Electronics Technician

Duties:

Maintenance, repair and installation of electronic and survey related equipment through use of test equipment, product specifications and standard diagnostic procedures.

• Routine and preventative maintenance of field equipment in accordance with existing maintenance procedures.
• Installation of equipment onto clients' vessels including hardware, firmware and software together with interfacing to client owned equipment.
• Repair of field equipment, according to repair procedures, to chip level where possible.
• Equipment includes acoustic navigation equipment and associated peripherals such as heading sensors and heave compensators, surface navigation systems (GPS and DGPS) and computer systems with peripherals and associated software.
• Technical liaison with project managers, field crews, clients and other offices during the course of a contract. Workshop technicians are assigned as 'technician responsible' to specific contracts as they are awarded and will be responsible from identification of equipment types, through preparation, and mobilization/installation, technical liaison during the course of the contract and demobilization.
• Preparation and test of equipment for contract mobilization and identification of shortfalls in equipment levels.
• Maintenance of the company asset control system with specific respect to equipment maintenance.
• Maintain/develop Quality Assurance procedures relating to engineering tasks and take part the company's safety program.

Requirements:

• Associate Degree in electronics and 1-3 years’ experience, Military electronics training/experience or combination of equivalent education and experience.
• 2-5 years of experience with either computers or electronic repair work, including use of PC diagnostics software and tools and understanding of serial interface protocols (e.g. RS232 and current loop).
• Familiarity with common applications software including Microsoft office products.
• Ability to travel overnight, (up to 120 days per year) of time is spent Offshore away from office location. Foreign assignments are possible.
• Must hold or have ability to obtain a current passport, and have a valid driver's license with an acceptable motor vehicle record.
• Ability to pass required physical, PEC safety and offshore water survival training.
• Hold or ability to obtain Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC).
• Must be a U.S. citizen or have permanent resident status. Send resume to: usajobs@fugro.com