Electronics Technician

Full Job Description

About the Position: Serves as a Senior Electronics Technician responsible for test, evaluation, electronic calibration and alignment, and overall maintenance of complex, integrated Air Traffic Control (ATC) electronic systems.

Located at the Army Airfield in Wiesbaden, Germany. Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying to OCONUS Positions Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Family Member Preference (FMP) for Overseas Employment Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouse Preference (MSP) for Overseas Employment Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the qualification requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes:1) Maintaining and certifying complex Air Traffic Control (ATC) systems to ensure safe and reliable operation; 2) Leading equipment upgrades and system modifications to improve performance; AND 3) Managing maintenance programs and trained personnel on Air Traffic Control (ATC) systems.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

Major Duties:

• Maintain detailed official facility maintenance logs and certification logs as a legal record as required by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)/Army regulatory mandated.
• Perform independent on-site testing, analysis, electronic alignment, repair and legal certification of complex systems, equipment and services for use in air traffic control.
• Participate in official FAA flight inspections of Air Traffic Control (ATC) systems - evaluating the resulting reference data for potential action.
• Oversee an extensive and detailed maintenance management program to include scheduling inspections, recording test equipment set-up and technical parameters, execution of maintenance management logistics, facility safety, etc.
• Provide on-the-job training to less experienced technicians.