Job Description:

This position serves as an electronics engineer within one of the multiple National Airway Systems Engineering (NASE) teams or subteams providing advanced engineering expertise in support of one or more NAS systems.

Duties

Incumbent provides comprehensive knowledge of engineering principles, theories, and concepts to analyze and evaluate assigned NAS systems and is looked to for guidance and resolution of complex problems related to the introduction of new technologies into the NAS and problems associated with continued operation of commissioned facilities. 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.

As the Electronics Engineer, he/she plans, manages, organizes, coordinates, and integrates work on multiple projects to accomplish organizational/strategic objectives related to National Airspace System (NAS) systems while maintaining cost, schedule, quality and performance. Provides electronics engineer experience and team leadership for a project/group of electronics engineers and computer scientists responsible for second-level engineering support of assigned systems involving hardware, software, technical documentation, scientific and direct engineering support essential to the safe and reliable operation of the FAA’s National Airspace System (NAS).

Applies experience and comprehensive knowledge of electronics engineering, as well as an understanding of new technologies and methodologies, to solve complex problems primarily in electronic circuits, circuit elements, equipment, systems, and associated phenomena concerned with electromagnetic and/or electrical information to improve the reliability, maintainability, and safety of assigned NAS systems/equipment and facilities. Analyzes and studies performance requirements of electromagnetic and/or electrical information for purposes such as data communication, computation, sensing, control, measurement, and target tracking to improve the operational performance of assigned NAS systems/equipment and facilities.

Broad policies and objectives provide general guidance for addressing issues, but allow considerable discretion to develop new and innovative approaches. He/she uses prior experience to solve problems which requires modifying established guides, devising new approaches, applying existing criteria using novel techniques, and drawing conclusions from comparative situations. Provides guidance to lower-level staff to solve difficult technical issues. Resolves all but unique technical problems without the intervention of management or a more experienced engineer.

Applies comprehensive knowledge of agency policies and priorities in order to effectively evaluate and affect changes to existing technical directives, processes, and procedures. He/she prepares technical documentation related to facility or system modifications and maintenance to provide national guidance for field specialists across the agency to management for final approval.

Applies knowledge in acquisition law, configuration management, and project management to determine the best avenues to study systems issues and implement solutions throughout the NAS.

Serves as organizational representative with a wide range of division, LOB, agency and external groups in meetings related to the technical aspects of improving the performance and effectiveness of assigned NAS systems, new system development, and resolution of complex problems associated with the NAS operation.

He/she works with more experienced engineers or managers in the strategic planning process to address current business or operational needs and to meet long range agency requirements; and investigates new or emerging technology involving state-of-art hardware and software systems to resolve equipment obsolescence, or to provide new/enhanced operations or capabilities. Collaborates with key stakeholders such as the program office, other second-level engineering organizations, in-service management office, and the logistics center.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:

Requirements 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.
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.

OR,

(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.)

AND

IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE BASIC REQUIREMENT:

To qualify for the FV-J (FG/GS-14) level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least (1) one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I (FG/GS-13). Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, to include the NAS specialized knowledge specific to the position being filled.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE includes: experience providing national level engineering support for National Airspace Systems communications equipment, navigation and/or surveillance systems; developing test strategies and requirements, interpreting test requirements, and preparation of operational test plans and procedures; experience with electronic circuits, circuit elements, equipment, systems, and electromagnetic or electrical information for purposes such as communication, computation, sensing, control, measurement, and navigation; experience reviewing, developing, and enhancing technical instruction books and maintenance handbooks.

QUALITY RANKING FACTOR (QRF): A well qualified candidate will demonstrate skill in providing maintenance support for highly-complex NAS systems while maintaining cost, schedule, and performance. Experience preparing, managing, and executing project plans with risk mitigation for highly complex technical projects.

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: www.ed.gov/accreditation.

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.

Information Regarding KSA's

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.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.

Required Documents

Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) required to verify area of consideration. Supplemental documentation, e.g., veterans' documentation, transcripts, etc, will be accepted in combination with your on-line application. These documents must be uploaded into USAJOBS or emailed to 9-AMC-AHF-C400@faa.gov on or before the closing date of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number.

This position has a positive education requirement; college transcripts are required for ALL candidates newly appointed to the FAA in the 0800 (Engineering) series.

College transcripts must be submitted from current FAA employees applying for internal vacancies if they have never held a position in the 0800 (Engineering) series with the FAA.

College transcripts are not required from current FAA employees who are currently occupying an 0800 (Engineering) series.

If selected, official transcripts are required prior to employment.

If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.

If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

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