Field Technician - Woomera Test Range Support Services

About the role

Raytheon Australia is recruiting Field Technicians for its Woomera Test Range Support Services (WTRSS) program, based at its Centre for Joint Integration facility in Mawson Lakes, South Australia. The Woomera Test Range is the world's largest overland test environment and a key national security asset. You will provide specialty maintenance, deployment and operating support for communication and mission systems, with regular travel including about 24 weeks of instrumented testing per year at Woomera, in deployments of 1 to 3 weeks.

Key responsibilities

• Provide specialist maintenance for telemetry and communications equipment, including light and heavy grade maintenance.
• Deploy and operate instrumentation trailers across the Woomera Test Range in support of defence trials.
• Produce maintenance reports, meet technical compliance KPIs and contribute to system health indicators.
• Support configuration management for selected mission systems.
• Support breakdown spares, repairable items and support and test equipment.
• Provide technical support for engineering and maintenance services to the customer.

Required profile

• Certificate III in Electronics or Telecommunications.
• At least 3 years of relevant post-qualification experience.
• Australian citizenship and an active or obtainable Negative Vetting 1 Australian Defence Security Clearance.

Required skills

• Radio frequency and communication equipment.
• Electrical and data interface standards and protocols.
• Operating systems, server systems and network protocols.
• Knowledge of the Defence Technical Regulatory Framework.