This position is in the Deployment Branch (T/EB/D) of the Broadcast Technologies Division (T/EB) of the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), Office of Technology, Services and Innovation (TSI), Engineering and Transmission Directorate (T/E). The Directorate is charged with providing worldwide engineering support for the establishment, maintenance and repair of USAGM transmission systems. Position is Local Remote Work Eligible. Please see Additional Information for more details.

Duties

As an Electronics Engineer, you will be responsible for duties that may include some of the following depending on your skillset, but not limited to the following. Training will be provided as needed. Responsible for the design and development of programs in his/her specialty area ; major work activities involve planning, designing and implementing remote control and monitoring hardware and software systems. Serves as a technical source within the division in the application of engineering theories and concepts to the design and development of FM broadcasting systems and subsystems to meet USAGM's requirements. Serves as an FM operations and maintenance engineer and provides oversight or troubleshooting work in handling broadcast outages, incidents, and other operations issues. Conducts diagnostic work of remote USAGM broadcast sites through remote monitoring, communications with host engineers on site, and vendor technical support personnel. Develops and maintains remote monitoring and control systems for broadcast equipment using Microsoft NET Core and Azure cloud services and IoT gateways over low bandwidth connections Participate in customization and interfacing enterprise software such as Microsoft Dynamics customer and field service and Azure IoT Central in the USAGM TSI Broadcast Technologies FM Operations area. Will produce infographic reports, presentations, and interactive dashboards related to the USAGM international broadcasting operations. Designs, recommends, or performs appropriate action for new FM facilities or modifications to existing facilities to include transmitter installation, satellite receiving systems; inter-site communication links; monitoring system, subsystem and system compatibility analyses and worldwide telecommunications systems to interconnect all USAGM facilities. Performs extensive analysis of engineering objectives to determine projects scope, design criteria, special requirements and constraints. Reviews, evaluates and analyzes proposals. Develops data regarding technical requirements and ensures appropriate integration during the advanced engineering and technical development phases. Maintains comprehensive knowledge of advances in the state-of-the-art technology areas related to the USAGM engineering program and recommends those having potential for inclusion into the program. Participates in the development and design of broadcasting systems, subsystems and technical facilities world-wide to meet USAGM global objectives. Recommends modifications, applications and advances which will enhance the reliability and maintainability of USAGM's global broadcasting network. Serves as a project manager for the construction and implementation of new FM broadcast transmission facilities and for other projects as necessary. Reviews and analyzes deficiencies and problem areas and assists in the timely resolution and validation of their solutions.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S Citizen or U.S. National.
• This is a national security position. If selected, this position requires the completion of the SF-86.
• Suitability Determination: If selected, you will be subject to a background investigation to establish your suitability for federal employment. The background investigation may include, among other aspects, a review of your credit and legal history.
• This position is covered by a Union Agreement; AFGE Local 1812, 330 Independence Avenue S.W., Room 1169, Washington, D.C. 20237, [email protected], (202)920-4884.
• The full performance grade level for this position is GS-14.
• If you are a male applicant who is born after 12/31/59, you are required to be registered for the Selective Service.

Qualifications

To qualify for the GS-13: In addition to meeting the basic requirement (positive education/experience) outlined above, you must have at least one year of specialized or equivalent experience to the GS-12 level that demonstrated the following. Examples of experience meeting this requirement include positions with most of the following elements: Experience working with Microsoft development platforms, and cloud services. Produce infographic reports, presentations, and interactive dashboards. Experience reviewing and analyzing deficiencies and problem areas and assisting in the timely resolution and validation of solutions. Experience with operations and maintenance engineering, providing oversight or troubleshooting work in handling outages, incidents, and other operations issues. Conduct diagnostic work of remote sites through remote monitoring, communications with host engineers on site, and vendor technical support personnel. Professional aptitude and interest in design and implementation of communications/broadcasting and support systems. Experience performing analyses of engineering objectives to determine project scope, design criteria, special requirements and constraints. Experience reviewing, evaluating, and analyzing proposals. To qualify for the GS-14: In addition to meeting the basic requirement (positive education/experience) outlined above, you must have at least one year of specialized or equivalent experience to the GS-13 level that demonstrated the following: Expertise working with Microsoft development platforms and cloud services. Produce infographic reports, presentations, and interactive dashboards. Comprehensive experience reviewing and analyzing deficiencies and problem areas and assisting in the timely resolution and validation of solutions. Comprehensive experience with operations and maintenance engineering, providing oversight or troubleshooting work in handling outages, incidents, and other operations issues. Conduct diagnostic work of remote sites through remote monitoring, communications with host engineers on site, and vendor technical support personnel. Experience designing and implementing communications/broadcasting and support systems. Expert experience performing analyses of engineering objectives to determine project scope, design criteria, special requirements and constraints. Expert experience reviewing, evaluating, and analyzing proposals.

Education

Basic Requirement for Electronics Engineers:

A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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.
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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), 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, or 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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.
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 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.

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Contacts

• Address
• Name: Kyle Turner
• Phone: 202-920-2397
• Email: [email protected]