ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN

Duties

• You will serve as a department expert in troubleshooting, diagnostic repair, and sustainment of state-of-the-art oceanographic and autonomous platforms.
• You will investigate and resolve complex electronic failures characterized by inadequate documentation, random failure modes, and high integrated components.
• You will manage and execute preventative maintenance programs, diagnostic testing, and system calibrations, ensuring all systems meet specifications prior to deployment.
• You will advise professional engineers, physical scientists, and leadership on the feasibility and technical merits of advanced engineering proposals, estimating the operational risk and capability returns of proposed modifications.
• You will author, update, and publish standardized operational procedures, maintenance directives, technical bulletins, and safety documentation for department-wide use.
• You will oversee the shipboard installation, integration, power distribution, and communications interfacing of custom sensor suites and subsea machinery.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• MSP/PPP applicants must currently hold the required security clearance.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• Vacancies filled from this announcement may be filled at any grade level listed.
• If selected below the full performance level, you may be noncompetitively promoted to the next higher grade level after meeting all regulatory requirements, and upon the recommendation of management. Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.

Qualifications

GS-11
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-10 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 reading and interpreting circuit diagrams, electrical blueprints, schematics, and experience identifying components and symbols. Experience working with units, components, accessories, and complete systems.
• Experience applying electrical and electronic theory and instruments such as current, voltage, resistance, Ohm's Law, series and parallel circuits, conductors, and insulators.
• Experience assembling, installing, testing, and repairing electronic systems, including oceanographic survey equipment.
• Experience soldering and using electronic test equipment and troubleshooting and calibrating for accuracy and determining proper operation.
• Experience executing replenishment strategies to meet supply planning objectives to satisfy mission requirements and experience performing inventory audits and reconciliation.

GS-12
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year (52 weeks) 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:

• Experience analyzing and resolving electronic problems pertaining to the installation, maintenance, repair and operation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), sonar systems and associated support equipment and subsystems.
• Experience in electronic design, development, and testing of oceanographic survey systems.
• Experience to technically review contractor engineering work of redesign, design modification, complete overhaul or production of new, complex, state-of-the-art survey systems.
• Experience making written and oral presentations of system test results, modification, and survey progress to activity management, maritime partners, and project sponsors.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:

Electronics Technical Series 0856 IOR:

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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at:

PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.

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:

Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.

This position is subject to an initial drug screening, and random testing thereafter. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability to successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or final job offer being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position.