Engineering Technician

Summary

About the Position: This is a temporary promotion position located at Tank-Automotive and Armament Command (TACOM) Customer Programs, Quality and Logistics Directorate, Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet NY.

Duties

• •Originates and maintains CMM programs using PC-DMIS software Ver. 4.2 or above to create CMM programs, offline or online, on complex machined parts from various materials such as stainless steel, aluminum, alloy steels, rubber, plastic etc.
• •Performs mathematical calculations by various means of applying trigonometry, geometry and algebra to determine angles, coordinates of critical dimensions, curves clearances, dimensional fits, etc.
• •Uses knowledge of Geometric Dementioning and Tolerance (GD and T) to interpret blueprints, CAD wireframe, and solid models to review configuration management of component drawings to validate inspection ability, create setups, and fixture design.
• •Considers expected quantity for inspection as well as durability, stress, strain, pliability, clearances, etc., for the measuring equipment and the material being inspected to determine the acceptance of the resultant product, etc.
• •Provides inspection technical support to production and engineering problems. Reports deficiencies in drawings, gages, and coordinate measuring machine programs including possible corrective actions.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: Your resume must reflect one year of specialized experience which includes: (1) Programming Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM) for any type of industrial inspection process; (2) Reading and interpreting blueprints & drawings using Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance (GD&T) principles; and (3) Performs quality inspections utilizing standard or custom gauging. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level in the federal service (GS-09).T ime in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-09).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.