This vacancy is for a General Engineer in the Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration (EA), Office of National Security and Technology Transfer Controls (NSTTC), Information Technology Controls Division (ITCD) within the Department of Commerce.

Duties

As a General Engineer, you will perform the following duties: Conduct studies of major categories of commodities and technical data in terms of their potential for unwanted technology transfer, and of technology transfer mechanisms of controlled commodities and technical data to identify effective control techniques and strategies. Monitor technology transfer developments and prepare analysis and recommendations, as appropriate, to keep the export control system grounded on a sound technical foundation. Analyze and process U.S. export control license applications and commodity classification requests for items that are controlled for national security reasons in accordance with the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Represent the Bureau and the Department's position at interagency meetings. Propose options to senior officials which may resolve outstanding interagency issues. Address and provide guidance on the facts and issues associated with area of expertise. Integrate U.S. industry's economic/regulatory concerns into the Bureau's development of regulations and the Export Control Reform Act. Review prior cases for license history, approvals, and denials. Address detailed technical questions from varying audiences to include peers, representatives from federal agencies or professional organizations or industries, and the public, utilizing knowledge gleaned from Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Establish and maintain contacts with exporters and manufacturers to provide technical advice for specific transactions and to remain informed on commodity and industry developments. Develop, formulate, and coordinate technical analysis in support of license review, commodity classifications, commodity jurisdiction recommendations, license determinations, advisory opinions, and export control policy options. Prepare technical analysis reports that evaluate the strategic applications of many of the commodities described on the Commerce Control List (CCL). May represent the U.S. Department of Commerce at the Operating Committee (OC) and provide information and technical analysis of cases to interagency parties. Support outreach activities including the annual Update Conference as a facilitator in areas of expertise. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other General Engineer, GS-0801-13 Full Performance Level (FPL) GS-13 positions within the Department of Commerce with the same qualifications and specialized experience. This position is also advertised under BIS-OEXA-DE-24-12319087, which is open to Delegated Examining eligible applicants. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Requirements

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) 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). Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: To qualify at the GS-13 grade level, you must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Applying engineering experience to analyze policies associated with commodities or technologies relevant to one or more of the following areas: semiconductors (including semiconductor manufacturing), telecommunications, advanced computers, high performance computing, computer science, software development, computer and network forensics, computer networking, information security, cybersecurity, encryption, cryptography, quantum computing, artificial intelligence; and Collaborating with engineering and program management personnel on engineering projects on a wide range of commodities and technologies.

Education

See Qualifications Above.

Contacts

• Address Bureau of Industry and Security 1401 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20230 US
• Name: Maria Finn
• Email: [email protected]