INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEER

Summary

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies through the DHA for STRL Bachelor or Advanced Degree Candidates at STRL. Applicatons will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

Duties

• You will utilize basic knowledge of Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) Radios, SATCOM Systems, Modems, Antennas/Apertures, Data Links, Analog/Digital Communication principals and practice.
• You will utilize the components that comprise digital and analog communication system such as radios, amplifiers, transmission lines, antennas and filters.
• You will read and understand system specification, industry standards and apply them to system design, development and test.
• You will conduct RF system Analysis (SATCOM RF Link Budgets, Co-Site analysis).
• You will review and prepare engineering and technical analyses, reports, change proposals, and other technical documentation.

Qualifications

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1. Knowledge of Basic Electrical and Electronic Engineering principles; 2. Basic RF and Microwave knowledge and application; 3. Demonstrated skill in Networking Architecture and Network Transport principles; 4. Ability to read and understand system specification, industry standards and apply them to system design, development and test; 5. Ability to Apply engineering principles to investigate, analyze, plan, design, develop, implement, test, or evaluate military SATCOM communications systems; 6.Conducting RF system Analysis (SATCOM RF Link Budgets, Co-Site analysis); 7. Specification development and review, system interoperability, system re-design/re-configuration, and sustainment. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: For the 08xx Series: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#0800-ndx; https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf 1550 Series: Computer Science Series 1550 Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess. 0801, 0854, 0855, 0861 Series: Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) 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. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. OR 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 more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.orgOREvidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engi…