Staff Technician - Earth Station Operations

Staff Technician - Earth Station Operations

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DISH is a Fortune 250 company with more than $13 billion in annual revenue that continues to redefine the communications industry. Our legacy is innovation and a willingness to challenge the status quo, including reinventing ourselves. We disrupted the pay-TV industry in the mid-90s with the launch of the DISH satellite TV service, taking on some of the largest U.S. corporations in the process, and grew to be the fourth-largest pay-TV provider. We are doing it again with the first live, internet-delivered TV service - Sling TV - that bucks traditional pay-TV norms and gives consumers a truly new way to access and watch television.

Position Summary:
This position is at a technically experienced level and provides the foundation to build continuity within the

department. The scope of this job includes operations, fabrication, installation, maintenance, and repair of radio-
frequency (RF) equipment used in large scale satellite downlink and uplink operations. This position requires one to

possess intermediate knowledge in all earth station operations and maintenance. This position also has leadership
responsibilities to include training, documentation, and mentoring.

Responsibilities:

• Leads the fabrication and installation of equipment racks, equipment and rack hardware, waveguide assemblies
• RF and data cables, and fiber optic equipment and cables.
• Provides technical drawings and documentation of equipment installations and configuration changes.
• Conducts training and mentoring for less experienced technicians.
• Acts as a technical advisor to ESO technicians and other departments.
• Composes and contributes technical data to shift reports, service outage reports, maintenance tickets, department procedures, and purchase orders.
• Assists in managing and leading department projects.
• Performs component level troubleshooting and repair of high power amplifier equipment (including TWTAs and Klystrons), fiber optic systems, up-converters, down-converters, RF switching units, antenna tracking systems, and earth station ancillary equipment.
• Performs routine and non-routine operations, maintenance, and repair on transmit/receive and receive only satellite antenna systems.
• Conducts and coordinates outage and restoral activities to include following operational procedures and escalation of notifications.
• Performs additional duty management that includes, but is not limited to, tools, publications, test equipment, safety, preventative maintenance, drawings, and database management.
• Performs broadcast operations to include quality service monitoring, reporting, path swaps, slating, and configuration verification.
• Performs weather operations during inclement weather using local weather operations procedures.
• Performs shipping, receiving, security, and escort duties as required.
• Participate in and support continuous improvement initiatives to increase effectiveness and efficiency of processes and procedures.

Basic Requirements:

• Intermediate level of computer software skills with business software to include, but not limited to word processors, spreadsheets, databases, email, slide presentations, and technical drawing software.
• Possesses intermediate knowledge in the function and operation of antenna tracking systems, traveling wave tube (TWT) and klystron amplifiers, up-converters, down-converters, fiber optic transmitters/ receivers, modulators, RF matrix switches, and monitoring & control systems (M&C).
• Highly proficient in the operation of broadcast transmission test equipment. These include, but are not limited to, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, RF signal generators, fiber optic test sets, RF detectors, oscilloscopes, RF power meters, and multimeters.
• Familiar with basic network computer configurations (e.g. IP addresses, subnet masks, default gateways).
• Ability to compose and present written reports and proposals to management.

Qualifications:
5+ years of progressively related experience and a Bachelor's Degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

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Compensation: $20.33/Hour - $35.00/Hour
From versatile health perks to new career opportunities, check out our benefits on our careers website.

Candidates need to successfully complete a pre-employment screen, which may include a drug test.