Electronics Technician

Federal Emergency Management Agency; Round Hill (VA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

US Federal Emergency Management Agency, Mount Weather EOC facilities, is seeking an electronics technician with expertise in network infrastructure and integration of software and hardware for Building Automation Systems or Security and Access Control Systems. The role encompasses maintenance, installation, testing, and calibration activities across HA/automation disciplines.

The position emphasizes work within the Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center’s Facilities Management Division,

Qualifications

• Assisting in maintenance and repair of analog and digital electronic systems including SCADA, HMI/OMI, Building Automation, Fire Alarm, Security & Access Control.
• Reading sketches and layouts to install components.
• Interpreting specifications for modification, testing or repair of equipment.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining and repairing analog and digital electronic systems (SCADA, HMI/OMI, Building Automation, Fire Alarm, Security & Access Control).
• Installing components by reading sketches and layouts.
• Interpreting specifications for modification, testing or repair of equipment.

Skills

Network infrastructure

Building Automation Systems

Security & Access Control

SCADA

HMI/OMI interfaces

Fire Alarm Systems

Relays and locking systems

Job description

In this position you will work as a member of the Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center (MWEOC), Facilities Management Division, Maintenance Branch, HVAC team. The ideal candidate will have expertise in network infrastructure and integration of software and hardware components related to Building Automation Systems or Security and Access Control Systems.

Electronics technicians may have gained experience assisting in work situations including

Maintenance - Developing maintenance standards and procedures for use by others. Analyzing repair practices and developing procedural instructions for use by others on methods and steps to repair equipment.

Installation - Planning and directing the installation of complex systems and associated facilities, particularly where there are site selection and construction problems, dealings with contractors and public utilities, and the possible need to modify equipment for novel site characteristics.

Fabrication - Designing and analyzing circuits, determining design feasibility, evaluating equipment performance under varying environmental conditions, and collecting performance data. Designing or modifying designs to achieve performance and cost objectives. Evaluating the adequacy of equipment for such purposes as repair, calibration, and testing.

Testing and Evaluation/Research and Development - Developing or evaluating new or modified electronic systems. Completing testing, evaluating data, and determining acceptability of equipment modifications, validity, test procedures and data, or legality of operation. Technicians support professional engineers in performing experiments, research, and developmental activities requiring an in-depth knowledge of technical engineering methods, applications, practices, and principles to work on concepts, prototypes, and experimental projects that are without precedent and support state-of-the-art research.

Sustainment - Developing, performing, evaluating, or modifying calibration and test equipment, systems, and procedures. Reporting, analyzing, and archiving test data. Performing complex calculations and manipulations of test data to improve performance of systems, instrumentation, measurement standards, techniques, and procedures.

Troubleshooting - Analyzing and diagnosing faults in the operational configuration of electronic systems and equipment. Interpreting circuit wiring, logic cable diagrams, drawings, specifications, and schematics of complete systems and equipment to understand the function and interconnections of the various assemblies and troubleshoot the system.

The qualification requirements listed below must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

To qualify for this position at the GS-10 level

you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following:

• Assisting in the maintenance and applying concepts to repair of analog and digital electronic systems (i.e., Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition Systems (SCADA), or HMI/OMI interfaces, or Building Automation Systems Controls, or Fire Alarm Systems, or Security & Access Control Systems, or program zone controllers, or relays and locking systems) AND,
• Installing components through reading sketches and layouts AND,
• Interpreting specifications for the modification, testing or repairing of new and existing equipment.

To qualify for this position at the GS-11 level

you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-10 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following:

• Servicing, maintaining and repairing of analog and digital electronic systems (i.e., Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition Systems (SCADA), or HMI/OMI interfaces, or Building Automation Systems Controls, or Fire Alarm Systems, or Security & Access Control Systems, or program zone controllers, or relays and locking systems) AND,
• Preparing and developing sketches and layouts for component installations to meet Industrial and Site-Specific Standards for system and component commissioning AND,
• Developing specifications for the modification, testing or repairing of new and existing equipment.