The Electronics Technician applies broad experience and advanced technical knowledge as the lead electronics technician for ALSF (Approach Lighting System with Sequence Flashing Lights), MALSR (Medium Approach Light System with Runway Alignment Indicator Lights), VASI (Visual Approach Slope Indicator), REIL (Runway End Identifier Lights) and PAPI (Precision Approach Path Indicator) system and subsystems, components, test programs providing technical advice and expertise to lower-grade specialist

Duties

Incumbent performs quality assurance inspections to assure acceptable quality of workmanship, materials, parts and proper documentation to comply with Federal Aviation Regulation (FAA), manufacturers specifications, ISO, and ESD requirements. Incumbent repairs, maintains, evaluates, modifies, calibrates, and certifies a wide variety of NAS components and electronic test equipment. Incumbent Identifies, isolates, and repairs malfunctions in NAS systems and the associated hardware/software components of these systems. Incumbent analyzes condition of malfunctioning system components and reasons for the malfunction. Determines required actions to restore system components to normal operating condition, and certifies the components are performing their intended functions. Incumbent inspects tests, calibrates, and evaluates NAS systems and components against standards of performance at the FAA Logistics Center technical repair facility and occasionally in the field.

Requirements

• US Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents)
• A one-year probationary period may be required.
• Successful completion of a security investigation will be required.
• A Pre-employment Physical is required.
• Please review Required Documents & Additional Information

Qualifications

To qualify for this position at the FV-H (GS/FG-12) level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-G (GS/FG-10/11) level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE includes troubleshooting to the LRU and verifying, loading configuration files to RWSL system. Experience troubleshooting, removing/replacing surface mount devices (SMD). Experience troubleshooting and uploading firmware devices to LED PAPI PCA and LHA.Applicant should include examples of specialized experience in their Work History.In addition to the Minimum Qualifications, the following has been determined to be a Quality Ranking Factor for this position. This means well qualified candidates will have demonstrated the following:Quality Ranking Factor: Well-qualified candidates will have experience and applied technical knowledge of at least one Visual Approach Lighting System. (VASI, ODALS, MALSR, REIL. PAPI. ALSF).ANDPre-employment Physical Requirements: You must be able to perform efficiently the essential functions of the position without hazard to yourself or others. Selectee must pass a pre-employment physical prior to appointment.

Education

See Qualifications Required.

Information Regarding KSA’s:

As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.

In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA); listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

Contacts

• Address Federal Aviation Administration AAC Regional HR Services Branch 6500 S. Macarthur Blvd, HQ Room 155 AHF-S210 Oklahoma City, OK 73169 US
• Name: Tiffany Weaver
• Phone: 1 (405) 954-4517
• Email: [email protected]