U.S. export control regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

TRAVEL

• Up to 40 percent, including OCONUS demonstration and installation support.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

• Work is performed in bench, high-bay, and field environments. Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds, work in and around vehicles, use hand and power tools, and occasionally work in austere field conditions.

Special Note

The position is contingent upon candidate’s ability to meet physical and medical requirements as needed by the position; including compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local jurisdictional requirements.

Benefits and Compensation

At MAG Aerospace, we value your contributions providing our employees with a robust Total Rewards package that supports your total well-being. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 30 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in MAG's Total Rewards programs. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits as well as paid leave, professional development, and tuition assistance. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our Total Rewards Program by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site: https://www.magaero.com/benefits/. Salary at MAG Aerospace is determined by various factors including but not limited to location, the particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $85000 to $95000 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of MAG's total compensation package for employees.