Job Description
Job Title: P25 Radio Communications Engineer
Location: Dimondale, MI, (Hybrid)-Onsite from day 1, two days a week.
Position Type: Contract
Interview Mode: MS Teams
References are required for this position. Please include a separate attachment with your submission that includes 2-3 professional references. Each reference should include the name, email, phone number, and their position title/company name.
Requirements:
- Three years of experience as a Radio/Communications Technician
- Two years of experience with P25 Radio Programming (Motorola & Kenwood)
Desired Experience:
- Military/Public Safety/Radio Communications (not Network)
- Two-way radio experience
- Previous P25 encryption experience/KMF (AES)
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
- Duties may involve use of personal vehicle
- FCC General Radio Telephone License, APCO Certificate, or approved equivalent
Education:
- No educational requirement
Duty 1:
This position is the recognized resource for building radio programming templates for all MPSCS radios in the Metro Region totaling 44,401 radios Individual tasks related to the duty:
- Identify radio programming needs through written request, user contract, related task, or MPSCS initiated change/requirement.
- Contacts user to define and verify all requested changes.
- Develop prototype template for field-testing.
- Requests radio IDs and Talkgroup IDs for radio templates.
- Build radio templates for MPSCS radios in Metro region.
- Quality checks templates for accuracy and removes errors.
- Builds archives as required for distribution to field units for radio programming.
- Coordinate reprogramming of all appropriate field units.
Duty 2:
Using EAM, Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel, this position is responsible for compiling, recording and making database entries into the EAM system and associated databases used by MPSCS.
- Complies equipment information for EAM and associated databases.
- Determines billing levels appropriate for each radio template.
- Inputs equipment and associated information into EAM associated databases.
- Quality checks EAM and databases as required for accuracy of radio records.
Duty 3:
This position is responsible for the programming of MPSCS radios.
- Programs MPSCS radios with appropriate templates and encryption codes.
- Supports MPSCS field staff as required for programming of MPSCS radios.
Duty 4:
This position supports other technical areas of MPSCS as required.
- Supports NCC in programming IDs and Talkgroups.
- Investigates issues related to MPSCS radios operations on the system.
- Supports evaluation of new radios for compliance with technical and performance standards as required by the MPSCS.
- Tests new programming software and providing field support for new programming software.
- Responds to requests for information regarding radio templates and associated records in EAM and databases.
Duty 5:
Other duties as assigned.
- Respond to internal and external emails.
- Recorded hours and associated activity reports.
- Routine paperwork and records in support of this position.
- General housekeeping of work area.
- As required in support of the MPSCS.