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C26A AN/SSQ-137 Ship’s Signal Exploitation Equipment- SSEE Maintenance Technician

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Overview

An AN/SSQ-137 Ship's Signal Exploitation Equipment Maintenance Technician performs mobile cryptologic maintenance on systems installed aboard United States naval combatants. The technician configures, tests, certifies, troubleshoots, repairs, or replaces electronic equipment, antennas, interface networks, and ancillary equipment while implementing information assurance policy.

Minimum clearance: TS/SCI

Core Skills

  • Shipboard cryptologic system testing and certification
  • Antenna and interface network troubleshooting
  • Cryptologic system information assurance implementation

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Testing, troubleshooting, repairing, and replacing SSEE electrical and electronic equipment transfers directly to commercial and industrial electronics repair.

How to prepare: Practice diagnosing faults on a commercial electronics training bench and record the fault, test results, repair, and verification in a sample service report.

What the civilian work involves
  • Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment or software, and applying knowledge of the functional operation of electronic units and systems.
  • Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly.
  • Install repaired equipment in various settings, such as industrial or military establishments.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Circuit evaluation software
  • Computerized maintenance management system CMMS

Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

Maintaining SSEE electronics, antennas, and interface networks provides relevant experience for diagnosing and verifying telecommunications equipment.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on telecommunications equipment lab covering circuit fault isolation and post-repair testing against equipment specifications.

What the civilian work involves
  • Test circuits and components of malfunctioning telecommunications equipment to isolate sources of malfunctions, using test meters, circuit diagrams, polarity probes, and other hand tools.
  • Test repaired, newly installed, or updated equipment to ensure that it functions properly and conforms to specifications, using test equipment and observation.
  • Assemble and install communication equipment such as data and telephone communication lines, wiring, switching equipment, wiring frames, power apparatus, computer systems, and networks.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC C26A

    [1] NEC entry "C26A - AN/SSQ-137 Ship’s Signal Exploitation Equipment- SSEE Maintenance Technician"; cached text line 3150; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Shipboard cryptologic system testing and certification, Antenna and interface network troubleshooting, Cryptologic system information assurance implementation, Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00), Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers (O*NET 49-2022.00)

  2. O*NET: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00)

  3. O*NET: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers (O*NET 49-2022.00)

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