This position is located at US Mint,Headquarters - Manufacturing Dept/ENGINEERING AND NEW TECHNOLOGY DIVISION. As a Electrical Engineer (Automation), you will be responsible for the development and implementation of advanced engineering concepts, programs and projects for the four manufacturing facilities of the United States Mint.

Duties

As a Electrical Engineer (Automation), you will: Provide expert professional advice to staff and management on automation and robotic projects and engineering principles. Is the resident technical authority on those areas. Initiate investigations and studies to develop design criteria and to find solutions to critical problems in the application of automation to coin production operations. Carry out such studies personally, or guides field or contract personnel specializing in various facets of the projects. Schedule projects; taking into account scope and nature of the work to be done, target dates, and where engineering capabilities can be obtained. Develop the associated work plans for designed systems to include time and funding resources required for the conduct of the project. Adjust schedules or scope of work to ensure manpower, material resources and funds are used on a timely and economic basis. Assist in the preparation of conceptual layouts and work flow within industrial facilities and for automated production, material handling systems and packaging systems. This includes planning or improving the arrangement and operation of existing machines and equipment to achieve the most efficient and economical operations. Justify, defend, negotiate, or settle controversial and far-reaching technical matters through active participation in conferences, meetings or presentations.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. The basic requirements for this position state that you must meet one (1) of the following educational requirements as noted "Qualifications" section of this announcement. (A) - Degree: professional electrical 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 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 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, written test, specified academic courses, or related curriculum. For the GS-14, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: - Developing, implementing, and supporting automation, robotics and vision systems projects either for or in a manufacturing operation; and - Starting-up, troubleshooting, and supporting automated systems including robotics and vision systems in a production environment.

Education

Education Requirements: The education generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions.

Contacts

• Address Headquarters - Manufacturing Dept/ENGINEERING AND NEW TECHNOLOGY DIVISION Administrative Resource Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-7300
• Email: [email protected]