TECHNICIAN

Summary You will serve as a Technician in the Combat System Integration Division, Modernization and Installation Department of NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER Port Hueneme Division. Responsibilities You will serve as a Senior Combat Systems Project Technician responsible for the planning and execution of AEGIS Modernization (AMOD) Combat System work packages during AMOD availabilities. You will interface with senior level staff from other naval commands, lead office and shipboard efforts. You will provide senior-level technical services related to the Integration, Test and Evaluation, and Life-cycle Engineering and Logistics support of Surface Combatant ships, their Combat Systems, Weapon Systems, and related support equipment. You will ensure the accuracy of technical tasks assigned to each availability and that planned actions and associated reports are accomplished accurately and within scheduled time frames. You will ensure that Combat Systems and their elements are integrated on Surface Combatants during availability and modernization events. You will provide technical/consultative services and training during Installation, and check-out, tests certifications, analysis, or other test/evaluation efforts at shipyards, on board ships, test sites, contractor sites, and/or school commands. You will conduct research and comprehensive design studies into development acquisition and/or in-service technical support for assigned equipment. You will evaluate technical performance up to and including the system level of equipment associated with equipment specifically related to hardware reliability, operation, performance, and/or maintainability problems. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NT-04 (GS-11/12 equivalent) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: applying technical engineering methods, applications, applications, practices, and principles to provide technical engineering support in planning and directing the installation of systems, developing or evaluating new or modified electronics systems, making clear and convincing oral presentations, and conducting testing, evaluating data and determining acceptability of equipment modifications, validity, test procedures and data, or legality of operations for a warfare program. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: 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 Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. This position is part of the Warfare Centers Personnel Demonstration Project. The NT-05 pay band encompasses positions equivalent to GS-13 and GS-14. 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: 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. 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.