Electronics Engineer

Full Job Description

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.

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.

OR 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: 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.

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.

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.

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.) SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: To qualify for this position at the FV-G level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-F, FG/GS-9.

Specialized experience includes: Demonstrated general knowledge of the application (a) the physical and engineering sciences and mathematics, (b) electronic phenomena, and (c) the principles.

techniques, and practices of electronics. engineering.

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 includes: Applied knowledge of, and experience with (a) the physical and engineering sciences and mathematics, (b) electronic phenomena, and (c) the principles, techniques, and practices of electronics engineering.

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 includes: Advanced knowledge of, and experience with (a) the physical and engineering sciences and mathematics, (b) electronic phenomena, and (c) the principles, techniques, and practices of electronics engineering.

For additional information on qualification requirements, please visit the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) website at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

Major Duties:

G Band: Requires basic knowledge of electrical engineering. Electrical engineering covers complex navigational systems (RADAR, Instrument Landing, Localizer, Glide slope, Weather and Communication).

Review National Change Proposals and provides input. Receives training in the various phases of engineering work as classroom instruction and/or on-the-job training assignments.

Conducts routine project activities and technical surveys or inspections and prepares reports. Work activities typically support the work of other employees and activities of the organizational unit.

Tasks assigned include Identifying and resolving National Airspace System operational problems within their specialized area.

The engineer analyzes impacts of Obstruction Evaluation/ Airport Airspace Analysis (OE/AAA) and Non-Rulemaking Activity (NRA) on NAS operations in accordance with established orders, standards, codes and drawings or other specifications.

Makes few independent technical decisions and these are of a routine nature with ample precedent or clearly defined procedures as guidance.

H band: Applies experience and detailed knowledge of engineering principles, theories, and concepts to plan and accomplish assignments.

Typically requires skill in the use of relevant computer applications.

Assists senior engineers in project accomplishment and performing technical tasks requiring accuracy in calculations, completeness of data, and adherence to prescribed testing, analysis, design, and/or computation methods.

Designs work of limited scope; inspections; site survey team member; collecting and analyzing data; implementation; performing trend analyses; engineering testing; and recommending improvements to the design and/or operation of systems, equipment, or processes.

Contacts are primarily internal to the organizational unit, major subdivision, and LOB, with some contact with contractors, and external organizations.

Contacts are typically intended to share information, provide data and/or written analyses, and to discuss the status of assignments.

I band: Applies experience and advanced knowledge of engineering principles, theories, and concepts applicable to his/her discipline to accomplish assignments and to develop plans and techniques to improve programs and policies.

Requires an advanced of e1ectronrcs engineering and specific knowledge of one or more complex NAS systems (RADAR, Instrument Landing. Localizer, Glide Slope, Weather and Communications).

Identifies and resolves National Airspace System (NAS) operational problems within their specialized area.

The engineer analyzes impacts of Obstruction Evaluation/Airport Airspace Analysis (OE/AAA) and Non-Rulemaking Activity (NRA) on NAS operations.

Communicates Internal and external concerns and recommends alternatives. Reviews National Change Proposal and provides input.

Defines, plans, and organizes assigned resources to accomplish organizational objectives. Allocates resources to accomplish small work-activities within established schedules.

The journeyman engineer researches and provides technical analysis of electronics problems that affects the NAS.

The engineer provides solutions to systemic challenges in their discipline that cause a negative impact on NAS equipment.

Reviews engineering plans and specifications for NAS modernization projects and provides comments to address maintainability issues.