DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Vacancy Announcement Number: WTEJ04001082OC

Changes to the Job Announcement: N/A

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Duties: Serves as an Electronics Engineer involved in the design and development, use, validation and modification of full-scale, functional hardware simulations of foreign threat systems. Develops theoretical methods, techniques and analytical processes to measure, calculate and estimate the characteristics and capabilities of a foreign threat systems and functional hardware simulations of threat systems. Defines detailed specifications for hardware simulators, initiate procurement actions, and exercise responsibility for technical performance of contracts to develop and modify hardware simulators and measure hardware simulators for validation purposes. Communicates, establishes and manages relations with major government agencies and contractors involved in production and use of intelligence and threat system simulations. Exercises decision authority for design, development, modification and validation parameter measurement of hardware simulators.

Who May Apply:

ALL US CITIZENS

Qualifications: Click on link below to view qualification standard.
General Schedule

Applicants claiming Veterans Preference must submit required paperwork at the time of selection. May be required to submit official college transcripts at time of selection. Specialized experience is engineering work related to threat systems, S&T intelligence research, analysis, collections and/or operations. At the GG-11 level and above it should include engineering work related to analysis and/or production, collection and/or operations, couterintelligence or threat support directly related to the position. Experience should demonstrate knowledge of engineering processes, systems, procedures and methods of analyzing, compiling, reporting and disseminating data, principles and techniques associated with measurement of capabilities and characteristics of foreign threat systems and hardware simulations of foreign threat systems. Understanding of the material acquisitions process to manage contracts and knowledge of the intelligence database of foreign threat systems.

GS-05: 4 year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree directly related to this occupation.

GS-07: Bachelor's degree directly related to this occupation and 1 year of experience directly related to this occupation equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, or 1 year of graduate level education, or superior academic achievement.

GS-09: Bachelor's degree directly related to this occupation and 1 year of experience directly related to this occupation equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, or 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree.

GS-11: Bachelor's degree directly related to this occupation and 1 year of experience directly related to this occupation equivalent to the next lower grade level, or 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.

GS-12 and above: Bachelor's degree directly related to this occupation and 1 year of experience directly related to this occupation equivalent to the next lower grade level.

Selectee may be required to pass a polygraph examination.

Temporary positions for DCIPS may be extended up to a maximum of four years.

The experience described in your resume will be evaluated as related to the qualifications, knowledge, skills and abilities required for this job.

Other Information:

Multiple positions will be filled from this announcement.

Positions listed with multiple grades may be filled at any grade level and may or may not have promotion potential.

Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.

May require overtime work, shift work and/or work on rotating shifts to provide coverage on evenings, weekends, holidays and in other situations.

Permanent Change of Station/Relocation expenses may or may not be authorized.

Temporary Duty (TDY) travel may be required.

Other Requirements:

Top Secret security clearance may be required.

Secret security clearance may be required.

Personnel security investigation may be required.

May be required to file annual financial statement.

Position may be designated as Emergency Essential.

A medical examination may be required.

This position may be required to comply with the Lautenberg Amendment/Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968.

This position may be required to comply with the Drug Abuse Testing Program.

You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.

Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.

Direct Deposit of Pay is Required.

DCIPS Excepted Position.

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Resumes may be submitted at any time. Referral lists will be issued as job opportunities occur.

Self-nomination must be submitted by the closing date.

Resume must be on file in our centralized database.