ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN

Summary

You will serve as a Electronics Technician in the Ocean Projects Department (N9) of NAVOCEANO BAY ST LOUIS.

Duties

• •You will serve as a department expert in troubleshooting, diagnostic repair, and sustainment of state-of-the-art oceanographic and autonomous platforms.
• •You will investigate and resolve complex electronic failures characterized by inadequate documentation, random failure modes, and high integrated components.
• •You will manage and execute preventative maintenance programs, diagnostic testing, and system calibrations, ensuring all systems meet specifications prior to deployment.
• •You will advise professional engineers, physical scientists, and leadership on the feasibility and technical merits of advanced engineering proposals, estimating the operational risk and capability returns of proposed modifications.
• •You will author, update, and publish standardized operational procedures, maintenance directives, technical bulletins, and safety documentation for department-wide use.
• •You will oversee the shipboard installation, integration, power distribution, and communications interfacing of custom sensor suites and subsea machinery.

Qualifications

GS-11 Your resume must demonstrate at least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-10 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience reading and interpreting circuit diagrams, electrical blueprints, schematics, and experience identifying components and symbols. Experience working with units, components, accessories, and complete systems. Experience applying electrical and electronic theory and instruments such as current, voltage, resistance, Ohm's Law, series and parallel circuits, conductors, and insulators. Experience assembling, installing, testing, and repairing electronic systems, including oceanographic survey equipment. Experience soldering and using electronic test equipment and troubleshooting and calibrating for accuracy and determining proper operation. Experience executing replenishment strategies to meet supply planning objectives to satisfy mission requirements and experience performing inventory audits and reconciliation. GS-12 Your resume must demonstrate at least one year (52 weeks) 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: Experience analyzing and resolving electronic problems pertaining to the installation, maintenance, repair and operation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), sonar systems and associated support equipment and subsystems. Experience in electronic design, development, and testing of oceanographic survey systems. Experience to technically review contractor engineering work of redesign, design modification, complete overhaul or production of new, complex, state-of-the-art survey systems. Experience making written and oral presentations of system test results, modification, and survey progress to activity management, maritime partners, and project sponsors. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Electronics Technical Series 0856 IOR: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/electronics-technical-series-0856/ 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.