Electronic Engr 1 - Telecom

CorSource; Vancouver (WA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CorSource Technology Group seeks an Electronics Engineer 1 to support the Testing and Commissioning – Specialty Services, PSC organization. The engineer will install and troubleshoot telecom circuits, support capital construction projects, and coordinate field work across the Northwest region with frequent travel to field locations.

Responsibilities include startup/commissioning of communication facilities, documentation, and collaboration with SMEs and project managers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (prefer electronic or telecom engineering).
• Candidates within 3 months of graduation will be considered.
• 6 months of electrical engineering experience required (paid or training).

Responsibilities

• Compile technical results in summaries, reports, and graphics to support engineering staff.
• Perform engineering studies with SMEs and document findings.
• Participate in teams to research and test telecommunication equipment.
• Provide planning support and coordinate service plans with stakeholders.
• Use standard telecommunications guides and designs to correct errors from approved standards.
• Travel to remote sites to collect data for field issues.
• Start-up and commissioning of substation and control center communication facilities, including radios and fiber optics.
• Prepare equipment settings sheets and documentation for installed packages.
• Provide project scheduling updates and create technical reports for work accomplished.
• Install and integrate communications equipment per technical documentation.
• Maintain filing systems and ensure compliance with security and governance standards.

Skills

Oral and written communication

Electrical engineering fundamentals

Telecommunications concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering (electronic or telecommunications preferred)

Currently within 3 months of graduation

Job description

We are CorSource Technology Group, a locally owned technical staffing and recruiting firm in Portland, Oregon.

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Electronic Engr 1 - Telecom

12 months

This position closes to submittals on September 2nd.

Position requires the ability to meet federal background and compliance requirements.

OVERVIEW

Assignment

This contract electronics engineer 1 assignment will work in company’s Testing and Commissioning – Specialty Services, PSC organization (TETS). This electronics engineer will install and troubleshoot electronics and communication circuits on the company system and provide support for the planning, scheduling, and implementation of capital construction projects. Specifically, communication projects involving digital radios, fiber optics equipment, network management systems, and various types of command-and-control communications circuits. in its role as a regional transmission provider, must interface with diverse and sometimes incompatible communications equipment. This position will provide support for company’s capital program to enable the seamless integration of communications equipment and the command-and-control circuitry needed for the safe and reliable delivery of energy across the Northwest. Electronics Engineer 1 will perform all duties under the assistance and initial guidance of the engineers and/or the manager. The assignment’s official duty station will be at the Construction Services Building in Vancouver, Washington; however, the position involves up to 95% travel to various field locations across the company service area. Travel will be frequent and continuous over long periods of time.

The PSC Telecommunications function provides engineering, design, and field support for company’s telecommunication facilities and associated equipment. This includes fiber optics, analog/mobile radio, digital radio, power line carrier, operational telephone, microwave towers and antennas, emergency AC/DC power and uninterruptable power supply (UPS) systems, communications buildings, multiplex equipment, and monitoring systems including alarm system, Fault Locating Acquisition Reporter (FLAR), microwave monitor, wide area networks used for operational data and network management. This assignment provides professional engineering expertise in assisting the project manager and other engineering personnel in implementing projects; supporting field maintenance crews and operations; and other related engineering activities.

Organization

The company is a nonprofit federal power marketing administration based in the Pacific Northwest. Although the company is part of the U.S. Department of Energy, it is self-funding and covers its costs by selling its products and services. The company markets wholesale electrical power from 31 federal hydroelectric projects in the Northwest, one nonfederal nuclear plant and several small nonfederal power plants.

This full-time contract electronics engineer 1 assignment is located in the Testing and Commissioning Specialty Services (TETS) subgroup within the Engineering and Technical Services (TE) organization in the Transmission Services (T) business line of the company.

ASSIGNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

Note: All official drafts, documents and recommendations, as listed below, must be reviewed, finalized and approved / accepted by appropriate manager or other federal personnel with the authority to do so.

• Compile technical results in summary form such as tablets, reports, and graphics to support engineering staff.
• Perform engineering studies with assistance from TETS-PSC Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), and document findings in formal reports.
• Participate in teams to research and test telecommunication and related equipment.
• Provide planning support, coordinate plans of service with stakeholders, and implement plans for assigned projects.
• Use standard telecommunications guides, design templates, standards and specifications to correct any discovered errors or variance from approved engineering standard.
• Perform field research by traveling to remote sites to collect physical data.
• Provides start-up and commissioning of substation and control center communication facilities. Including radios (microwave, UHF, and VHF), multiplex equipment, telephone systems and fiber optic systems. Includes laboratory testing as well as field installation.
• Prepare equipment settings sheets and all other documentation required to install, and place in service the design packages associated with assigned projects.
• Provide project scheduling updates for project tracking, including entering data and creating technical reports for work accomplished.
• Perform installation and integration of communications equipment, utilizing technical documentation as required
• Mark documents and maintain filing system(s), files, emails, and records in accordance with compliance requirements. Share and disperse documents only to appropriate personnel (those with a Lawful Government Purpose (LGP) to know). Mark and maintain all official records in accordance with the Information Security (INFOSEC) and Information Governance & Lifecycle Management (IGLM) standards and procedures. Validate official records are accurately maintained for auditing purposes.

REQUIREMENTS

Education & Corresponding Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, preferably in electronic or telecommunications engineering, is required.
• Candidates 3 months from graduation will be considered. Proof of degree may be requested after graduation.
• 6 months of electrical engineering experience is required. (This can be paid or unpaid or part of training)
• Must have knowledge of engineering concepts, principles, and practices applicable to components and facilities found on a regional transmission system.

Required Technical Skills & Experience

• Skill in oral and written communication to effectively fulfill client, customer, and team requirements.

All qualified applicants at CorSource Technology Group will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.