Senior NAVAIDS Technician Versar, Inc.

Who You Are:

Seeking a full-time professional in Iraq supporting a Navigational Aids (NAVAIDS) Maintenance & Repair Support project. This position supports 24/7 aviation operations in a deployed environment and ensures safe, efficient, and compliant airfield operations while supporting mission-critical systems.

What You ll Do:

• Maintain, inspect, troubleshoot, calibrate, repair, and certify NAVAIDS systems including ILS, VOR, TACAN, DME, NDB, airfield beacons, and associated communications interfaces.
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance in accordance with FAA, ICAO, DoD, OEM, and contract requirements.
• Conduct diagnostics, performance testing, alignment, calibration, and fault isolation of NAVAIDS equipment and subsystems.
• Analyze technical data, schematics, wiring diagrams, and equipment manuals to identify and correct system deficiencies.
• Perform system commissioning, acceptance testing, and operational verification following maintenance activities.
• Monitor equipment performance and recommend repairs, upgrades, or replacement actions to maintain operational readiness.
• Maintain detailed maintenance records, inspection reports, calibration data, and configuration documentation.
• Coordinate maintenance activities with Airfield Management, Operations, ATC, and other stakeholders.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior technicians and assist with workforce training.
• Respond to emergency outages and restore critical NAVAIDS systems within required response timelines.
• Ensure compliance with electrical safety, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), environmental, and quality control requirements.
• Support airfield operational readiness inspections and mission support activities.

What You ll Bring:

Required Qualifications

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must have computer skills and be able to operate a variety of computer programs.
• Must be able to speak, read and write English fluently.
• Must maintain a valid driver's license from their home country with validity for 12 months from on-site employment date.
• Must maintain a valid passport from their home country with validity for 12 months from the wheels-up deployment date to the site.
• Must satisfy and maintain all medical screening requirements.
• Ability to perform essential job duties in a deployed environment.

Additional Required Qualifications

• Associate degree, military technical training, or equivalent formal training in Avionics, Electronics, Communications, Electrical Systems, or related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of experience maintaining and repairing NAVAIDS systems.
• Hands-on experience with ILS, VOR, TACAN, DME, NDB, airfield beacons, and related navigation systems.
• Technical certification in avionics, electronics, communications, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience performing calibration, alignment, troubleshooting, and fault isolation of electronic navigation systems.
• Ability to read and interpret technical manuals, schematics, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, and OEM documentation.
• Experience using electronic test equipment including multimeters, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and related diagnostic tools.
• Experience supporting aviation, military airfield, FAA, ICAO, or DoD operations.
• Experience supervising or mentoring technicians preferred.
• Ability to work rotating shifts, weekends, holidays, and emergency call-outs as required.