Electronics Engineer

Summary

Incumbent performs multiple, varying and complex assignments and plans implementation of projects/programs under limited direction of a manager, a project/program manager or more experienced engineer. Applies experience and advanced knowledge of engineering principles, theories and concepts applicable to his/her discipline to accomplish assignments, develop plans and techniques to improve programs and policies.

Duties

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Duties at the G band:

Applies basic knowledge of electronics engineering principles, theories and concepts to a mixture of basic and routine (but progressively more difficult) installation projects, assists more senior level field engineers in performing a range of activities associated with project installations: including monitoring contractor performance for quality assurance; reviewing and recommending schedules for approval; recommending approval of contractor submittals/drawings; ensuring compliance with safety/environmental standards and risk mitigation guidelines and the maintenance of project material inventories.

Provides support in drafting weekly status reports to installation coordinators and contracting officers along with written evaluations of installation materials and techniques.

Assists in the inspection of all work-in-progress and work completed; technical review of engineering packages with particular emphasis on electronic and automation engineering portions, assisting in project component testing, collection and documentation of Facility Reference Data File (FRDT) data.

Refers problems and work issues to a manager or more experienced engineer when existing guidelines are not available or applicable.

Duties at the H band:Applies experience and detailed knowledge of engineering principles, theories and concepts to plan and accomplish assignments. Demonstrates some independence in planning time and using assigned resources to accomplish assignments. Typical assignments include: Conducts site surveys for facilities and systems as well as develop and coordinate project scope, cost estimates, facility and NAS risk mitigation, project schedules, resource requirements and project closeout for assigned projects.

Performs construction and/or installation activities including the conduct of daily operations, overall schedule reviews, drawing approvals, project coordination, safety and environmental requirements and interfacing with logistics on contract award/modification and material acquisition.

Assists in the performance of COR/TOR duties for implementation of construction and installation activities.

Establish policies/procedures provide guidance for most assignments but allow some discretion to select the most appropriate approach. Refers difficult problems and work issues to a manager, program/project manager, team leader or more experienced engineer when guidelines are not available or applicable.

Duties at the I band:

Develops engineering designs and site adaptation of standard engineering designs. Conducts site surveys for facilities and systems, as well as develops and coordinates project scope, cost estimates, facility and NAS risk mitigation, project schedules, resource requirements and project closeout for assigned projects.

Conducts engineering analysis and studies for establishment, sustainment and maintenance projects. Estimates, manages and accounts for funding of assigned projects.

Initiates, modifies and assesses task orders/work releases/contracts with TSSC, NISC and others in response to changes in scope, performance and cost.

Reviews and approves contractor submittal. Interfaces with Logistics on contract award, modifications and materials acquisitions. Performs the full range of construction and/or installation activities including the conduct of daily operations, overall schedule reviews, drawing approvals, project coordination, safety and environmental requirements.

Performs the full range of COR/TOR duties for implementation construction and installation activities. Accountable for ensuring conformance with established FAA regulations, policies and procedures.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• ship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• This position has a positive education requirement. Transcript(s) required.

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENT:

To qualify for this position, you must have a degree in professional engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.

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A combination of education and experience college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering.

The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:

1. Professional registration or licensure Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.
2. Written Test Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
3. Specified academic courses Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A.
4. Related curriculum Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)

There is no specialized experience for the FV-G band.

To qualify for this position at the FV-H level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-G or FG/GS-5/7/9 level. Specialized experience performing engineering investigations and research.

To qualify for this position at the FV-I level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-H or FG/GS-11/12 level. Specialized experience developing engineering design package and collecting/analyzing engineering data, performing installations and recommending solutions.

For additional information on qualification requirements, please visit the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) website at:

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Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

Education

This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications. If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment. You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page).

Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration.

Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation may be verified at the following website: ;br>
Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university. A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered.

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Additional information

We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.

Position may be subject to a background investigation.

A one-year probationary period may be required.

The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. ;br>
Locality will be added based on duty location for the following:

Atlanta, GA- 23.79%

Queens, NY - 37.95%

Burlington, MA - 32.58%

Nashua, NH - 32.58%

Interviews:

Some, all or none of the applicants may be interviewed.

Requirement for Security Clearance: Selection and placement are contingent upon waiver or completion of satisfactory security requirements. For Low Risk (1), this position requires completion and favorable adjudication of a background investigation prior to appointment, unless a waiver is obtained. Subject to a 5-year period reinvestigation.

FAA's Core Compensation Plan:

This position is covered by the FAA Core Compensation plan. Additional information about core compensation is available on the following website: _here/benefits/

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