Radio Technician

Radio Unit Technician

Location: Los Angeles, CA

GENERAL

· The Los Angeles Unified School District seeks qualified proposers to provide a Radio Unit Technician for the Information Technology Services. LAUSD intends to use the results of this solicitation process to award a work order to the responsive and responsible proposer.

REQUIREMENTS

· Must be able to read and use a variety of schematics, plans, and specifications.

· Knows how to use test equipment related to the maintenance of microwave and radio communications equipment.

· Must be able to diagnose and repair malfunctions in microwave and radio systems.

· Must be able to climb and work from ladders

· Must be knowledgeable with electronics theory as related to two-way radio communications equipment

· Must know digital technologies such as P25 and various modulation schemes such as LSM (Linear Simulcast Modulation), CQPSK, and C4FM

· Must be knowledgeable with the principles related to encrypted and secure communications such as AES and DES

· Must be capable of basic mathematics necessary to solve functional electronic equations

· Must be knowledgeable with the principles, practices, methods, terminology, and trends in microwave and radio used to support two-way radio systems

· Must know how to operate electronic testing equipment used in the service and maintenance of radio and microwave systems

· Must be knowledgeable with the Federal Communications Commission regulations regarding radio systems and operations

· Must be knowledgeable with the networking principles, protocols, and infrastructure related to radio communications and systems

· Required to know the safety practices related to the operation and maintenance of RF-related equipment

· Need to know how to use various types of radio systems such as conventional and trunking radio systems

· Must have experience using CAD systems as they relate to dispatching

· Must have experience with logging recorders as it relates to radio dispatching

· Must know how to use Microsoft Windows Operating Systems and Office Suite programs