Metrea
501 - 1000 employees
Founded 2016
🎖️ Defense
🚀 Aerospace
🔐 Security
Defense • Aerospace • Security
Metrea is the originator and leading provider of "effects-as-a-service" to national security partners, designing, engineering, operating, and delivering full‑stack solutions across air, electromagnetic/cyber, and digital/synthetic mission domains. The company combines commercial technology and business models with operational expertise to rapidly field turnkey capabilities—such as Airborne ISR, special mission aviation, and aerial firefighting—delivered on an agile, pay-for-performance service basis. Metrea emphasizes vertical integration (lab-to-field), continuous improvement from operational feedback, and taking operational ownership and risk to produce mission outcomes for government and defense customers.
Mission Systems Technician
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Metrea
501 - 1000 employees
Founded 2016
🎖️ Defense
🚀 Aerospace
🔐 Security
Defense • Aerospace • Security
Metrea is the originator and leading provider of "effects-as-a-service" to national security partners, designing, engineering, operating, and delivering full‑stack solutions across air, electromagnetic/cyber, and digital/synthetic mission domains. The company combines commercial technology and business models with operational expertise to rapidly field turnkey capabilities—such as Airborne ISR, special mission aviation, and aerial firefighting—delivered on an agile, pay-for-performance service basis. Metrea emphasizes vertical integration (lab-to-field), continuous improvement from operational feedback, and taking operational ownership and risk to produce mission outcomes for government and defense customers.
📋 Description
• Install, configure, and maintain airborne ISR mission systems, including EO/IR sensor systems, tactical radios, mission computers, radar systems, data link systems, video networks, moving map software, and Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) equipment • Perform pre-mission system checks, field-level troubleshooting, and corrective maintenance to ensure mission readiness • Perform Windows and Linux system administration tasks, including scripting, log analysis, patch management, and user account management • Operate and interpret data from test equipment including spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, signal generators, network analyzers, and RF power meters to isolate faults and validate system performance • Configure and troubleshoot TCP/IP-based mission networks, including static routing, subnetting, VLAN tagging, and secure transport links • Diagnose and resolve faults across RF, power, and IP-based network interfaces using technical schematics, block diagrams, and support documentation • Conduct system software loads, firmware updates, and configuration management in accordance with program baselines and security requirements • Support integration and validation of new hardware or software packages in coordination with engineering and sustainment teams • Provide detailed technical feedback and field reports to support root cause analysis, continuous improvement, and lifecycle sustainment planning • Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support mission success, while leveraging clear written and verbal communication to articulate technical capabilities, limitations, support requirements, and areas for innovation
🎯 Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree or 6+ years of related work experience • Associate’s degree plus 4 years of related work experience • Minimum 3 years of experience supporting airborne ISR mission systems in deployed or field environments • Proficient in radar fundamentals and modes of operation (GMTI, MMTI, SAR, Weather, etc.) • Skilled in using RF test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, signal generators, power meters, and network analyzers • Strong understanding of RF signal paths, IP-based system interfaces, and TCP/IP routing concepts. • Familiar with reading technical schematics, wiring diagrams, and implementing configuration changes
🏖️ Benefits
• Private Medical Insurance • Subsided gym membership / plans through Wellhub • Electric Car scheme • Cycle to work scheme • Salary sacrificed pension scheme • Free lunch on office days • Enhanced Parental Leave • 30 days annual PTO plus b/h • Bonus Scheme • Personal development opportunities
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