Electronics Technician

5 months ago


Perth, Australia CSIRO Full time

**Acknowledgement of Country**:
CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation

**Child Safety**:
CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy.

**The Opportunity**:
**A great opportunity to combine the advantages of a relaxed, ocean-side lifestyle with a leading-edge technology job at a world-class science and technology research facility.**

Space and Astronomy (S&A) manages CSIRO’s world-class facilities for radio astronomy and spacecraft tracking. We are internationally renowned for our radio astronomy research and engineering expertise, and closely engaged with construction of the SKA, a €2 billion international project in radio astronomy sited jointly in Western Australia and South Africa.

The next-generation **Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP)** is operated at Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, CSIRO’s Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, in Western Australia.

ASKAP is a new, world-class radio telescope comprising 36 fully-steerable antennas equipped with novel Phased Array Feed receivers (PAFs) designed and built by CSIRO. ASKAP is already producing high impact science results and has recently commenced its initial 5-year survey program for which it was designed, which will map the cm-radio sky to unprecedented depths of sensitivity, discovering tens of millions of new galaxies.

We are seeking an** Electronics Technician** to be part of the support team for ASKAP Operations.

You will work under broad supervision and guidance to provide technical support of complex digital, analogue and radio frequency systems including the PAF receivers, digital signal processing, control and monitoring, and timing systems.

The role includes participating in planning for critical systems maintenance activities, fault finding and testing.

You will be part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team located on our Geraldton site, but working at times within the broader ATNF technical team including at our Marsfield Headquarters to maintain operational support.

Please note: Frequent travel to the Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, CSIRO’s Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (approx. 350km northeast of Geraldton) will be required. Visits will be typically five days in duration and require overnight stays at the Boolardy accommodation facility.

**Your duties will include**:

- Working within a small multi-disciplinary team to monitor system performance and maintain the Observatory electronics systems, to ensure the highest levels of availability required for the National Facility.
- Undertaking repairs to electronic equipment and modules down to component level.
- Travelling occasionally to other ATNF sites, as required, to assist with installation and maintenance of electronics systems.
- Actively contributing to written and online documentation associated with equipment repair and maintenance, including management of system drawings and schematics, and configuration management.
- Travelling frequently to the site of the ASKAP radio telescope, some 350km northeast of Geraldton.

**Location**:Geraldton, WA

**Salary**:AU$68,148 to AU$86,733 plus up to 15.4% superannuation

**Tenure**:Indefinite

**Reference**:93353

**To be considered you will need**:
**Essential**
- A relevant Electronics Certificate, Associate Diploma or equivalent in Electrical/Electronic/RF Engineering.
- Demonstrated experience in diagnosing electronics systems and aptitude for advancing system knowledge.
- Willingness to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary, regionally dispersed team, and to carry out tasks autonomously.
- Demonstrated experience with soldering, rework of PCBs and electronic modules as well as mechanical assembly.
- Willingness to travel to other CSIRO sites for training and professional development or to assist with the repairs, installation or maintenance of equipment.
- The ability and willingness to operate elevated work platforms to access heights up to 25m above the ground.
- Demonstrated commitment to safe work practices, environmental sustainability and the principles of equity and diversity.
- A current Class ‘C’ Australian driver’s licence (or equivalent).

**Desirable**
- An understanding of RF systems and a mechanical aptitude.
- Experience with data cabling including working with optic fibre installation and splicing.
- Familiarity with modern project management platforms and/or collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence.
- Willingness to work with computer aided drafting (CAD).

For full details about this role please review the Position Description.

**Eligibility**:
**Flexible Working Arrangements**:
We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for



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