This vacancy is for a Supervisory Electronics Engineer in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration within the Department of Commerce.

Duties

As a Supervisory Electronics Engineer, you will perform the following duties: Formulate and conduct theoretical radio science research of considerable scope and complexity to solve spectrum planning and engineering problems. Apply knowledge of radio science topics, e.g., electromagnetic fields and waves, antenna theory, linear systems, applied probability, complex variables, digital signal processing, RF engineering, circuits, and electronics. Ability to apply radio science models in advanced use cases. Apply knowledge of International and National spectrum management processes, rules, and policies. Ability to lead a portfolio of research projects by establishing goals, assembling teams and managing scope, budgets, and schedule, to monitor and report on performance and completion of deliverables. Ability to develop and oversee interagency agreements and CRADAs which support Telecommunications research. Experience in developing contracts for the procurement and maintenance of IT and Telecommunications equipment. Experience in providing an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. Skills in working with organizational financial processes, information, and technologies. Experience in building and managing the workforce based on organizational goals, budget considerations, and staffing needs. Preparing and presenting comprehensive reports, briefings, and technical documentation on spectrum management, engineering analyses, and policy recommendations. Editing and presenting written materials, presentations, and briefings to convey multi-faceted technical concepts, strategies, and projects plans for peers, juniors, senior officials, and internal and external partners. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Supervisory Electronics Engineer ZP-0855-4 positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

Requirements

Qualifications

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. This position is being filled under the DOC Alternative Personnel System (CAPS). The system replaced the Federal GS pay plan structure. Under CAPS, positions are classified by career, pay plan, and pay band. Non supervisory positions cap out at interval 3 of the band. The ZP-5 is equivalent to the GS-15 grade level. To qualify at the ZP-4 or GS-15 level: BASIC REQUIREMENT: Individual Occupational Requirement 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 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: 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. 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. 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. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. 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.) Note: An applicant who meets the basic requirements as specified in A or B above, except as noted under B.1., may qualify for positions in any branch of engineering unless selective factors indicate otherwise. AND You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZP-3 or GS-13 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Providing technical expertise on electromagnetic compatibility and radio wave propagation research programs; Managing a research or engineering program; Leading a research team; and Preparing and presenting comprehensive reports, briefings, and technical documentation on spectrum management, engineering analyses, and policy recommendations.

Education

See Qualifications Above.

Contacts

• Address National Telecommunications and Information Administration 1401 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20230 US
• Name: Yoscheanea Green
• Email: [email protected]