Join our team as a Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) Technician, where you'll play a vital role in installing and maintaining cutting-edge wireless systems. You'll work with top-tier DAS technologies to deliver in-building wireless solutions, ensuring high-quality standards throughout the installation process. This position is hands-on, dynamic, and will require travel to various project locations across the nation.
As part of an installation team, you'll be responsible for reviewing designs, installing DAS infrastructure, and configuring advanced systems. You'll also handle fiber and coax terminations, splicing, testing, and troubleshooting for DAS Head End equipment, ensuring seamless integration and performance.
Key Responsibilities:
- DAS Equipment Installation: Install outdoor and indoor antennas, coaxial cables, CATV, fiber optic cables, CAT 5/6, DC power cables, and other relevant components following NEC standards.• Cabling & Testing: Place, prepare, terminate, and secure copper coaxial and optical fiber cables to respective connectors. Test and troubleshoot cables and antennas using JMA compression tools, Anritsu Sweep, PIM gear, and fusion splicing tools.• System Configuration & Integration: Configure and integrate DAS head-end equipment, including Rectifiers, Battery Systems, VoltServer, Commscope iON-B and iON-U, JMA Teko, and Corning Mobile Access systems. Work with monitoring components such as T1 and broadband backhaul circuits, routers, IP switches, and dry contact alarm systems.• Blueprint Reading: Interpret and follow design drawings, blueprints, and installation guides to ensure proper system installation.• Independent Work & Team Leadership: Work independently and/or direct a team of installers, ensuring all work is completed to the highest standards.• Documentation & Reporting: Maintain accurate documentation, including customer prints, project status updates, material usage, and expenses.• Mentorship & Leadership: Mentor less experienced technicians, ensuring proper training and adherence to best practices.• Warehouse & Inventory Assistance: Help with warehouse maintenance, inventory management, and material logistics as needed.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Experience: 1-4 years of telecommunications installation experience, with expertise in fiber, copper, and/or coaxial terminations and testing.• Certifications/Skills:o Fiber, copper, and/or coax certification or equivalent experience.o Experience with fiber optic cabling, terminations, testing, and troubleshooting (Corning and EXFO certifications are a plus).o Familiarity with JMA compression connectors, Anritsu Sweep, and PIM testing.o Knowledge of building fire and electrical codes (preferred).o Ability to read blueprints and construction drawings.o Solid skills in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.• Personal Traits: Fast learner with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.• Physical Requirements:o Ability to lift up to 80 lbs. unassisted.o Must be able to repeatedly ascend and descend ladders (6ft-14ft).o Capable of working in tight, confined spaces, such as attics and drop ceilings.o Ability to walk continuously across the job site while carrying ladders, tools, and installation materials.o Willingness to work in variable conditions (indoor/outdoor, cold/hot) and at heights of up to 30 feet.o Willingness to work nights, as needed.
Other Requirements:
- Travel: Must be willing to travel nationwide for project assignments lasting up to 4-6 weeks at a time with short breaks in between. Travel will constitute over 60% of the role.• Driver’s License: Must have a valid driver’s license.• Background Check & Drug Screening: Must pass a criminal background check, drug screening, and pre-employment physical.• Tools: Must provide basic hand tools.
Preferred Certifications (training and certification provided if needed):
- RF Awareness• OSHA 10 or OSHA 30• EXFO Splice/Test OTDR/iOLM• Anritsu PIM & Sweep• JMA (Connectors & TEKO DAS)• Ericsson RDS Structured Cabling Installation (incl. Dot Radio Installation)• SOLiD, Commscope – Ion-M, Ion-B, Ion-U, Ion-E• Corning Mobile Access – CMA & SpiderCloud• First Aid/CPR, UL Lockout/Tagout
What We Offer:
- Competitive Pay: $27.00 - $33.00 per hour.• Benefits Package: Health insurance, paid time off, vision insurance, company-paid life insurance.• Professional Growth: We offer company-paid training and certification opportunities to keep you at the top of your field.• Travel Perks: All transportation to and from project sites, plus per diem while on projects.• Tools Provided: Additional tools required to perform job duties will be supplied by the company.
Ready to Join the Team?
If you have the technical skills, passion for wireless systems, and the flexibility to travel, we encourage you to apply. Join us and be part of a forward-thinking team that values innovation, integrity, and growth.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $27.00 - $33.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Vision insurance
Physical Setting:
Application Question(s):
- Are you willing to undergo a background check, in accordance with local law and regulations?
- Are you willing and able to pass a drug screening?
- Are you comfortable working with heights up to 30 feet?
- Are you comfortable fitting into tight spaces and being expected to crawl through and work in small cramped spaces for extended periods of time?
- Have you worked as a DAS technician within the last 3 years?
- Can you read and understand construction drawings?
- Can you put on coax connectors (JMA, Andrews, Trilogy, etc.) Can you PIM test coax cable? Can you Sweep test coax cable? Can you Fusion Splice fiber? Can you OTDR test fiber?
- Are you willing to work nights extensively?
- This is an “on the road” position. Are you willing to travel for 4 to 6 weeks at a time with only 1 week breaks between deployments for greater than 60% of the year?
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- Driver's License (Required)
Work Location: On the road
