Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below to view Eligibilities being considered and other IMPORTANT information. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a senior professional electronics engineer responsible for installation, assembly, integration, and assurance of Electronics Engineering as it applies to Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) and Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) services.

Duties

-Performs engineering duties in support of the Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) mission. -Develops, adapts, and maintains analytical methods, tools, standards, and models and simulations used in NAVWAR engineering and test planning -Performs complex and comprehensive analysis and uses systematic, disciplined, and quantifiable approaches to manage projects -Supports the DoD GPS EA frequency coordination process

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Males must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov
• Local Funded If authorized, PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements at: https://afciviliancareers.com/regulatory/
• This posn is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
• Disclosure of Political Appointments
• Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit.
• Position is designated special-sensitive and requires eligibility for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), other intelligence-related Special Sensitive information,
• or involvement in Top Secret Special Access Programs (SAP) to fully perform the duties and responsibilities of the position. A non-disclosure agreement must be signed.
• This position has been designated as a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the Air Force Civilian Drug Testing Program. Illegal drug use by employees in sensitive positions
• presents a clear threat to the mission of the Air Force, national security, and public safety. Therefore, incumbent is required to: (a) refrain from the use of illegal drugs and misuse of prescription medication, and (b) if requested,
• submit to urinalysis testing on short notice. Incumbent must pass initial and may be selected for random drug testing. May be subject to reasonable suspicion testing and safety mishap or accident testing.
• Incumbent is subject to uncommon tour of duty hours to include proficiency shifts, rotating shifts, nights, weekends, and holidays on an infrequent basis.
• Extended shift work (12 hours), and off-duty hours on-call, particularly during Command exercises, special events, and emergencies.
• May occasionally be required to work irregular duty hours to include overtime and/or emergency overtime. Position may be recalled to duty.
• Work may frequently and/or long term require travel away from the normal duty station CONUS or OCONUS in performance of temporary duty assignment (TDY) to include travelling on military or commercial aircraft
• A professional engineering degree at the bachelor’s level from an ABET accredited institution is highly desired. An advanced engineering degree, such as a Masters or a PhD is preferred.
• This is a Mission Essential (ME) position performing a Mission Critical Function (MCF) which must continue uninterrupted after the occurrence of an emergency and continued through full resumption of all functions.
• IAW, DoDI 3020-42, Defense Continuity Programs
• This position is designated as a key position IAW AFI 36-507. Duties of this position are essential to the accomplishment of wartime/contingency operations.
• Incumbents of key positions must be removed from their military recall status if alternative for filling of the position during an emergency are not available.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Professional and Scientific Positions, to include the Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) for the GS-0855, Professional Engineering Positions. INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT: Degree: Abachelor's degree (or higher) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. NOTE: You must submit a copy of college transcripts with your application. OR COMBINATION: A combination of 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: (I) Professional registration or licensure: Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration; or (II) Written Test: Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) 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; or (III) 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 under paragraph A (above). The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above); or (IV) 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 one 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. NOTE: You must submit a copy of transcripts with your application. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-12, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes mastery of, and skill in applying, advanced theories, concepts, and principles practiced in the science of professional electronics engineering sufficient to: provide technical direction on Navigation Warfare programs and technical matters of complex nature and significant impact to national security and defense concerning NAVWAR positioning, navigation and timing (PNT), effects of PNT on the space and ground segment of all global satellite navigation systems; advise on production facilities, machinery, materials, and standards; oversee the activities of, and lend technical assistance to, on unusual problems and policy matters and resolve major performance deficiencies in the equipment; keep abreast of research and development by reviewing pertinent reports and other related data to ensure proper emphasis on design for production; anticipate problems and areas of major difficulty in the transition of the item from design to production, and guide production installations in their resolution; prepare policy instructions and guidance material for production installations and contractors; establish milestones for the production and delivery cycles; and recommend design changes to increase production. FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-12 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-13 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks. NOTE: Applicants applying as VEOA candidates who are current GS civil service employees or are prior GS civil service employees within the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Listed in Education Field below PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

IF USING EDUCATION TO QUALIFY: If position has a positive degree requirement or education forms the basis for qualifications, you MUST submit transcriptswith the application. Official transcripts are not required at the time of application; however, if position has a positive degree requirement, qualifying based on education alone or in combination with experience, transcripts must be verified prior to appointment. An accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education must accredit education. Click here to check accreditation.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:
1. Mastery of the specialized professional knowledge of Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) and Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) as it relates to warfighting. Extensive understanding of NAVWAR Electronic Attack, Electronic Support & Electronic Protection as it applies to warfighting. Extensive understanding of electronics engineering as it relates to test ranges, test platforms, simulator facilities, and various hardware, hardware-in-the loop,
and software modeling and simulation facilities and capabilities as they apply to developing NAVWAR solutions for the Warfighter.
2. Requires substantial knowledge of JNWC programs and activities; NAVWAR missions, policies, and objectives; management principles and processes; engineering tools and methods; and techniques for assessing program development to improve organizational effectiveness and efficiency. Ability to use and evaluate NAVWAR models and simulation techniques
3. Extensive professional engineering and managerial knowledge to solve novel or obscure problems to develop and maintain responsive NAVWAR methods and techniques, and to develop new approaches in solving a wide variety of NAVWAR problems.
4. Knowledge of safety, security, and EEO regulations, practices, and procedures.
5. Ability to lead or participate in study teams; originate new ideas, projects, and methodologies; and execute projects and/or studies within established financial and/or time constraints; to negotiate complex issues; and maintain good working relations; skill to negotiate and/or defend findings and program support concepts.
6. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing; to recognize and use correct English grammar, punctuation, and spelling; to communicate information in writing in a succinct and organized manner; and produce written information, including technical material, which is appropriate for the intended audience

Contacts

• Address SPACECOM 250 Vandenberg Street Suite B016 Peterson SFB, CO 80914 US
• Name: Total Force Service Center
• Phone: 1-800-525-0102
• Email: [email protected]