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ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN (Navigation)

United States Fleet Forces Command

Department of the Navy

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$76,463 - $99,404

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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 working as an electronics technician focused on navigation systems for Navy ships, including inspecting, repairing, troubleshooting, and training others on specialized equipment.

You'll provide urgent technical support for mission-critical issues, often while traveling independently, and lead teams in testing and maintaining these systems.

It's a great fit for experienced technicians with hands-on Navy or military electronics background who enjoy problem-solving in high-stakes environments.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11 level in inspecting, repairing, and training on navigation equipment like WSN-7, SSN-6, or AN/SSN-9
  • Proficiency in troubleshooting, repairing, and configuring navigation systems and their interfaces
  • Knowledge of mechanical, electrical, electronic, and structural engineering to resolve navigation system problems
  • Ability to provide technical assistance for mission-degrading Casualty Reports (CASREP)
  • Experience performing functional checkouts, adjustments, and tests on shipboard systems in a qualifications test environment
  • Leadership skills to serve as team leader for groups of at least five technicians or contractors
  • Willingness to travel on Temporary Duty (TDY) for urgent repairs without direct supervision

Full Job Description

You will serve as a Electronics Technician (Navigation) in the Department of the Navy of FWD DEPLOYED REG MAINT CTR DET ROTA, Spain.

This is a RE-ADVERTISEMENT of Announcement Number: ST-12925141-26-CLC. Applicants that have previously applied NEED to re-apply to this announcement.

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: 1) Providing technical services to include, inspecting, repairing, and providing training on navigation equipment and systems (e.g.

WSN-7 Ring Laser Inertial Navigator, SSN-6 NAVSSI, AN/SSN-9 GPNTS, Electromagnetic Log (EMLOG), MV103 Fluxgate Magnetic Compass, Integrated Bridge Navigation System (IBNS/IBS)); 2) Troubleshooting, repairing, and configuring Navigation Systems and their interfaces; 3) Utilizing associated engineering disciplines (e.g.

mechanical, electrical, electronic, and structural) to resolve problems affecting the Navigation systems; 4) Providing technical assistance for mission degrading Casualty Reports (CASREP).

Note: This information must be supported in your resume to be considered for this position.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/electronics-technical-series-0856/ 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.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTINUED: ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher.

ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location.

Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate.

For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/workingin-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Major Duties:

  • You will provide technical assistance for urgent mission-degrading Casualty Reports (CASREP) or similar problems affecting assigned equipment, frequently on TDY, beyond reach of supervisory assistance/guidance, without customary references.
  • You will provide technical assistance on less urgent but complex technical problems beyond the capability of forces afloat, intermediate maintenance activities, or repair activities to diagnose and correct.
  • You will perform functional checkout, grooming, adjustment, and test of repaired, new or modernized shipboard systems in a systems qualifications test environment.
  • You will serve as a team leader of organized teams composed of not fewer than five (5) General Schedule technicians (or contractor equivalent) with responsibility for functional checkout, test, and inspection of major systems.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 4/13/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/14/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12935663-26-CLC