MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN

Full Job Description

You will serve as a Mechanical Engineering Technician in the Metrology Engineering Section (137.3), Reference Standards Laboratory (RSL) Branch, Mid-Atlantic Regional Calibration Center and Materials Test Laboratory Division, Quality Assurance Office of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of SPECIALIZED experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 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 applying ingenuity and problem-solving techniques to develop and implement new or improved to accomplish objectives.

Experience identifying, analyzing, and resolving operational deficiencies.

Experience aiding engineers within the laboratory by evaluating unclear, incomplete, or conflicting documents and determining appropriate references to ensure accurate testing.

Experience performing mathematical computations and technical calculations required to generate, validate, and analyze test data, ensuring accurate results.

Experience in preparing reports and certificates of calibration in accordance with standards.

Experience communicating technical information both orally and in writing with supervisors, engineers, technicians, and with customers to resolve issues.

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/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series 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 apply knowledge of mechanical/metrological engineering theories, processes and practices to design, develop, and reconfigure testing and evaluation procedures.
• You will reconfigure, construct an, test and evaluate mechanical measurement systems.
• You will utilize knowledge of physics, mathematics, including algebra and trigonometry, analytical geometry and calculus.
• You will communicate orally and in writing the goals and desired results to customers and other laboratories.
• You will prepare technical reports, outlines, test procedures, detailed procedures, interpretative evaluations, analysis and validation of test data, results, conclusion and recommendations.