This position serves as an Electronics Engineer for the Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency Management (DTSEM), OSHA Technical Center, Engineer Support Division. This position is inside the bargaining unit. The full performance level of this position is at the GS-12 grade level. Selectee will be expected to report to OSHA Technical Center, Sandy, UT; this is not a virtual position. Current DOL policy requires on-site work at least 5 days per pay period.

Duties

Major Duties include, but are not limited to, the following: GS-09: Performs design, construction, and/or modification of the electronic portion of such items as electronic sensors, digital readouts, automated systems, interfaces, etc. in systems used to calibrate industrial hygiene instruments. Develops modifications to laboratory and/or field instruments to improve response and accuracy. Maintains traceability of calibrations to standards maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology or other nationally recognized primary standards. Periodically reviews adequacy of field instruments for enforcing OSHA standards and recommends action if appropriate. GS-11: Propose, formulate, evaluate, plan, and conduct technical assignments to meet the agency's needs relating to measurement and control of hazardous substances or conditions (e.g., combustible, and toxic gases, sound, light, heat, air flow, etc.). Determines procedures for calibrating field instruments, with a focus on automation and computer operation. Maintains traceability of calibrations to standards maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) or other recognized primary standards, as appropriate. Develops and maintains necessary software for operation and control of computer-operated or assisted calibration systems. As the employee progresses, the assignments will become more difficult and complex with less supervision.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.

Qualifications

THE ENGINEER SERIES HAS AN INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT. ALL APPLICANTS MUST MEET THIS REQUIREMENT IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED. You must meet the "Individual Occupational Requirement" and the "Specialized Experience" as described below, to qualify for the Electronics Engineer position. INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT (IOR): 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. 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), 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. In addition to meeting the Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR), applicants must meet the following specialized experience: Specialized Experience: Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. At the GS-09: Applicants must have at least 52 weeks of Specialized Experience equivalent to the GS-07 or higher, to qualify for this position. For this position, examples of qualifying experience include: Assisting with the repair of electronic instruments. Assisting with the modification of electronic circuits or systems; and/or Assisting with the development of modifications to laboratory and/or field instruments to improve response and accuracy. OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: General Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Electronics Engineering; or Electrical Engineering. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position. At the GS-11: Applicants must have at least 52 weeks of Specialized Experience equivalent to the GS-09 or higher, to qualify for this position. For this position, examples of qualifying experience include: Performing design, construction, and/or modification of the electronic portion of such items as electronic sensors, digital readouts, automates systems, etc. in systems used to calibrate industrial hygiene instruments. Assisting in the troubleshooting of mechanical and/or electronic systems used for the calibration and repair of instrumentation used to measure physical and/or chemical variables; and/or Calibrating the electronic portions of field instruments for measuring levels of chemical and/or physical agents in the workplace. OR Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as General Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Electronics Engineering; or Electrical Engineering. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position.

Education

If you wish to use your education as a basis for meeting the minimum qualification requirements, you must submit academic transcripts from an accredited institution demonstrating that you meet the qualifying education. If you do not submit sufficient academic documentation necessary to demonstrate that you meet the minimum qualification requirements based on education as described in this announcement, your application will be deemed incomplete, and you will receive no further consideration for this vacancy.

Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service.

If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum coursework requirements for this position. Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information.

Contacts

• Address Occupational Safety and Health Administration 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20210 US
• Name: Jennifer Eagle
• Phone: 617-565-2546
• Email: [email protected]