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Summary This position is part of the Department of Defense . The incumbent will be responsible for providing technical consultation, advice and assistance to other DMEA staff members and represents DMEA programs to higher echelons, customers, and industry representatives. Responsibilities As a Branch Senior Electronics Engineer at the NH-0855-4 some of your typical work assignments may include: Serves as an expert in microelectronics technology, recognized as a DMEA technical authority in a highly specialized area of engineering, such as embedded software, or RF/Antennas, or Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)s, or etc. Conducts investigative research for the development of microelectronics techniques and methodologies for application to future DMEA products, services, and processes. Develops new knowledge, theory, methods, and/or procedures to resolve extremely difficult engineering problems impacting various programs, such as Legacy/Obsolescence, Avionics, Quick Reaction Engineering (QRE), and Side Effects Engineering (SEE). Represents the agency with other DOD activities and customers on scientific and technical issues, trends, and state-of-the-art developments associated with advanced microelectronics. Leads the efforts engineering teams and technical specialists on large or inter-agency projects. Assigns projects to subordinate project engineers for the detailed planning and completion of projects. Advises and assists the technical staff on highly complex or unusual designs, tests, simulations, performance evaluations, or other microelectronic engineering processes. Prepares and/or oversees contractual engineering task documents and associated specifications for specific or continuing projects. Responsible for the conceptualization, initiation, design, development, test, contracting, production, logistical support, or modification of weapons and other systems, supplies, or services to satisfy DoD needs, intended for use in, or in support of, military missions. Plans, manages, and/or performs analysis, research, design, development, fabrication, installation, modification, or sustainment of systems or systems components across the entire life cycle. Supports various program offices, operating commands, system program managers, inventory managers, hardware/software systems engineers of different DOD agencies. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications You may qualify at the NH-4 if you fulfill the following qualifications: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the NH-3 (GS13) grade level in the Federal service: Knowledge of design, test and evaluation of microelectronics in a highly specialized area, such as embedded software, RF/Antennas, or Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)s (other specializations could include Analog, Digital, Mixed Signal, Integrated Circuit Design, Communications, Robotics, AI, Machine Learning, Optics, and many more); Serving as a senior project engineer on teams of engineers performing feasibility assessments, developing custom hardware and/or software prototype, and facilitating state of the art electronics technology insertions into DoD weapon systems; and Providing electronics engineering advisory services to support project engineering management activities. 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. In addition to meeting qualifications, your application package MUST reflect the applicable experience to meet the Individual Occupational Requirements for the 0855 series. A. Degree: Engineering. 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 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 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: 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. 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, and Puerto Rico. 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. 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. 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: Foreign Education *NOTE: Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position. Additional Information The position(s) covered by this vacancy announcement is in the Department of Defense (DoD) Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo). For more information please see: ACQDEMO Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA): To be eligible for a VEOA appointment under Merit Promotion procedures, the veteran must be a preference eligible or a veteran separated after 3 years or more of continuous active service performed under honorable conditions. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Programs: This program applies to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria; 2) be rated well-qualified for the position; Well qualified is defined as possessing the type and quality of experience that exceeds the positions minimum qualifications. and 3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your ICTAP eligibility. For more information: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/. Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities: For more information on noncompetitive appointment authority eligibility requirements: Special Hiring Authorities for Veterans Other Special Appointment Authorities - Subpart F Special Hiring Authority for Certain Military Spouses Priority Placement Program (PPP) DoD Retained Grade Preference Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/register/who-needs-to-register/#p5 ) To receive consideration please make sure you select ALL appropriate eligibilities in the application questionnaire. Other Notes: Direct Deposit of Pay is required. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. The overall salary range listed above is provided for informational purposes as it represents the full range that is applicable to current employees in this occupation/grade; however, a selectee's initial pay is always set below the maximum rate of the range. Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Agency's interest. DMEA offers flexible work arrangements subject the to suitability/eligibility of the position and mission needs of the organization. This position may be approved for traditional on-site reporting at McClellan, CA; Expanded Telework (Minimum two days on-site reporting per pay period). Telework is available in accordance with DOD Policy basis. Remote work is not authorized. Re-employed Annuitant: If you have retired from civilian federal service and you are interested in employment as a re-employed annuitant, information can be found at: Reemployed Annuitants | DCPAS (osd.mil)