Electronics Technician

About the company

This vacancy is for an Electronics Technician in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration within the Department of Commerce.

Your tasks

As a Electronics Technician, you will perform the following duties: Provide technical support in microwave, radar, and related technologies through waveguide design, layout, construction antenna fabrication and erection, and equipment installation maintenance and testing. Provide technical support in measurement science, instrumentation design, development, repair, and testing; includes instrument calibration, modification, and operation, and the establishment of interconnection and interface techniques. Assemble electronic equipment & circuit boards. Operate measurement systems. Keep records of personal property, tracks its location, & excesses property no longer needed. Ensure that physical structures/activities at the Table Mountain field site are being handled appropriately & in compliance with applicable rules, regulations & agreements. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Electronics Technician ZT-0856-5, ZT-5 positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location or local commuting area with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

• Operating radiofrequency test and measurement equipment as well as antennas/antenna systems.
• Performing maintenance of electronic systems and equipment
• Advising engineers on developing new and or adapting existing equipment AND
• Designing characteristics, and functional use of a variety of types of electronic equipment and systems.

Requirements

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Occupational-Series Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. This position is being filled under the Department Of Commerce Alternative Personnel System (CAPS). Under CAPS, positions are classified by career path and pay band. The ZT-5 is equivalent to the GS-13 grade level. To qualify at the ZT-5 level you must meet the specialized experience as described below. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZT-4 or GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience:

There is no positive education requirement for this position.

You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position. You must successfully pass a background investigation. This may include a credit check, a review of financial issues, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs. A probationary period may be required. Selective Service: Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/). If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application. All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing. Bargaining Unit Position: No Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE form 450): No Permanent Change of Duty Station (PCS) Expense: Will not be paid License required: No Drug Test Required: No Time-in-grade/band requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement unless eligible for special hiring authority, reinstatement eligible, non-current Federal employee applying as a VEOA eligible which do not require time-in-grade/band.