Electronics Technician

• You must be a United States Citizen.
• This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
• Males born aftermust be registered for Selective Service.
• See Other Information section regarding Selective Service requirements.
• Suitable for Federal employment determined by a background investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. For information on qualification requirements seeQualification Standards Handbook forGeneral Schedule Positionsviewable onOPM Website. It is your responsibility to ensure that you submit appropriate documentation prior to the closing date. Your resume serves as the basis for qualification determinations and must highlight your most relevant and significant experience as it relates to this job announcement. Be clear and specific when describing your work history since human resources cannot make assumptions regarding your experience.

This position is being also advertised under Delegated Examining procedures under this announcement; NGADE.

Basic Requirements:

Electronics technicians may have gained experience assisting in work situations including:

Maintenance -Developing maintenance standards and procedures for use by others. Analyzing repair practices and developing procedural instructions for use by others on methods and steps to repair equipment.

Installation -Planning and directing the installation of complex systems and associated facilities particularly where there are site selection and construction problems dealings with contractors and public utilities and the possible need to modify equipment for novel site characteristics.

Fabrication -Designing and analyzing circuits determining design feasibility evaluating equipment performance under varying environmental conditions and collecting performance data. Designing or modifying designs to achieve performance and cost objectives. Evaluating the adequacy of equipment for such purposes as repair calibration and testing.

Testing and Evaluation/Research and Development -Developing or evaluating new or modified electronic systems. Completing testing evaluating data and determining acceptability of equipment modifications validity test procedures and data or legality of operation. Technicians support professional engineers in performing experiments research and developmental activities requiring an in-depth knowledge of technical engineering methods applications practices and principles to work on concepts prototypes and experimental projects that are without precedent and support state-of-the-art research.

Sustainment -Developing performing evaluating or modifying calibration and test equipment systems and procedures. Reporting analyzing and archiving test data. Performing complex calculations and manipulations of test data to improve performance of systems instrumentation measurement standards techniques and procedures.

Troubleshooting -Analyzing and diagnosing faults in the operational configuration of electronic systems and equipment. Interpreting circuit wiring logic cable diagrams drawings specifications and schematics of complete systems and equipment to understand the function and interconnections of the various assemblies and troubleshoot the system.

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GS-08 Specialized Experience Statement:Candidates must possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in responsibility to the GS-07 level in the Federal service or private sector assisting senior technicians in configuring/administering systems installing and troubleshooting/repairing electronic security devices such as cameras door contacts/card readers.

GS-09 Specialized Experience Statement:Candidates must possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in responsibility to the GS-08 level in the Federal service or private sectorperforming routine installation/maintenance on integrated systems or subsystems and troubleshooting issues across integrated systems.

GS-10 Specialized Experience Statement: Candidates must possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in responsibility to the GS-09 level in the Federal service or private sector configuring systems administering systems and diagnosing root-causes across integrated systems.

OPM Qualifications Standard:

Individual Occupational Requirements:Electronics Technical Series 0856

Associated Group standard: General Schedule Qualification Standards

Merit promotion applicants must meet the time-in-grade requirement as defined in 5 CFR 300 Subpart F.

For GS-08: One year at the GS-07 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-08 level.

For GS-09: One year at the GS-08 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-09 level.

For GS-10: One year at the GS-09 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-10 level.

You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies knowledge and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.

Note: Applicants who are referred to the hiring office for selection consideration may be required to submit writing and/or work samples as part of the interview/selection process. If the hiring office decides to request a writing and/or work sample as part of its selection process the vacancy contact will reach out to you by email to: (1) inform you of this requirement; and (2) provide further instructions.