Electronics Engineer.

U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command; Chambersburg (Franklin County); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command seeks an Electronics Engineer to prepare specifications and analyses to secure funding, and to provide engineering guidance to junior staff.

The role includes reviewing studies to ensure recommendations align with engineering theory and practice, with strict adherence to security requirements for federal employment. Qualified candidates hold an engineering degree (ABET-accredited) or equivalent, with specialized experience in electrical specs, system

Qualifications

• Education and Specialized experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; transcripts may be required if qualifying based on education.
• Basic Requirement For Electronics Engineer: Degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited program, or equivalent combination of education and experience with courses in statics, dynamics, strength of materials, fluids, thermodynamics, circuits, and materials.
• Alternative qualifications include professional registration (EI, EIT, PE) or passing the FE exam, or 60 semester hours in physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences with related coursework.

Responsibilities

• Prepare detailed specifications and economic analyses to secure funding by a variety of military commands.
• Provide technical advice to lower grade engineers on engineering issues.
• Assist in the review of completed studies to assure that recommendations are applicable to engineering theories, principles, and techniques.

Skills

Electrical specs analysis

Process evaluation

Specification modification

Technical advisory

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

• Prepare detailed specifications and economic analyses to secure funding by a variety of military commands.
• Provide technical advice to lower grade engineers on engineering issues.
• Assist in the review of completed studies to assure that recommendations are applicable to engineering theories, principles, and techniques.

Duties

• Prepare detailed specifications and economic analyses to secure funding by a variety of military commands.
• Provide technical advice to lower grade engineers on engineering issues.
• Assist in the review of completed studies to assure that recommendations are applicable to engineering theories, principles, and techniques.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must possess or be able to obtain and maintain a SECRET security clearance.
• Must be able to physically lift up to 40lb. during normal operations.
• Must successfully complete pre‑employment and yearly physical required.
• Must be able to wear personal protective equipment/gear.
• May be subject to a one-year probationary period, however previous service may be creditable IAW 5 CFR 315.802.
• You will be required to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, upon entering the position and annually.
• Business travel/temporary duty (TDY) may be required up to 25% of the time.
• If you misrepresent your experience/education, or provide False/fraudulent information in/with your application, it may be grounds for not hiring you or for firing you. Making false/ fraudulent statements also may be punishable by fine/imprisonment.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the Education AND Specialized experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is

Basic Requirement For Electronics Engineer:

• 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

• 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, or 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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.
  • 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 Basic Requirement Above, To Qualify For This Position You Must Also Meet The Qualification Requirements Listed Below:

Specialized Experience:

One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Analyzing electrical specifications to align with operational requirements; 2) evaluating system processes to identify operational conflicts; 3) modifying specifications where established engineering procedures are insufficient; and 4) providing technical advice to resolve unique engineering challenges.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed equivalent to the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION:

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show 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:

Additional information

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre‑Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.
• Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
• This position requires you to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the
• This is a(n) 16 Career Program position aligned under the Engineers and Scientists (Non-construction) Career Management Directorate.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.

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.

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.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.