CMF Electronic Technician

Cumberland County; Fayetteville (NC); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Cumberland County Sheriff's Office seeks an Electronics Technician responsible for maintenance and repair of a wide range of electronic devices. You will calibrate, troubleshoot, and repair using standard equipment, following wiring diagrams and manuals.

Responsibilities include interpreting diagrams, installing devices, maintaining inventory, and possibly supervising helpers. Vehicle work may involve removal of striping and mounting equipment in various vehicles.

Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of electronic principles.
• Fundamentals of physical and applied electronics.
• Basic knowledge of mathematics as applied to electronics.
• Familiarity with operation and uses of standard test equipment.
• Ability to read schematics and maintenance manuals.
• Ability to systematically troubleshoot standard electronic devices.
• Understanding maintenance and electrical components of vehicles.
• Ability to learn and advance with technology.
• Ability to work with others or as an individual.
• Ability to collaborate with other divisions within the Sheriff's Office and County Government.
• Ability to fabricate parts to adapt equipment for vehicles.
• Ability to use computer programs to maintain inventory databases.
• Modify electrical components to add law enforcement equipment to vehicles.

Responsibilities

• Reads and interprets schematics, wiring diagrams, and manuals.
• Uses standard test equipment to troubleshoot and calibrate devices.
• Constructs and installs electronic devices from schematics.
• Evaluates and installs electronic devices.
• Maintains inventory of common electronic equipment.
• May supervise helpers.
• Tears down vehicles to install equipment.
• Fabricates brackets to mount equipment in vehicles.
• Removes vehicle striping for repurposing.

Skills

Electronics troubleshooting

Schematic interpretation

Test equipment operation

Vehicle electronics installation

Preventive maintenance

Education

High school diploma + 2-year electronics tech program

Tools

Oscilloscopes

VOMs

VTVMs

Signal generators

Transistor testers

Tube testers

Job description

This position is skilled work in the maintenance and repair of standard electronic devices. This position may either function as the agency or department-wide technician responsible for the maintenance and repair of electronic devices or involved in the same type of repair independently under a higher-level electronics technician. Employee calibrates, performs preventive maintenance, troubleshoots, and repairs a wide variety of electronic devices using standard equipment. Equipment repaired is generally well documented with wiring and schematic diagrams and factory maintenance manuals. Work is evaluated through analysis of equipment reliability and overall effectiveness of the repair.

• Reads and interprets schematic and wiring diagrams and factory maintenance manuals
• Operates standard test equipment such as oscilloscopes, VOM's, VTVM's, signal generators, transistor testers, and tube testers in troubleshooting and calibrating electronic devices
• Constructs and installs electronic devices following detailed schematic diagrams and instructions.
• Evaluates and install electronic devices.
• May maintain an inventory of the more commonly used electronic equipment.
• May recommend additional shop equipment or replacement of equipment to supervisor.
• May supervise helpers.
• Tear down vehicles as required to remove or install needed law enforcement equipment into both new and older vehicles.
• Fabricate the necessary brackets needed to mount equipment into different vehicles.
• Removal of vehicle striping for repurposing as needed.

Graduation from high school supplemented by completion of a two-year technical school course in electronics or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Each applicant who tendered an offer for employment with the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office will be tested for the use of drugs specified in the county policy. A thorough background check will be conducted and if selected, the employee must submit fingerprints.
Must have or obtain and maintain a valid North Carolina driver's license with an acceptable driving record.

• A basic knowledge of electronic principles.
• A basic knowledge of the fundamentals of physical and applied to electronics.
• A basic knowledge of mathematical principles as applied to electronic circuit analysis.
• Familiarity with the operation and uses of the standard test equipment.
• Ability to read and understand schematic and wiring diagrams, and maintenance manuals.
• Ability to systematically troubleshoot standard electronic devices.
• Ability to understand basic maintenance and electrical components of vehicles.
• Ability to learn and advance with technology.
• Ability to work with others or as an individual.
• Ability to work with other Divisions within the Sheriff's Office and within County Government.
• Ability to fabricate parts to adapt existing equipment to fit into different vehicles.
• Ability to use computer programs to maintain inventory databases.
• Modify electrical components to add law enforcement equipment to vehicles.