Electronics Engineer

Summary

This position serves as an Electronics Engineer within one of the multiple National Enterprise Infrastructure Systems Engineering sub-teams providing advanced engineering expertise in support of one or more NAS systems.

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Duties

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As the Electronics Engineer, he/she plans and accomplishes highly complex and challenging projects/programs and other work activities under the minimal direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced engineer. May act as a principal technical specialist or as a project/program manager for large work activities. As the principal technical specialist for the electronic system or combination of communications systems used in the NAS, he/she provides guidance to lower level engineers to difficult technical problems. Develops plans, techniques, and policies to address current or anticipated problems and issues involving systems from acquisition and initial implementation through the life-cycle. Works with senior management to solve problems.

Applies experience and comprehensive knowledge of electronics engineering principles, theories, and concepts as it relate to electronic circuits, circuit elements, equipment, systems, and electromagnetic or electrical information for purposes such as communication, computation, sensing, control, measurement, and navigation. Analyzes performance of equipment and systems in assigned areas and identifies the need to investigate and resolve problems that impact system performance, reliability, or service continuity. He/she possesses an understanding of new technologies and methodologies, to solve complex problems and to develop improved technical processes for the organization. Conducts engineering studies of system-wide scope to develop and implement solutions to these complex problems. Engineering studies often involve extensive research across engineering disciplines to develop new and innovative methods of testing or apply new technologies to resolve problems. Draws on experience to solve unusual problems and may create new solutions and policy interpretations as the situation requires.

Identifies the need for, and adequacy of, technical documentation required to maintain and certify National Airspace System (NAS) equipment and systems, in assigned area. Identifies new maintenance and testing technologies and practices, and initiates efforts to incorporate these into maintenance documentation for assigned systems. May develop maintenance policy for systems in assigned area. May assist in the review, development, and enhancement of technical instruction books and maintenance handbooks by contractors and project engineers. Considers the objectives of the AJW and ATO when developing, integrating and implementing solutions to diverse, complex problems. Assignments frequently require knowledge and experience working across functional and/or organizational lines. Provides policy guidance and instruction to others, both internally and externally.

Contacts are internal and external. Often represents FAA as a senior technical point of contact on projects, programs and other work activities. Communicates results to all levels internal to ATO and externally, to include other organizations within the FAA, other government organizations, contractors, and foreign governments. Plays a lead role in drafting, reviewing, and editing reports or contractual documents for final approval prior to external distribution. Presents briefings to obtain consensus/approval on policies. Coordinates significant technical matters with representatives of external organizations.

Defines, organizes, and assigns resources to accomplish organizational objectives. Reviews work of project engineers on exceptionally complex projects for technical accuracy and adequacy. Allocates resources to accomplish large work activities within established schedules. Maintains an awareness of the status and progress of all projects within the assigned technical area and recommends adjustments in accordance with established priorities. Provides input to team leads and management on performance, progress, and training needs of project engineers and computer scientists.

All other duties as assigned.

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Conditions of employment

• US Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).
• This position has a positive education requirement. Transcript(s) required.
• Successful completion of a security investigation may be required.
• Occasional travel of 25% or less will be required.
• Please review Required Documents & Additional Information.

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

(A) Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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.

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(B) Combination of Education and Experience college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:

1. Professional registration or licensure- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.
2. Written Test - Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 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.
3. Specified Academic Courses - Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A.
4. Related Curriculum - 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 1 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)

IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE BASIC REQUIREMENT:

To qualify at the FV-J (FG/GS-14) level, applicants must demonstrate in their application possession of at least (1) one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I (FG/GS-13) level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE includes:

• Experience planning and leading complex electronics engineering projects involving communications, navigation, surveillance, or other NAS equipment and systems with minimal supervision.
• Experience analyzing complex technical problems and developing engineering solutions to improve system performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Experience developing engineering studies, technical standards, policies, procedures, or maintenance documentation for electronics systems.

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In addition to the above qualifications, the following has been determined to be a Quality Ranking Factor (QRF) for this position. Applicants with possession of the QRF will be placed in the Well Qualified category.

QUALITY RANKING FACTOR: Experience providing maintenance support at the national level for one or more NAS systems.

Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their Work History. Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history.

Education

This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications. If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment. You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page).

Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration.

Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation may be verified at the following website:

Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university. A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered.

KSA INFORMATION:

As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skill and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.

In lieu of providing a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the KSA listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

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Additional information

We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.

Position may be subject to a background investigation.

A one-year probationary period may be required.

The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies.

NOTES:

1. Applicants must apply on-line to receive consideration for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed, or emailed applications cannot be accepted.

2. This position is covered by the FAA Core Compensation plan. Additional information about core compensation is available on the following website:

3. Some, none, or all applicants may be interviewed.

4. Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the job.

5. Information regarding Oklahoma City, OK can be found at

6. Position(s) may be filled within any of the AJW-1540 sub-teams.

7. To check receipt of submitted documents, please contact Tiara James at View email address on click.appcast.io.

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