ELECTRONICS ENGINEER

Job Description

Duties

• You will serve as an Electronics Engineer in the Combat Systems Engineering Division of the Engineering Department of the Supervisor of Shipbuilding (SUPSHIP) Gulf Coast.
• You will provide technical recommendations and decision-making in accordance with the technical guidance of NAVSEA Instruction 5400.95, as delegated by the SUPSHIP Chief Engineer via the Division Manager.
• You will provide technical expertise, support and coordination of the efforts of other disciplines within the Engineering Department, SUPSHIP, other Government sponsored agencies and contractor personnel as pertains to Combat Systems Engineering.
• You will provide guidance to SUPSHIP, other Government Activities and contractor personnel in coordinating and evaluating the contractor's combat systems testing program to ensure compliance with system and contract performance requirements.
• You will provide waterfront support to the various project offices in the resolution of engineering and testing problems.
• You will review detail design drawings, shipboard system diagrams, vendor drawings, calculations, test procedures/reports, technical manuals, and purchase technical documents to ensure specification compliance and good engineering practice.
• You will review contract drawings, Government Furnished Information (GFI), Engineering Change Requests/Proposals, Government data and correspondence for completeness, accuracy, conflicts in directions to shipbuilder or details design contractor.
• You will participate and represent the Supervisor and Navy as an expert in the field of combat systems, in system design reviews, and provide advice in defining and resolving combat systems, sensors, and/or C4ISR system problems.
• You will serve as a technical engineering expert in the definition and identification of combat systems and equipment problems relating to design performance and testing requirements.
• You will evaluate and perform surveillance of contractor configuration management systems and procedures, including requests for engineering changes, departures from specifications, and classification of waivers and deviations.
• You will participate in shipboard (dockside and at-sea) test and trials.

\n 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
• 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.
• 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.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• This is a bargaining unit position.

\n Qualifications

FOR GS-13 GRADE LEVEL :
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS-12) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: A s a professional engineer providing technical oversight and recommendations on the design, integration, installation or testing of ship combat or weapon systems.

FOR GS-12 GRADE LEVEL:
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: A s a professional engineer providing advice in defining and resolving problems on the design, integration, installation or testing of ship combat or weapon systems.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: -data- oversight/classification - qualifications/general -schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-PROF
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Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) (0855 Series):

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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

Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:

A. Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position;
OR
B. Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration For more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: ;
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C. Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit: ;
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D. Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A (above). The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above);
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E. Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least one year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily, there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions.

Additional information

This announcement uses the Direct Hire Authority (DHA) for Certain Personnel of DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

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

Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees.

A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized.

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.

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.

If you are unable to apply online and request information about the Alternate Application process, please contact the Department of Navy's Employment Information Center.

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:

Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority. However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below.