This employee supports the USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, WI. Serves as an engineer with responsibility for developing project plans, designs, and specifications for the advancement and evaluation of new and complex equipment used in forest products research. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Dr. Samuel Zelinka at [email protected].

Duties

Plan specific objectives, milestones, and phases for engineering projects, and make needed innovations and modifications. Develop engineering plans, designs, and specifications for the development and evaluation of new equipment Adapt engineering guidelines and precedents and select commonly used approaches to overcome problems in areas such as physical science (i.e. fire, moisture and material durability) or measurement and instrumentation systems. Design, development, specifications requirements, acceptance testing, and evaluation of new or modified technology, equipment, or systems Coordinate and support design, test and evaluation of new technologies, operations, and controls Resolve equipment failure or unsatisfactory performance problems. Conduct engineering hardware integration studies. Perform or direct surveys, market searches, laboratory and field tests, and investigations to secure engineering related data solutions Use, apply, and develop technical methods, equations, and analyses to solve technical problems related to engineering.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
• Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify.

Qualifications

To qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary. Required Education for all Engineering positions: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf In addition to meeting the basic requirement, you must also possess experience and/or directly related education in the amounts listed below. Specialized Experience For GS-12: At least one year equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in federal service which includes all of the following. 1. Coordinating test plans, test methodologies, analysis procedures, test schedules; execute tests including conducting and/or overseeing the performance of both destructive and nondestructive tests 2. Leading troubleshooting efforts in an engineering specialty field. Defines, designs, and develops new tools or modifies existing general-purpose tools to enhance safety and productivity. 3. Using a variety of computer software and data acquisition such as MATLAB, LabView, lmageJ, Excel, AutoCad and other computer programs and data acquisition Work Experience: Your resume must clearly document the following for each block of work experience; the beginning day, month and year the work assignment started and ended; the hours worked per week; position title, and series and grade if applicable; and description of duties performed. This information must be provided for each permanent, temporary or seasonal appointment/work assignment or volunteer work and should be clearly documented as a separate block of time. Incomplete, inaccurate or conflicting work history may not be credited for qualifications purposes. This can result in an applicant not being considered for the position Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

See above for required education.

Contacts

• Address USDA Forest Service HRM Contact Center DO NOT MAIL IN APPLICATIONS, SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT. Albuquerque, NM 87109 US
• Name: HRM Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-372-7248 X2
• Email: [email protected]