Summary This position is with the NAS Enterprise Services Group under the Operations Support Directorate, AJW-1. The NAS Enterprise Services Group is responsible for providing second-level engineering support for NAS equipment, national software, hardware, and technical documentation. Responsibilities Provides engineering assistance to field facilities that are maintaining NAS equipment and restoring NAS services. Performs modification engineering to resolve problems with NAS equipment. Maintains technical documentation used in the maintenance of NAS systems and services. Provides technical assistance to Washington program offices fielding new NAS equipment. The incumbent performs multiple, varying, and complex assignments and plans the implementation of projects/programs under limited direction of a manager or more experienced engineer. He/she is responsible for national modifications and technical maintenance of hardware and software concerns in communications systems, equipment, and facilities of the National Airspace System. Applies experience and advanced knowledge of engineering principles, theories, and concepts applicable to his/her discipline to accomplish assignments and to develop plans and techniques to improve programs and policies. Analyze operational, maintenance, and logistical problems to determine functional impact and technical course of action to correct. The incumbent contributes to the preparation of engineering study reports detailing results of analysis and recommendations. Understands how his/her technical area interacts with or is affected by other disciplines and considers the objectives of the major subdivision and LOB/SO when developing, integrating, and implementing solutions to diverse, complex problems. Develops hardware and software modifications to correct problems with communications systems. Develop test plans, procedures, and quality control techniques to insure quality of product. Generate directives needed to implement modifications. Resolves all but unique technical problems without the intervention of management or a more experienced engineer. Often develops and recommends techniques to address problem situations. Reviews and analyzes technical maintenance documentation for communications systems to ensure it is complete, accurate, and adequate. He/she contributes to the development of new documents, or changes to existing ones, to correct discrepancies identified and reflect modifications. Contacts are internal and external. May act as a key technical point of contact for assigned activities. He/she provides technical information to headquarters program offices in the development of new NAS communications systems. He/she may be called upon to communicate the overall results of a project or work activity to FAA management, the aviation and aerospace industries, and other external parties. Work is reviewed periodically, typically at major milestones and at completion, for technical compliance and alignment with the requirements of the project or other work activity. Work activities typically support and may be vital to the success of projects or activities of one or more organizational units, subdivisions, and LOB's/SO's. In some areas, the work may affect the safety and security of customers. Requirements Conditions of Employment We are not accepting applications from noncitizens. Qualifications To view the complete qualifications standard, applicants should reference-U.S. Office of Personnel Management Group Coverage Qualification Standard for the Electronic Engineering Series 0855. Electronics Engineering Series 0855 (opm.gov) To qualify for this position, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-H, FG/GS 11-12. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Specialized Experience is: Experience collecting and analyzing engineering data; performing engineering testing and recommending modifications to the design or operation of communication systems, equipment, or processes. Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history. BASIC REQUIREMENT: Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor’s degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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 OR Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. Selection may be made from this announcement or ACT-ATO-24-AJW1720-90525. Education This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications. If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment. You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page). Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration. Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation. Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university. A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered. Additional Information We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigation. A one-year probationary period may be required. The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements The U.S. Department of Transportation strives to ensure that equity, transparency, accountability, collaboration, and communication permeate all that we do for the betterment of the Department, the traveling public, and our nation. As such, DOT values a highly diverse workforce of persons who promote a culture of belonging by respecting the personal dignity and worth of each individual and fostering a positive environment where all feel safe and welcome. If these commitments coincide with your personal ideals and professional aspirations, please consider joining the DOT family. As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs) listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration. If this position is filled in Oklahoma, the position will be covered by the NATCA Bargaining Unit, 0062. If the position is filled in New Jersey, it is eligible for a bargaining unit but not represented by one at this time. This is a bargaining unit position. This position is represented by NATCA: Engineers & Architects. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay , COLA