You will serve as an Engineering Technician in the Celestial Reference Department of NAVOBSERV.

Duties

You will obtain, provide and give basic recommendations on manufacturing processes, materials, and how each part interrelates with the other components of the system. You will be responsible for the complete electromechanical equipment, including the development of switching and optical detector circuitry and motion control component selection. You will carry out the routine maintenance of the astronomical instruments located throughout the observatory grounds. You will work closely with the senior machinists and other Engineering Division personnel to provided mechanical design and fabrication input into the basic designs that the incumbent will further develop, document, produce, and test. You will be liaison with computer issues for the engineering division to include installation, maintenance and working with IT support at USNO as well as software vendor support. You will create CAD drawings and work from rough sketches and verbal instructions and must have enough familiarity with the work of the particular department involved as to be able to converse effectively with the scientists or engineers. You will operate manual shop equipment, in accordance with standard shop safety practices. You will program, setup, and operate CNC equipment. You will design one-of-a-kind fixtures or instrumentation using CAD systems. You will perform maintenance to machining equipment and pneumatics. You will maintain the maintenance of complex mechanical systems, which may require climbing to heights using ladders, cranes, and safety harnesses. You will communicating scientific and technical material in both verbal and written formats to a wide range of audiences from astronomy experts and peers to government or international experts.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-9 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience operating manual shop equipment in accordance with standard shop safety practices. Experience with program, setup, and operating CNC equipment. Experience designing one-of-a-kind fixtures or instrumentation using CAD systems. Experience performing maintenance to machine equipment pneumatics. Experience performing maintenance on complex mechanical systems, which may require climbing to heights using ladders, cranes, and safety harnesses. Experience troubleshooting electrical systems. Experience communicating scientific and technical material in both verbal and written formats to a wide range of audiences from astronomy experts and peers to government or international experts. Experience performing credit card purchases and maintain purchasing documents. Experience in machine shop setup, operating of manual mill, lathes, grinder, saws, measuring equipment, CMM, calibers, mic's and indicators. Experience fabricating and modifying scientific instruments and or tooling, by setting up and operating manual CNC lathes and mills, this includes programming G code for the CNC equipment. Experience in basic design principles and application, to include designing with CADsoft ware, applying GD&T to the processes and understanding material properties to selectappropriate material for the application. Experience in basic mechanical and electrical techniques used to troubleshoot issues. Experience in basic welding and sheet metal; adhering to shop safety standards. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Contacts

• Address NAVOBSERV 3450 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20392-5420 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]