Electronics Engineer
Federal Communications Commission
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ELECTRONICS ENGINEER
Naval Sea Systems Command
Department of the Navy
Location
Salary
$90,838 - $118,092
per year
Type
Full-Time
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GS-11 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves reviewing and approving designs for electronic communication systems on Navy ships, ensuring they meet safety and performance standards while overseeing contractor work.
A good fit would be an experienced engineer who enjoys technical problem-solving in a naval or defense setting and has a background in electronics or electrical systems.
It's ideal for someone detail-oriented who can handle both hands-on checks and administrative tasks.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-11 level or equivalent, evaluating engineering products like drawings and manuals for electronic or interior communications systems
- Professional engineering background in electrical or electronics fields
- Ability to review and evaluate designs for voice, video, alarms, and indications on naval vessels
- Skills in maintaining surveillance over contractor-prepared technical data and plans
- Experience assessing technical adequacy against contract, operational, and safety requirements
- Oversight capabilities in configuration management for communications and control networks
- Proficiency in performing ship checks and resolving hardware/software interface issues
Full Job Description
You will serve as a ELECTRONICS ENGINEER for the Electrical Engineering Division, Engineering Department of SUPSHIP.
You will carry out technical and associated administrative tasks pertaining to the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Field for all contracts.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: as a professional engineer evaluating engineering products for electronic or interior communications systems or components (e.g., drawings, tech manuals, operating procedures, departures from specification).
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Major Duties:
- You will review and evaluate designs of interior communications systems, such as voice, video and alarms/indications for major combatant Naval vessels from working plans prepared by contractor personnel.
- You will maintain surveillance of the preparation, review and evaluation of working plans, vendor plans, and other technical data prepared or presented by the contractor to determine the adequacy and acceptability of the product.
- You will evaluate the technical data submitted and determine the technical adequacy with respect to contract requirements, operational performance and safety requirements.
- You will provide oversight of the contractor in the configuration management of various interior communications networks and integrated control networks.
- You will perform ship check functions and resolve technical problems in cognizant systems with respect to interfaced hardware and software issues.
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