Instrumentation Engineer-DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY Job in Alamogordo, NM

Vacancy No. AFTC-12614581-TW-FLYER Department Department of the Air Force - Agency Wide
Salary $86,962.00 to $134,435.00 Grade 3 to 3
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 11/19/2024 Close Date 11/26/2024
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Locations:
Alamogordo, NM


Summary

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In this position you will serve as an electronics engineer, providing engineering expertise for instrumenting rocket sled tests. Work with DoD and other customers to design, develop and execute high speed rocket sled ground tests.

Duties

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  • Performs professional electronics engineering work involved in the application of advanced theories, concepts, principles, and processes. Applies expert knowledge and mastery of advanced engineering theories, principles, concepts, standards, and methods to ensure assigned projects remain consistent with program objectives, costs, schedules, performance criteria, and existing policies.
  • Plans, organizes, directs, and coordinates significant and complex projects involving the application of sled test instrumentation design and data collection.
  • Applies experimental theories, new applications or developments to improve operations and/or resolve unique or complex/controversial problems, conditions, or issues in the area of instrumentation system design.
  • Functions as organization's technical specialist in electronics engineering for critical systems and devices.
  • Establishes technical objectives and requirements, evaluates design concepts for required performance criteria, parameters, characteristics, and interrelationships. Assesses requirements against a range of diverse considerations, including safety and human factors, technical risks, functionality, reliability, failure analysis, quality assurance, cost, and environmental impact.
  • Provides recommendations for advancing programs and/or oversees changes in production methods or materials directed by changes in requirements, technological advances, or shortcomings in design and/or performance.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • U.S. Citizenship Required
  • Up to 20% telework possible (must reside in local area)
  • If authorized, PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at: https://afciviliancareers.com/regulatory/
  • Obtain and maintain a SECRET Security clearance
  • Locations are not negotiable. The actual duty locations available may be located on the Air Force Civilian Service website.
  • This position MAY be eligible for a recruitment/relocation incentive. Specifics will be discussed with the Selecting Official.
  • This position MAY be eligible for a Student Loan Repayment (SLR) incentive. Specifics will be discussed with the Selecting Official.
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited institution in an engineering, scientific or mathematical discipline that meets OPM engineering requirements.
  • Must obtain Practitioner Level Test and- Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY) approximately 30 days or less per year. Evaluation Acquisition Professional Development Program Certification within four years of hire date
  • Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY) approximately 30 days or less per year.
  • The work may require the employee to drive a motor vehicle. An appropriate, valid driver’s license may be required for the position.
  • May be required to acquire and maintain certification(s), such as Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP).
  • Employee may be required to work overtime.

Qualifications

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In order to qualify, you must meet the individual occupational requirements for Professional Engineering Positions located here or the Computer Science Series located here.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower broadband NH-02 or equivalent to the next lower grade GS-11 in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience in technical expert for the organization in electronics engineering and computer science assignments concerning instrumentation, data acquisition and controls; employee provides technical leadership and management to ensure project/program success. Work encompasses several phases of the development process in which the employee guides and evaluates the design and development activities of others.

Desired Skills:
  • A working knowledge of MATLAB Software
  • Knowledge of circuit design and electrical loads analysis
  • Working knowledge of experimental techniques with emphasis on data acquisition, data validation/analysis and data presentation
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
1. Knowledge of professional electronics, computer engineering or computer science theories, concepts, principles, practices, standards, methods, techniques, and materials, to effectively apply advanced engineering theories, computer software, or computer hardware architectural principles, and concepts to project development, execution, and advisory services.
2. Knowledge of the principles of planning and program management; standard acquisition regulations, practices, and procedures; and other engineering or computer software disciplines.
3. Ability to research, evaluate, interpret, and apply rules, regulations, and procedures to a variety of situations and to recommend timely and economical solutions.
4. Ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and with technical accuracy, both orally and in writing, as well as work in a professional manner with peers, management, contractors, academia, and other agencies.
5. Knowledge of safety, security, personnel management, and EEO regulations, practices, and procedures.
6. Ability to plan, organize, and direct the functions and mentor, motivate, and appraise the staff of an
organization.

Education

Basic requirements for 0855, 0801, and 0854:
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.)

Basic requirements for 1550:
Bachelor's degree in computer science or bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus. All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions.

Additional information

Direct Hire Authority: NO 6-MONTH WAIT! Recently retired and/or retiring from MILITARY service ARE eligible for immediate appointment for AFTC positions. The 180-day waiting period has been waived for AFTC to hire recently retired and/or retiring service members.

Air Force Civilian Service Employment Benefits:
Paid Time Off:

  • 11 Federal Holidays off per year
  • Vacation time (Annual Leave) accumulates based on length of employment. Starts at 13 days (104 hours) per year and up to 26 days (208 hours) per year
  • 13 sick days per year (104 hours)

Retirement:
  • Pension: Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS)
  • 401K: Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) available with up to 5% agency matching

Health & Wellness:
  • Various Medical, Dental & Vision packages to choose from for entire family
  • Flexible Spending Account
  • Federal Long Term Care Insurance, and Life & Disability Insurance

Work/Life Balance:
  • Family and Medical Leave Act
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Flexible Work Arrangements (dependent on position)

Career Development:
  • Tuition Assistance & Professional Development opportunities
  • Career enhancement and promotion opportunities

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Equal Opportunity Employer. U.S. citizenship required. Must be of legal working age.

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Benefits

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How You Will Be Evaluated

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Required Documents

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If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

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Air Force Test Center Recruitment
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JBSA Randolph AFB, TX 78150
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