Electronics Technician

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Prescott (AZ); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Prescott, AZ, seeks an Electronics Technician to design, install, test, and maintain facility enterprise systems and their components.

The role requires knowledge of electronics theory, testing, and installation of various equipment, with strict federal time-in-grade requirements. Your duties include diagnosing complex electronic systems, analyzing needs for customized solutions, and overseeing installation and testing activities.

Qualifications

• Master's or equivalent graduate degree required or 2 years of progressively higher graduate education
• Specialized experience in electronics theory and equipment testing and maintenance
• Time-in-grade and federal service requirements apply; SF-50 documentation required for eligibility

Responsibilities

• Diagnose, test, and maintain electronic and facility enterprise systems
• Analyze needs to design and implement customized electronic solutions
• Develop and implement support strategies for customized systems and interfaces
• Identify hazardous conditions and initiate corrective action
• Provide technical expertise from planning through full life cycle management
• Review contractor submissions for technical soundness and oversee installations

Skills

Electronics theory

Troubleshooting

Test equipment

Schematic reading

Education

Master's degree or higher

Tools

Test equipment

Electronic design knowledge

Job description

Summary

This position is located within the Facilities Management Service at the Northern VA Health Care System in Prescott - AZ. The incumbent functions in a professional capacity to design - install - test - and maintain facility enterprise systems and their ancillary components. These specially designed systems are constructed - assembled - or modified to fill a unique function for the facility through software and hardware applications.

Summary

This position is located within the Facilities Management Service at the Northern VA Health Care System in Prescott - AZ. The incumbent functions in a professional capacity to design - install - test - and maintain facility enterprise systems and their ancillary components. These specially designed systems are constructed - assembled - or modified to fill a unique function for the facility through software and hardware applications.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 09/25/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. The grade may have been in any occupation - but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year - it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade - as required by the announcement. In this instance - you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or educationas described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS=07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include - but are not limited to: Knowledge of the techniques and theories characteristic of electronics - such as a knowledge of basic electricity and electronic theory - algebra - and elementary physics - knowledge of electronic equipment design - development - evaluation - testing - installation - and maintenance; and knowledge of the capabilities - limitations - operations - design - characteristics - and functional use of a variety of types and models of electronic equipment and systems related to - but less than - a full professional knowledge of electronic engineering. OR - Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have master's or equivalent graduate degree - 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree - or LL.B. or J.D. - if related. OR - Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and education beyond masters degree. This position has an INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT which is a basic requirement that must be met to qualify for entry into this job series - and it is something that cannot be waived. To meet the basic requirement for the Electronics Technician Occupational series - applicants must demonstrate one of the following: Specialized Experience: Some examples of qualifying specialized experience include: Work as a technician - instructor - inspector - or mechanic (civilian or military) that showed progression in theoretical and practical knowledge of electronic theory - and of the characteristics - function - operation - and capabilities of a variety of types of electronic equipment. This experience must have included the use of schematic diagrams - a variety of test equipment - and the application of appropriate electronic formulas involved in such duties as testing - troubleshooting - modifying - designing - calibrating - installing - maintaining - repairing - constructing - developing - and instructing on electronic equipment - or similar functions. Experience in developing policies - standards - and procedures for maintenance - installation - or similar functions - provided the work clearly shows that the applicant applied a specialized knowledge of the theories and principles of a variety of electronic systems or equipment. Experience in developing policies - standards - and procedures for maintenance - installation - or similar functions - provided the work clearly shows that the applicant applied a specialized knowledge of the theories and principles of a variety of electronic systems or equipment. For more information on these qualification standards - please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Duties

• Major duties and responsibilities include - but are not limited to - the following: Performs duties of a broad scope and complexity including analyzing - diagnosing - and maintaining electronic and facility enterprise systems
• Analyzes organizational needs to design - develop - and implement customized solutions utilizing software and/or hardware
• Developing and implementing a support strategy for the customized systems or interfaces
• Identifies and remediate hazardous conditions and procedures with electronic and facility enterprise systems and initiates appropriate corrective action
• Exercises extensive knowledge - skill - and creativity to keep electronic and facility enterprise systems operational
• Responsible for notifying the owning service and the supervisor if they determine equipment or systems should be taken out of service because it is unsafe to operate
• Explores alternate options and presents or implements recommendations for temporary solutions to minimize the overall impact on facility operations
• Provides technical expertise related to electronic and facility enterprise systems via planning - design - implementation - testing - evaluation - project management - professional consulting and reporting - data mining - and full life cycle management
• Develops the necessary requirements - reviews potential contractor submissions for technical soundness - and provides oversight and technical guidance during installation of electronic and facility enterprise systems which may include directing modifications to equipment and or designs to remediate issues presented by unforeseen site conditions
• Work Schedule:Monday-Friday - 08:00 a.m.- 04:30 p.m
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Position Description/PD#: Electronics Technician/PD148070 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized