As an FBI electronics engineer, you will research, test, evaluate, and/or develop engineering studies in the field of forensic audio/video and image analysis. Our engineers apply their expertise to overcome, counter, and stay ahead of sophisticated threats. Their expert analyses and technical findings are shared and utilized throughout the intelligence community.

Duties

GS-12 Serves as a senior specialist in performing the full range of duties relating to enhancement of evidentiary video tapes, production of videos used for court purposes; and test, evaluation, installation and maintenance of broad-cast quality video and associated digital image enhancement and transmission equipment. Responsible for planning, coordinating, and directing forensic science activities to include expert examinations, reporting of results, training and testimony in the field of electronics analysis. May be assigned to the Forensic Examiner training program to obtain necessary qualifications. Conducts the full range of analytic procedures in a variety of settings, including examinations to identify and characterize complex evidence some of which may include: converting antiquated audio technology from analog to digital and cleaning up audio. Prepares comprehensive reports which convert complex technical findings into a format understandable by non-technical individuals and provides expert testimony regarding results of interpretations. Provides guidance and training to personnel within and outside the FBI; and maintains liaison with supervisors, case investigators and outside personnel. Modifies and adapts a wide range of established methods and techniques in order to identify a wide variety of evidence. Stays abreast of the latest research to determine the best analytical methods to examine evidence. GS-13 (in additional to the duties listed above): Provides forensic analysis of evidence in cases involving multiple submissions where inter-comparison of evidence is necessary. Leads outside government agencies in carrying out forensic examinations in complex cases. Initiates liaison and meetings with officials from outside agencies to coordinate cases. May present necessary court testimony.

Requirements

Qualifications

Specialized Experience (SE): GS-12: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. SE is defined as follows: Applied principles, theories, and methods of electronics engineering in a professional setting, including familiarity with the current research literature, in order to analyze complex materials and to recommend modified analytical and/or technical procedures. Followed established safety and quality procedures to process and complete projects and assignments. Drafted, briefed, and presented case reports and requests for information to internal/external stakeholders in oral and written communications. GS 13: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level. SE is defined as follows Applied principles, theories, and methods of electronics engineering in a professional setting, including familiarity with the current research literature, in order to analyze complex materials and to recommend modified analytical and/or technical procedures. Followed established safety and quality procedures to process and complete projects and assignments. Drafted, briefed, and presented case reports and requests for information to internal/external stakeholders in oral and written communications. Knowledge of legal procedures and rules of evidence to handle evidence appropriately and provide effective testimony.

Education

Education may NOT be substituted for specialized experience at the GS-12 or GS-13 level.

This position has a specific education requirement; all applicants must verify completion of this basic education requirement by submitting a copy of their college transcripts by the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

A. All applicants must have the following basic degree requirement of a Degree: professional engineering. To be acceptable, the curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; 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) statistics, 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 areas 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 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:

• Professional registration - Current registration as a professional engineer by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.
• Written Test - Evidence of having successfully passed the Engineer-In-Training (EIT) examination, or the written test required for professional registration, which is administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
• Specified academic courses - 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 in the basic requirements. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum as described in paragraph A.
• Related curriculum - 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 the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance.

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements provided you can show foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.

Contacts

• Address Federal Bureau of Investigation 935 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20535 US
• Name: Jasmine Spencer
• Email: [email protected]