This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, Surface Forces Logistics Center, Engineering Services Division, Baltimore, MD.

Duties

Serves as an electronics engineering technician in the Electrical Systems Section and assists electronics engineers during development of project deliverables, detailing the designs of and modifications to electronics systems on Coast Guard cutters.  Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team.  Typical work assignments include: - Evaluating system performance requirements and performing analyses and calculations.

Requirements

Qualifications

GS-12 level:  Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level. Examples of specialized experience would be to perform detailed designs, and participate in design tradeoff studies,. Examples of occupations that could provide specialized experience include: draftsperson, surveying technician, construction estimator, physical science technician, or mathematical technician. In addition, experience in a trade or craft may be credited as specialized experience when the work provided intensive knowledge of engineering principles, techniques, methods, and precedents. Examples are trade positions with substantial developmental, test, or design responsibilities such as: planner estimators who analyzed designs for production purposes; or instrument or model makers who perform design or development work on devices fabricated. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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.The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.  If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Education

This position does not have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here

Contacts

• Address United States Coast Guard 2401 Hawkins Point Road Building 1 Mailstop 4 Baltimore, Maryland 21226 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]