ELECTRONICS ENGINEER

Department of the Air Force Headquarters (DAF); Albuquerque (NM); Presencial; USD 95.000 - 137.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Department of the Air Force Headquarters (DAF) seeks a developmental Electronics Engineer (GG-0855) at Kirtland AFB, NM. Focus on C/C++ programming on microcontrollers, hardware/software integration, and system validation for test instrumentation.

Position involves hands-on prototyping, PCB documentation, and lifecycle sustainment of instrumentation. Travel and security clearances required; DCIPS-related requirements apply.

Formación

• Has hands-on electronics engineering experience.
• Experience validating sensors and hardware interfaces.
• Familiarity with embedded systems and RTOS is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Validate and integrate embedded systems for instrumentation.
• Analyze hardware and circuit performance for test setups.
• Document schematics and PCB layouts; assist with prototyping and lifecycle sustainment.

Conocimientos

C/C++ programming

Microcontrollers

Hardware/software integration

Test instruments

Educación

ABET‑accredited engineering degree

Herramientas

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Multimeters

Descripción del empleo

Summary

The primary purpose of this position is developmental to GG-0855-11. Provide hands‑on electronics engineering, focused on component evaluation, system validation, and hardware‑software integration of test, assessment, and experiment instrumentation equipment.

Overview

Kirtland AFB, NM

Telework eligible: No

Remote job: No

Relocation expenses reimbursed: No

Salary: $94,909 – $136,848 per year

Pay scale & grade: GG 9 – 11

Promotion potential: 11

Work schedule: Full-time

Travel required: 25% or less – You may be expected to travel for this position.

Appointment type: Permanent

Occupations and job series: 0855 Electronics Engineering

Supervisory status: No

Federal service type: This job is in the Excepted Service

Represented by a union: No

Drug test: Yes

Security clearance: Sensitive Compartmented Information

Position sensitivity and risk: Special‑Sensitive (SS)/High Risk

Background check type: Suitability/Fitness

Financial disclosure required: No

Duties

• Embedded Systems Validation and Integration: Computes and executes C/C++ programming on microcontrollers (bare‑metal and/or RTOS) to generate test signals, validate sensor interfaces, and evaluate hardware logic performance.
• Hardware Analysis and Circuit Evaluation: Performs professional electronics engineering work in support of the evaluation, integration, and sustainment of instrumentation and control systems.
• PCB Implementation and Technical Documentation: Performs analysis using systematic disciplines to implement and document schematic captures and PCB layouts (2 to 4+ layers).
• Prototyping and Lifecycle Sustainment: Conducts hands‑on board assembly and modification (including component population) of technical analysis and test instrumentation equipment to verify circuit functionality using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multi‑meters, and signal generators.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• All new DCIPS employees are required to complete a two‑year DCIPS trial period.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top‑Secret clearance.
• If authorized, PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at: https://afciviliancareers.com/regulatory/
• This posn is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
• Must be registered for Selective Service, see Legal and Regulatory Guide
• Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft.
• Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, to include evenings, weekends and/or holidays
• Shift work and emergency overtime may be required
• Employee must maintain current certifications
• Disclosure of Political Appointments
• Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit
• Advance in hire may be authorized if there is demonstrable proof provided on your resume
• This position has been designated by the Air Force as a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the Air Force Civilian Drug Demand Reduction Program. Employee must pass initial and periodic short notice drug testing.
• CONT: Illegal drug use by employees in sensitive positions presents a clear threat to the mission of the Air Force, national security, and public safety.
• Leave accrual may be authorized upon request
• Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period.
• Upon completion of your probationary/trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
• The incumbent must file an OGE-450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, upon appointment and will be required to file annually.

Qualifications

This position is a developmental position and can be filled at the GG-09 level with promotion potential to the GG-11 or can be filled at the target grade GG-11. The individual selected for this position may be promoted to the target level without further competition upon meeting any legal and regulatory requirements.

This is a GG-09 target 11 position in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). The GG-09 target 11 duties for the “Professional” work category are at the “Developmental” work level and are equivalent to those at the GS-09 target 11 level. The selectee’s salary will be set within the 09 target 11 grade equivalent to a GS/GG grade based on the selectee’s qualifications in relation to the job.

In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Professional and Scientific Positions.

Education

POSITIVE EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: This position has a positive education requirement. If transcripts are not provided, your resume MUST list the appropriate academic field (e.g. biology, mechanical engineering, economics, sociology, etc.) and all courses you have taken (including those failed), which appear to satisfy the qualification requirements of the position for which you are applying. List graduate and undergraduate courses separately. Include the descriptive title and course code, completion date, grade, number of semester, quarter or classroom hours (for education completed at business, secretarial, technical school or military schools) and graduate and undergraduate classes. **As of 1 Sep 2016, current internal AF employees must attach their transcripts. Failure to do so will result in not being referred for the position.

A professional engineering degree: The curriculum must be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum or 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. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.

OR Combination of education and experience that is college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional 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.

Additional information

Must exhibit a high degree of judgment, resourcefulness, originality, and the ability to foresee the impact of changing technology.

A minimum of ten years of experience in technology research involving studies, as well as test and assessment of alternatives through design and execution of simulated and field experimentation.

The duties of this position require the employee to operate a motor vehicle. An appropriate, valid driver’s license is required.

PART‑TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part‑time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e. Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Important Overseas Information: Applicants interested in applying for overseas locations please click here to review important information regarding the exceptional family member program.

Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more information.

Current Federal Civilian employees may apply for temporary and term positions and if selected, a break in service may be required prior to appointment to the position.

Temporary and Term Appointments: If you are selected for a temporary or term position, your appointment may be extended to the maximum period allowed by law without further competition.

120‑Day Register: This announcement may result in a 120‑day register that may be used to fill like vacancies for 120 days after the closing date. Applicants may be referred for consideration as vacancies occur.

Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit.

Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service‑connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click here.

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Selectees who physically reside permanently in the U.S., the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or Northern Mariana Islands, and the Possessions of the U.S., during the entire recruitment process (application, selection, and acceptance of a formal job offer) and selected for employment in the foreign area are eligible to receive certain foreign area benefits such as: Living Quarters Allowance (LQA) or government quarters, Post Allowance, Home Leave, etc. (subject to approval)

Selectees who physically reside outside the U.S., the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or Northern Mariana Islands, and the Possessions of the U.S., during any step of the recruitment process (application, selection, and acceptance of a formal job offer) will have foreign area benefits eligibility be determined on a case by case basis.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

Required documents

• Online Application: Questionnaire
• Resume: Your resume may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume is illegible/unreadable. Additional information on resume requirements can be located under “How To Apply”.
• Transcripts/Registration/License: If qualifying on education/position requires education, you must submit copies of your transcripts and if required for the position, submit an active, current registration/license.
• Current or Former Federal Civilian Employees (includes current Air Force employees): You must submit a legible copy/copies of your last or most recent SF‑50, Notification of Personnel Action. The SF‑50, block 24 must contain “1” or “2” AND block 34 must be a “1”. Employees eligible under an OPM approved interchange agreement, block 34 may contain a “1” or “2”.
• Promotion Consideration: If you wish to be considered as a promotion candidate and your SF‑50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you meet the one‑year time‑in‑grade requirements. You will need to provide additional SF‑50s which clearly demonstrates you meet the time‑in‑grade requirements (examples of appropriate SF‑50s include Promotions, Within‑Grade, Grade/Range Increases, and SF‑50s with an effective date more than one year old).
• OCONUS – Current or Former Federal Civilian Employees (includes current Air Force employees): You must submit a legible copy of a SF‑50, Notification of Personnel Action. The SF‑50, block 24 must contain “1” or “2” and block 34 must be a”1”. Employees eligible under an OPM approved interchange agreement, block 34 may contain a “1” or “2”. NOTE: For OCONUS employees who claim eligibility MSP or Family Member Preference, your SF‑50 may contain a “3” in block 24 and a “2” in block 34.

OPTIONAL DOCUMENTS:

• Performance Appraisals for Current Federal Civilian Employees – Most recent performance appraisals (dated within last 3 years) showing the official rating of record, signed by a supervisor, or statement why the performance appraisal is unavailable.
• Awards for Current Federal Civilian employees – List any awards received within the last 3 years on the resume.
• Note: Applicant must not submit award Notification of Personnel Actions (SF50s).

Agency contact information

Total Force Service Center

Phone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Address: IC – Air Force DCIPS, 550 C Street W, JBSA Randolph AFB, TX 78150, US

Next steps

Once your application package is received an acknowledgement email will be sent.

If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your application. Your application package will be used to determine your eligibility and qualifications for consideration. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will receive no further consideration.

Fair and transparent

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