Electronic-optronic technician

Do you want a career where technology and action meet? As an Electronic-Optronic Technician in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), you’ll service fire control systems to ensure weapons are accurate and mission-ready.

This position is available full-time.

Pay & Benefits

The CAF offers a range of benefits to ensure members are well supported. These include:

• Competitive salary starting from $4,337 - $6,413/month for new recruits who join the Regular Force under the Direct Entry plan
• New pay increases: earn more from the start
• Signing Bonus paid in installments at key service milestones
• Training opportunities
• Vacation, parental, and other types of paid leave
• Health, dental, and vision coverage
• Counseling, and relocation support services
• Pension plan
• Stimulating workplace that promotes respect, belonging, and work-life balance

Overview

As an Electronic-Optronic Technician, your primary duties are to:

• Repair surveillance and thermal observation systems
• Maintain vehicle satellite navigation systems
• Maintain fibre-optic systems
• Repair laser systems
• Maintain optical, electrical and electronic test equipment
• Repair portable and trailer-mounted power-generating systems
• Operate and maintain general-purpose and specialized tools and equipment
• Drive military-pattern vehicles

You will find a comprehensive list of the primary duties on the forces.ca website.

This position is similar to the following:

• Electronic Engineering Technologist
• Electro-Mechanical Technician
• Surveillance/Thermal Equipment Technician
• Optical/Optronic Technician
• Laser Equipment Technician

To be eligible to apply to the CAF, you must:

• Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident living in Canada;
• Be at least 18 years old (17 years old with parental consent), except:
  • For the Paid Education programs, you may be 16 years old (with parental consent);
  • For the Primary Reserve, you may be 16 years old (with parental consent) and must be enrolled as a full-time student;
• Have completed at least Grade 10 or Secondary IV in Québec (some jobs need higher levels of education).

Required Education

The minimum required education for this position is the completion of the provincial requirements for Grade 10 or Secondary 4 in Quebec, including Grade 10 Applied Math or Math 416/CST 4 in Quebec, and any science course at the Grade 10 level or Secondary 4 level in Quebec.

Foreign education may be accepted.

Direct Entry Plan

The ideal candidate will already have a college diploma, the CAF will decide if your academic program matches the training criteria for this job and may place you directly into any required on-the-job training program following basic training.

Join the CAF

To learn more about becoming an Electronic-Optronic Technician, visit www.forces.ca, talk to a recruiter at a centre near you: www.forces.ca/en/find-a-recruiting-centre or call 1-800-856-8488.

Explore over 100 different career opportunities at www.forces.ca/en/careers.

Job Type: Full-time