This vacancy is for a GS-0802-11/12, Engineering Technician located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, CG R and D CENTER TECHNICAL DIVISION. Duty location will be determined upon selection. Research and Development Center DVIDS - Video - Coast Guard research and development overview USCG Operation Demonstration Coqui - YouTube

Duties

You will serve as an Engineering Technician and be responsible for serving as a key member supporting project managers and engineers in the execution of the Research and Development portfolio. Duties and responsibilities include Lead Field Test Technician, Laboratory Technical Manager, and Laboratory Equipment Manager, providing testing and engineering support to the various projects in the R&D portfolio which include elements of all 11 Coast Guard missions and a multidisciplinary ability/understanding in the fields of sensors, maritime electronic and mechanical systems, communication systems, and data transfer systems.

Requirements

Qualifications

You qualify for the GS-11 grade level, if you possess one year of specialized experience at the GS-10 grade level. methods and techniques of engineering or architecture; and construction, application, properties, operations, and limitations of engineering systems, processes, structures, machinery, devices, and materials. You qualify for the GS-12, applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. Examples of specialized experience would be to perform detailed designs and participate in design tradeoff studies. Examples of occupations that could provide specialized experience include: draftsperson, surveying technician, construction estimator, physical science technician, or mathematical technician. In addition, experience in a trade or craft may be credited as specialized experience when the work provided intensive knowledge of engineering principles, techniques, methods, and precedents. Examples are trade positions with substantial developmental, test, or design responsibilities such as: planner estimators who analyzed designs for production purposes: or instrument or model makers who perform design or development work on devices fabricated. NOTE: All experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. Specialized experience must include the following: Knowledge of engineering methods and techniques. Practical knowledge of the methods and techniques of engineering applications. Knowledge and skills sufficient to prepare and conduct testing, maintenance, trouble shooting and repair procedures for electronics equipment Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and writing with all levels of personnel Ability to clearly read and interpret engineering and architectural plans and specification. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. NOTE: Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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. The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Education

This position does not have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.

College Transcript: If you are qualifying based on education, submit a copy of your college transcript that lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e., bio 101, math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours and grade earned. You must submit evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution is equivalent to U.S. education standards with your resume. You may submit an unofficial copy of the transcript at the initial phase of the application process. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken.

Transcripts--If this position requires specific educational course work to qualify, or you are qualifying based in whole or part on education, you are required to provide all unofficial transcripts (undergraduate, graduate, etc.) by the closing date of this announcement or you will be disqualified from further consideration. Please ensure that all documentation is legible.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here

Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.

Contacts

• Address CG R and D CENTER TECHNICAL DIVISION DO NOT MAIL NEW LONDON, CT 06320 US
• Name: Dexter Greene
• Email: [email protected]