Field Service Engineer

About Us

When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture.

The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields - each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders.

At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more!

If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences - then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you!

Job Overview

Provide and support customer SPECTRUM MANAGEMANT branch with all essential duties and job functions in all facets of integration services as required.

Work Model: Onsite

Responsibilities

Essential Duties & Job Functions:

• Provide SME-level RF electronics technical support for USCG HF shipboard systems and assist in the sustainment activities required to support USCG shipboard HF communications systems
• Conduct reviews of Engineering Changes to assess any potential EMI/RADHAZ impacts to proposed changes.
• Analyze plans and programs, integrate with external agencies accomplishing equipment acquisition, and participate in Test and Evaluation and strategic planning activities.
• Develop test plans that define the type of testing (e.g. functional, performance, usability) and the test level (e.g. unit, integration, field testing) to be performed for EMI/RADHAZ analysis and testing.
• Conduct reviews of Engineering Changes to assess any potential EMI/RADHAZ impacts to proposed changes.
• Deploy to sites as required to resolve reported EMI/RADHAZ issues in the field.
• Conduct testing onboard Coast Guard Cutters and shore sites to ensure Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) is maintained between systems.
• Assist engineers in conducting studies for EMI and RADHAZ.
• Construct Lab Mockups of RF equipment to test EMI conditions seen in the field.
• Maintain calibration and necessary repairs of all EMI government furnished equipment.
• Assess and repair RF connectors and cabling as required for EMI/RADHAZ studies.

Job Requirements

Mandatory:

• Must be a U.S. citizen.

• Active Secret Security Clearance.

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or electrical engineering technology or

• Certification in an advanced electronics program from a technical school and ten (10) years RF communications system experience to include electronics design and installation plan development.

• Three (3) years of experience supporting MF/HF/VHF/UHF & SATCOMM U.S. Coast Guard (or U.S. Navy) shipboard systems.

• Familiarization with Automatic Link Establishment (ALE) radios

• Prior experience with federal government contracting with a preference for experience supporting USCG customers onsite.

• Must be able to successfully pass a pre-employment background check and pre-hire drug test.

Reasonable Accommodation:

CGS will provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Chugach Government Solutions or any of its subsidiaries, please email ada@chugachgov.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Chugach is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, disability, genetic factors, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.