Electronics Engineer

Full Job Description

The incumbent provides engineering support for NAS for NAS Aeronautical Information systems. 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.) There is no specialized experience for the FV-G band.

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:

Duties Follows established engineering processes and supervisory instructions for maintaining systems and facilities throughout the NAS, and testing and implementing changes to national systems baseline configurations.

Performs a mixture of basic and routine (but progressively more difficult) assignments under the close direction of a manager, project/program manager, or more experienced staff to identify and analyze problems or system malfunctions and support the development and implementation of solutions.

Assist in monitoring performance and reliability of systems. Analyzes performance results and assists other team members in recommending system adjustments or enhancements.

Applies basic knowledge of electronics engineering principles, theories, and concepts applicable discipline to plan and accomplish assignments as it relates to electronic circuits, equipment, and systems for communication, computation, sensing, control, measurement, and navigation in the development and maintenance systems.

He/she tests electronic systems and equipment for the adherence to requirements and specifications.

Applies knowledge of guidelines to complete necessary user and technical documentation to support maintenance processes.

Collects and analyzes engineer data, for use by senior engineers in identifying requirements for functional improvements or system enhancements using statistical and empirical information.

Work involves analyzing data and user requirements. He/she assists more experienced specialists in monitoring systems and identifying problems.

Assists in providing customer support for operational NAS systems. Works closely with supervisor or senior staff to plan time and use assigned resources to accomplish assignments and projects.

Refers problems to manager or senior team member.

Regularly refers problems and work issues to a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced engineer when existing guidelines are not available or applicable.

The work is reviewed frequently during the assignments and at completion for all aspect of quality.

Established policies and procedures provide detailed guidance for almost all assignments, with little or no room for discretion.

Works under detailed instructions provided by a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced staff.

Contacts are primary internal to the organizational unit, with manager and other employees to share information, providing data and/or written analyses, and discussing status of work assignments or issues or problems.

Limited contact may also occur with the public and contractors, under supervision.