ENGINEER

Duties

• You will serve as a journey-level electrical or electronics engineer for the Triton Fury Program in the Asymmetric Systems Division, Special Systems Branch (Code H12) of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division.
• 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 make early technical decisions based on trade space and requirements regarding microprocessor selection, electrical design, embedded coding, and implementation of functionality.
• 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 perform analog/digital circuit design, embedded microcontroller design, and compact antenna design and integration.
• You will perform modeling of circuits, schematic capture, PCB layout, and circuit assembly/fabrication techniques.
• You will develop C/C++ bare metal software for microcontrollers using test-driven development to enable electronic designs and unique test scenarios.
• You will develop all code in accordance with software management plan, and utilize GitLab for software configuration management, testing, and repository.
• You will develop documentation of final solutions and adhere to program configuration management processes.
• You will participate in and lead developmental and verification testing, including extensive electromagnetic and environmental testing to enable rapid response to emergent Navy requirements.
• You will present technical status and decisions during design reviews.
• You will evaluate processes and procedures to identify efficiencies and enhance solutions by increasing quality, reducing cost, and/or increasing technical performance.
• You will provide peer review of colleague designs.
• You will mentor and train junior electrical engineers by providing technical and programmatic insight and guidance.

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 Secret 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 Functional Area and Tier assigned to the position, along with Continuous Learning (CL) points, are required within established 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

This is an interdisciplinary position and may be filled by an Electrical Engineer (0850-series) or an Electronics Engineer (0855-series), depending upon the qualifications of the candidate. Applicants in positions with occupational series other than those listed (0850 and 0855) may apply; however, you must apply directly to the series listed in this vacancy that is most applicable to your qualifications.


Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-03 pay band (GS-9 through GS-11 equivalency) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 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. Examples of qualifying experience may include (1) analog/digital circuit design, embedded microcontroller design, and compact antenna design and integration; (2) performing engineering analysis, design, development, and test for embedded hardware products; (3) experience designing electrical schematics and layout using common software products (e.g Altium, PSpice, LTspice, etc.); (4) experience in writing embedded firmware for microprocessors.


Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:

Electrical Engineering Series, 0850
Electronics Engineering Series, 0855


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 at least one of the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:

• Professional Engineering Series (08XX) - Degree: A professional engineering degree from an ABET-accredited college or university; OR a degree with curriculum in differential and integral calculus, with additional courses 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; OR
• Professional Engineering Series (08XX) - Substitution of Education/Experience: A combination of education and experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional 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: (a) professional registration, (b) evidence of successfully passing the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination; (c) 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 above; or (d) successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, e.g., physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering provided that it included at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. (Note to Applicants: Please see the Qualifications & Education sections of this announcement for a link to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Individual Occupational Requirements. OPM guidance indicates that there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience. This training plan or experience must be well documented and provided at time of application.)

Additional information

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


Several vacancies may be filled.


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.


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.