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V16A AEGIS Radar System (SPY-1B/D) Technician

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Overview

The AEGIS SPY-1B/D radar system technician performs organizational level preventive and corrective maintenance using the Operational Readiness Test system MK-1 and applicable technical documentation. The technician isolates faults, tests, aligns, and repairs equipment, and operates system consoles during tactical situations and test and evaluation.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • MK-1 operational readiness test system use
  • Equipment fault isolation, alignment, and repair
  • Combat system console operation during evaluations

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Organizational-level preventive maintenance, fault isolation, alignment, and repair transfer directly to diagnosing and servicing industrial electronic equipment.

How to prepare: Practice diagnosing an industrial electronic unit using its service documentation, then record the fault, repair, and verification results in a maintenance log.

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.
  • Maintain equipment logs that record performance problems, repairs, calibrations, or tests.
  • Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Circuit evaluation software
  • Computerized maintenance management system CMMS

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Readiness testing, equipment alignment, and combat-system test and evaluation experience overlap with electronics bench testing and equipment performance analysis.

How to prepare: Build a civilian bench-test work sample that documents the test setup, measured performance, fault-isolation steps, and verification against equipment specifications.

What the civilian work involves
  • Modify, maintain, or repair electronics equipment or systems to ensure proper functioning.
  • Set up and operate specialized or standard test equipment to diagnose, test, or analyze the performance of electronic components, assemblies, or systems.
  • Read blueprints, wiring diagrams, schematic drawings, or engineering instructions for assembling electronics units, applying knowledge of electronic theory and components.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC V16A

    [1] NEC entry "V16A - AEGIS Radar System (SPY-1B/D) Technician"; cached text line 13272; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: MK-1 operational readiness test system use, Equipment fault isolation, alignment, and repair, Combat system console operation during evaluations, Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00), Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3023.00)

  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: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3023.00)

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