This position is located in the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), Office of Satellite & Product Operations (OSPO), with six vacancies in Wallops Island, VA.
This position is also announced under vacancy number NESDIS OSPO-24-12294332-DE, which is open to all US Citizens or Nationals. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.
Summary
This position will be filled under the DOC Alternative Personnel System (CAPS). This system replaced the Federal GS pay plan and structure. Under CAPS, positions are classified by career, pay plan, and pay band.
Overview
Duties
As an Electronics Technician, you will perform the following duties:
- Serve as Electronics Technician and maintain, operate, configure, and assure the readiness of unique computer and computer-controlled data acquisition, processing, dissemination, satellite command and control and networking systems and equipment.
- Perform satellite systems maintenance engineering services (e.g. electronics maintenance and quality assurance, equipment replacement) for a diverse group of extremely complex and sophisticated operational systems and equipment.
- Isolate and repair satellite ground equipment including antenna electro/electronic mechanical drive systems, high power amplifiers to transmit commands to satellite, amplifiers, down converters, fiber optic and copper cabling to receive and deliver the nation's National Critical Satellite data from the satellite through the antennas into the operations building for distribution via broadband links or rebroadcast from the satellite.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
This position will be filled under the DOC Alternative Personnel System (CAPS). This system replaced the Federal GS pay plan and structure. Under CAPS, positions are classified by career, pay plan, and pay band.
Qualifications
Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards.
Education
There is no positive education requirement for this position.
Specialized Experience
Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service.
How to Apply
Applications (resume and application questions) for this vacancy must be received on-line via USAJOBS by 11:59pm Eastern Time(ET) (Washington, D.C. time) on the closing date of this announcement.
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- Click the blue "Apply Online" button.
- If you are not a registered USAJOBS user, please create a new account and follow the instructions to complete your application process.
- As a registered user, select a stored resume and select one or more of your stored documents to attach to your application.
- Check the "Certification" box and click the "Apply for this position now!" button located at the bottom of the screen.
- Address the eligibility questions as well as the questionnaire containing questions and/or task statements that address the knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies for this vacancy.
- Submit required documents using one of the available methods listed below.