The Trusted Access Program Office was chartered by the U. S. Government to find and maintain suppliers of Trusted microelectronic parts. TAPO has successfully developed a reliable source of parts that gives the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community (IC) needed access to advanced commercial processes, fabrication tools and services.

Duties

As a Electronics Engineer (Advisor) at the NH-0855-03 level, you will be responsible for the following duties: Aiding in the continuity of operations by engaging in knowledge transfer and transition activities in support of program improvement and integration. Documenting procedures, training and mentoring, forecasting and long range program planning. Performing analysis to assess the effectiveness of organizational programs and infrastructure to recommend strategy that would preclude or eliminate problems or weaknesses uncovered and building upon those areas where effectiveness and efficiency are being accomplished. Recommending improvements to support organizational goals and decision making. Overseeing all aspects of IC foundry and Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) flow manufacture including design simulation and layout, aggregation, mask generation, wafer fabrication processing steps, post processing, packaging, and test. Utilizing knowledge, along with business skills, to facilitate customer requirements and product development by ensuring and assisting in vetting, enablement, IP and PDK access, quote generation, payments including Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests (MIPRs), International Traffic In Arms (ITAR) export details, design specifics, technical support, and custom requests.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Application materials must be received by 11:59pm EST on the closing date
• This is a drug testing designated position
• Selective Service requirements apply. Please visit http://www.sss.gov for more information
• Suitable for Federal employment determined by required background investigation
• Must obtain/maintain Special Sensitive (TS/SCI) security clearance
• Financial Disclosure: Required
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Work Hours: up to ten hours per pay cycle

Qualifications

You may qualify at the NH-03, if you fulfill the following qualifications: A. One year of specialized experience at the NH-02 (or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level) in the Federal service as listed below: Oversees the operation, design, certification of Very High Speed Integrated Circuits, Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits, and Logistics Retrofit Engineering; Designs, tests, and evaluates electronics, microelectronics, sold state electronics, modern digital and analog bipolar circuits, integrated circuits devices, and various MOS devices (P-channel, N-channel, hybrid and CMOS); Managing the aggregation of 12nm Application-Specific Integrated Circuits Multi Projects Wafer runs through multi-project chip and multi-project wafer semiconductor manufacturing arrangements; and Planning and executing complex, multi-faceted projects utilizing acquisition, life cycle management, and logistics management principles, concepts, policies, and regulations.(Experience must be reflected in resume) In addition to the above, this position has Basic Requirement for the 0855 SERIES: A. Degree: 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)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. 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.) NOTE: Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position. The experience described in your resume will be evaluated and screened from the Office of Personnel Management's (OPMs) basic qualifications requirements. See: Electronics Engineering Series 0855 (opm.gov) for OPM qualification standards, competencies and specialized experience needed to perform the duties of the position as described in the MAJOR DUTIES and QUALIFICATIONS sections of this announcement by 05/03/2024.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims.

All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address Defense Microelectronics Activity 4234 54th Street McClellan, CA 95652 US
• Name: DMEA Servicing Team
• Phone: 614-692-2063
• Email: [email protected]