ELECTRONICS ENGINEER

Full Job Description

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer.

Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer.

Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

GS-12 - $102,415 - $133,142 GS-13 - $121,785 - $158,322 GS-13: Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience administering support to the specification of requirements, the development of systems or software, the transition of the systems or software to operation, and other operations.

Experience utilizing expertise to participate as an effective member of the USNO team. Experience conducting certain types of work that span from applied research, through development, to operations.

Experience processing of (defined as the application of algorithms to improve the quality of, or extract relevant parameters from, raw data) and analysis of (defined as the application of algorithms in order to extract relevant information from processed data) data in support of the mission area.

GS-12: Your resume must also 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: The purpose of this developmental position is to provide for a period during which the selected employee will gain experience through progressively more responsible assignments.

The incumbent will work under gradually decreasing supervisory controls until such time as the incumbent is fully qualified to assume the full range of duties and responsibilities, as described in the target position.

Supervision will become less detailed as the incumbent acquires additional knowledge and experience.

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/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf OR https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/electronics-engineering-series-0855/ 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 support the specification of requirements, the development of systems or software, the transition of the systems or software to operations, and other operations.
• You will participate as an effective member of the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO) team and perform applied research, development, and operations.
• You will participate in the processing of the application of algorithms to improve the quality of or extract relevant parameters from raw data and analysis of data in support of the mission area.
• You will write and present scientific and technical material to audiences ranging from USNO staff to governmental or international experts.
• You will create standard operating procedures (SOP), documenting software, and documenting the requirements and design review of projects.
• You will perform a wide variety of research with the goal of contributing toward DoD related problems of current interest.