Field Service Technician II – Onsite Wireless RF Tech

Piper Companies; Chantilly; On-site; EUR 56,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k Match

Paid Holidays

PTO

Company Vehicle

Tuition Reimbursement

Other employee benefits

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions in Chantilly, VA is seeking a Field Service Technician II to support installation, troubleshooting, programming, and maintenance of wireless communications systems for commercial and public-sector customers. This role is 100% onsite and requires independent field work.

You will troubleshoot complex radio equipment, work with Motorola, Kenwood, ICOM, Vertex, Harris, and EF Johnson gear; read schematics and blueprints; and travel regionally.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience with two-way radio or wireless systems.
• Hands-on Motorola, Kenwood, ICOM, Vertex, Harris, or EF Johnson gear.
• Strong RF propagation and wireless communications knowledge.
• Experience with base stations, repeaters, antennas, and duplexers.
• Ability to read schematics, blueprints, and technical diagrams.
• Valid driver's license; willingness for travel/on-call.
• Certifications such as CET, NICET, OSHA are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Install, troubleshoot, repair, program, and maintain wireless systems.
• Create and modify radio programming codeplugs (12+ channels).
• Support UHF/VHF and 800/900 MHz radios, dispatch consoles, repeaters, base stations.
• Troubleshoot BDA/DAS, wireless broadband equipment, microwave systems.
• Diagnose with spectrum analyzers, watt meters, TDRs/FDRs, multimeters.
• Interpret schematics, blueprints, wiring diagrams, and documentation.
• Work with RF, digital, audio, networking components.
• Apply TCP/IP, NIC programming, battery backup, multicouplers, and duplexers.
• Recommend equipment based on customer requirements.
• Provide onsite customer support and communicate issues clearly.
• Assist regional projects with occasional overnight travel and on-call.

Skills

Two-way radio

RF propagation

Radio programming

Test equipment

Schematics reading

Base stations

BDA/DAS

Certifications desirable

Driver's license

Travel/on-call

Tools

Spectrum analyzers

Watt meters

TDRs/FDRs

Multimeters

Codeplugs

TCP/IP

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions in Chantilly, VA is seeking a Field Service Technician II to support installation, troubleshooting, programming, and maintenance of wireless communications systems for commercial and public-sector customers. This role is 100% onsite and requires independent field work.

You will troubleshoot complex radio equipment, work with Motorola, Kenwood, ICOM, Vertex, Harris, and EF Johnson gear; read schematics and blueprints; and travel regionally.