Field Technician

• Fast track your career on breakthrough defence projects to lift Australia’s defence capability.

• Excellent Career Progression and Development Opportunities.

• Located at Raytheon Australia’s new purpose-built Centre for Joint Integration (CJI) facility in Mawson Lakes, SA, with regular travel (including overtime and allowances) to Woomera Test Range, SA.

Raytheon Australia is a trusted capability partner delivering some of the most complex, innovative and meaningful engineering projects for the Australian Defence Force.  

Right now, the company is experiencing exciting growth across the country, creating a new opportunity for Senior Technicians to join the Woomera Test Range Support Services (WTRSS) program. The Woomera Test Range, located in South Australia, is the world’s largest overland test environment, comparable to the size of England, and is one of Australia’s most critical national security assets.

Raytheon Australia’s integrated range solution provides the Australian Defence Force with one of the most advanced test, experiment, and training environments in the world. As one of the teams technical workforce, you will contribute to the success of the WTRSS Program through providing specialty maintenance, deployment and operating functions on a variety of different leading-edge equipment.

The Field Technicians are responsible for conducting planned and corrective maintenance, technical investigations, and support configuration change activities of communication and mission systems to ensure the continued provision of services to the customer. As a Field Technician you will also support deployment of Mission System Equipment in support of trial activities.

In return, we offer outstanding opportunities to grow, with Raytheon Australia’s exclusive professional development programs, and a raft of employee benefits including tailored to suit every stage of your career and lifestyle. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Provision of specialist maintenance services to telemetry and communications equipment. This includes light grade and heavy grade maintenance as defined by the equipment maintenance processes.

• Deployment and operation of Instrumentation Trailers across the Woomera Test Range in support of defence trials.

• Producing maintenance reports, meeting key performance indicators for technical compliance and contributing to system health indicators for production and program management.

• Provision of configuration management support to selected mission systems.

• Provision of support activities for breakdown spares, repairable items, and support and test equipment.

• Providing technical support in the conduct of engineering and maintenance services and activities for the customer.

• The role requires regular travel both within Australia and internationally, including approximately 24 weeks of instrumented testing per year at Woomera Test Range with typical deployments lasting between 1 to 3 weeks.

• Requires a Certificate III in Electronics or Telecommunications.

• Minimum of 3 years relevant post-qualification experience required.

• A demonstrated understanding of and experience in the application of radio frequency and communication equipment.

• A demonstrated understanding of and experience in electrical and data interface standards and protocols.

• A demonstrated understanding of and experience in operating systems/server systems/network protocols.

• Knowledge of the Defence Technical Regulatory Framework.

Applicants must be Australian citizens and have an active or be able to obtain Negative Vetting 1 Australian Defence Security Clearance. Eligibility criteria can be found at https://www.agsva.gov.au/applicants/eligibility-suitability

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