Engineer

• You will contribute to the development of rapid engineering solutions to emergent non-conventional threats specializing in turning high level requirements into engineering designs that integrate microelectronics with novel fabrication techniques.
• You will analyze and refine requirements and alternative solutions by research and investigation identification of risk and cost benefit analysis.
• You will conduct research development test and integration of custom embedded systems and special communications capabilities.
• You will design custom electrical circuits RF receivers and antenna designs and integrate these designs into customized mechanical packages for long service life in harsh environments.
• You will develop CIC bare metal software for microcontrollers using test-driven development to enable electronic designs and unique test scenarios.
• You will develop documentation of final solutions and adhere to Program configuration management processes.
• You will support integration and testing of developed products to ensure reliable functionality.
• You will presents technical status and decisions during design reviews.
• You will develop documentation of design solutions and adhere to established configuration management processes.
• You will evaluate processes and procedures to identify efficiencies and enhance solutions by increasing quality reducing cost and/or increasing technical performance.
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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
• 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 aftermust 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.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes.
• 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.

Qualifications

One year of specialized experience at the ND-04 pay band (GS 12/13 equivalency) as a professional engineer designing electrical schematics circuit board layout electrically small antennas; completing low power RF analysis; and/or developing embedded code for microprocessors. *Professional Engineer certification not required.

Examples of qualifying experience may include:
Analog/digital circuit design embedded microcontroller design and compact antenna design and integration.
Performs engineering analysis design development and test for embedded hardware products.
Experienced using schematic capture and PCB layout software (e.g Altium); experienced in writing embedded firmware for microprocessors.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:
Professional Engineering Positions 08XX

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.