Requirements
Conditions of employment
- Must be a U.S. Citizen
- Selective Service requirements apply. Please visit http://www.sss.gov for more information
- Suitable for Federal employment determined by required background investigation
- Must obtain/maintain Secret security clearance
- Drug Testing Designated position: Yes
- May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
- Financial Disclosure: Required
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
- Recruitment/Relocation/Retention Incentive may be authorized at Management's discretion.
Qualifications
To qualify for an Electronics Engineer, NH-0855-03 position, your resume and supporting documentation must support:
A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the NH-02 (GS-11 equivalent) grade level in the Federal service:
- Communicating between internal functions (engineering, contracting, finance, legal, etc.), stakeholders, clients, and industry partners.
- Developing engineering requirements in conjunction with clients and reviewing technical aspects of contractor proposals.
- Formulating recommendations to management for changes to processes, policies, and practices.
- Managing engineering projects associated with engineering services acquisition and contractor technical surveillance.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
In addition to meeting qualifications, your application package must reflect the applicable experience to meet the Individual Occupational Requirements for the 0855 series.
A. Degree: 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 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.
OR
B. 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 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.)
*NOTE: Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position.
Education
Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.
**NOTE: Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position.
Additional information
Other Notes:
- Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
- Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
- The overall salary range listed above is provided for informational purposes as it represents the full range that is applicable to current employees in this occupation/grade; however, a selectee's initial pay is always set below the maximum rate of the range.
- Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Agency's interest.
- Relocation and/or Recruitment incentive may be authorized if determined by the Hiring Manager to be in the best interest of the Agency.
- Telework is available in accordance with DOD Policy basis. Remote work is not authorized.
ACQUISITION POSITION: This position requires a Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Engineering, Technical & Management, Practitioner level. Certification prior to hiring is not essential but must be accomplished within 36 months after entry into this position. For information regarding the DAWIA Back to Basics please visit:
Back to Basics - Helpful Resources (dau.edu)
- DAWIA (Back to Basics) Certification: NON-CAP: Position requires DAWIA Career Field Certification in Engineering & Technical Management, Practitioner level, within required timeframes. Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years. Click here for more details and Resources.
Re-employed Annuitant: If you have retired from civilian federal service and you are interested in employment as a re-employed annuitant, information can be found at:
Reemployed Annuitants | DCPAS (osd.mil)
Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see
Who Needs to Register | Selective Service System : Selective Service System (sss.gov))
All applicants must meet qualifications and eligibility criteria by the closing date of the announcement.Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
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