This position is located with Bonneville Power Administration, in Network and Support Engineering (TENN), Systems Engineering (TEN), Engineering and Technical Services (TE), Transmission Services (T). A successful candidate in the Electronics Engineer position will serve as a Senior Engineer and recognized technical authority responsible for leading Telecommunication design, analysis, policy development, and training.

Duties

As an Electronics Engineer, you will: Develop and/or guide the development of enterprise-level technology requirements for Power System Control/Operational Telecommunications systems. Serve as the design team lead on large or high visibility capital projects such as Vancouver Control Center (VCC), Next Generation Technology (NGT), and large technology programs such as Mobile Radio Essential Data Infrastructure dex (MREDI) or DACS (Digital Access and Cross-Connect System) replacement; also serves in the specialty areas that are complex in nature and involve diverse engineering disciplines and/or sensitive telecom interfaces to other power utility transmission systems. Provide authoritative direction and guidance on the interpretation and implementation of technical policy directives and programs to Tier 4 and Tier 3 management and project teams, as well as review of plans and specifications for technical tasks and provision of consultative services. Coordinate with engineering customers, users, and program coordinators to ensure that operational and maintenance needs, construction issues, and material considerations are properly factored into the program plan and strategy. Utilize knowledge of engineering principles to analyze new and emerging telecommunication technology developments, technologies, and applications to meet Transmission Services' business and mission requirements, BPA's business and mission requirements and BPA's and the DOE's strategic business plans. Develop new criteria, methods, procedures, and instructions for various telecom design organizations, construction teams, and technology integration teams; and proposes new policies and practices to Transmission management. Serve as a technical expert on the development of new and R&D applications of control, relay, radios (microwave, UHF, and VHF), multiplex equipment, transfer trip, SCADA, event recorders, telephone systems, fiber optic systems, packet based communications and related technologies.

Requirements

• You must be a United States Citizen.
• This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
• Males must abide by Selective Service registration requirements.
• This position does not support remote work. You will be required to report physically to the official reporting worksite as specified by the supervisor, but no less than 3 days per pay period.
• Selectee will be required to complete the Office of Government Ethics Standard of Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OFGE450e) within 30 days of employment and annually.
• This position requires a valid driver's license as a condition of employment.
• The salary is based on a Special Rate Table, Number {0754}: https://apps.opm.gov/SpecialRates/

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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. 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 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: 1. Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, 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. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. 2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 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. 3. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. 4. 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 1 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all inclusive.) For more information on how to meet the Basic Requirements please visit: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf" A qualified candidate's resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-13) in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as: Experience in advanced electronics engineering theories, principles, concepts, standards, and methods to lead programs or projects involving planning, analysis, and correction of system configuration and design to improve performance necessary to perform the organization's critical mission or meet new operational requirements. Electronics EngineeringLeadershipOral CommunicationPartneringPlanning and EvaluatingTechnical Competence "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. 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. Physical Demands: The work is primarily sedentary. Some work may require periods of walking, standing, bending, climbing, or driving a motor vehicle in activities such as inspections of installed telecommunications, control and data equipment and visits to substation and radio sites and other business establishments. Employees may carry light items such as books, and other similar materials. The work does not require any special physical effort. Work Environment: Work is typically performed in an adequately lighted and climate-controlled office. May require occasional travel (including air travel) to substation and radio sites to conduct on-site validation and assessments. Time-in-Grade: Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration. You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

This vacancy has a positive education requirement. In order to be rated as qualified, you must provide copies of your college transcripts. Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Department of Education Accreditation Search to verify school accreditation.

Foreign education must be reviewed by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website. DO NOT email or mail in any of your application documents. Documents will not be accepted outside of the online application system.

Failure to provide copies of your college transcripts may result in a rating of "Ineligible".

Contacts

• Address Bonneville Power Administration P.O. Box 3621 Portland, OR 97208 US
• Name: Shaunna Young
• Phone: 503-230-4018
• Email: [email protected]