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Simulator Technician III - W-TRS Home station Instrumentation Training Systems (HITS) Fort Riley, Kansas
CBA role :
Working across the globe, V2X builds smart solutions designed to integrate physical and digital infrastructure from base to battlefield. We bring 120 years of successful mission support to improve security, streamline logistics, and enhance readiness. Aligned around a shared purpose, our $3.9B company and 16,000 people work alongside our clients, here and abroad, to tackle their most complex challenges with integrity, respect, responsibility, and professionalism.
Job Summary:
Simulator Technician III Senior- Leads simulation maintenance activities including resourcing and training other simulator technicians. Performs scheduled, preventive, and corrective maintenance on the Homestation Instrumentation Training Systems (HITS) simulation equipment following technical manuals, preventive maintenance checklists, or industry best practices when no checklist is available.
Responsibilities
Job Description:
*Informs the site lead of the maintenance timelines for both staffed and unstaffed sites, including notifying when personnel need to travel for maintenance purposes or to support increased demand.
* Ensures maintenance tasks do not conflict with training, exercises, and testing.
* Records all maintenance activities in real-time in InSITE.
*Adheres to warranty terms for maintained items, tracking them by part number, serial number, and location.
*Sets up and tests simulation equipment to confirm they work as expected, including interoperability and operation verification.
*Monitors hardware baselines, reverting to previous versions if updates fail.
* Analyzes maintenance trends, tracks component consumption, manages obsolescence, implements risk management strategies, and conducts failure analysis to minimize risks and improve system reliability.
* Responsible for configuration management of all maintenance on simulation devices. Installs modifications or upgrade kits as per manufacturer's instructions.
*May serve as a lead onsite.
*Must be able to travel CONUS and OCONUS to support training events and maintenance activities.
* May also be responsible for installing and maintaining software and hardware installs and managing patches and security compliance for installed applications and operating systems.
Degree(s)/Years of Experience:
(10+BA/BS or 5+MA/MS) or (14+AA/No Degree).
Certification(s):
Basic Electronic Technical Certificate
Clearance:
NACI Background Check.
Qualifications
Required Experience
*Experience in leading simulation maintenance activities including resourcing and training other simulator technicians.
* Experience in performing scheduled, preventive, and corrective maintenance on Training Aids, Devices, Simulators and Systems (TADSS) equipment following technical manuals, preventive maintenance checklists, or industry best practices when no checklist is available.
* Experience in informing the site lead of the maintenance timelines for both staffed and unstaffed sites, including notifying when personnel need to travel for maintenance purposes or to support increased demand.
*Experience in ensuring maintenance tasks do not conflict with training, exercises, and testing.
*Experience in recording all maintenance activities in real-time in the Management Information System (MIS).
*Experience in adhering to warranty terms for maintained items, tracking them by part number, serial number, and location.
* Experience in setting up and testing simulation equipment to confirm they work as expected, including interoperability and operation verification.
* Experience in monitoring hardware baselines, reverting to previous versions if updates fail.
*Experience in analyzing maintenance trends, tracking component consumption, managing obsolescence, implementing risk management strategies, and conducting failure analysis to minimize risks and improve system reliability.
*Experience in being responsible for configuration management of all maintenance on simulation devices.
* Experience in installing modifications or upgrading kits as per manufacturer's instructions.
*Experience in serving as a lead onsite.
* Experience in installing and maintaining software and hardware installs and managing patches and security compliance for installed applications and operating systems.
V2X is committed to building a diverse and inclusive environment in which we recognize and value each other's differences as well as fostering a culture that promotes its core values: Professionalism, Integrity, and Respect. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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