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Open: October 20, 2026 — Closes: October 30, 2026
Summary
You will serve as a Supervisory General Engineer at the Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility (HIF) providing support to assess research and development, procurement, repair and maintenance, testing, and evaluation of instruments and related equipment. Salary The salary range is between $107,510 (Step 01) - $139,764 (Step 10) First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.
Major Duties
Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Plan, Organize, direct, and supervise the work of professional, technical, administrative, and laboratory personnel engaged in specialized instrumentation testing, evaluation, and fabrication activities. Develops, reviews, and approves technical test plans and directs laboratory and field evaluations to assess the performance capabilities and effectiveness of existing and emerging instrumentation technologies. Manage a nationwide quality assurance /quality control (QA/QC) program for evaluation specialized hydrologic data collection instruments and equipment used by the USGS water mission area and other governmental organizations. Plans, coordinates, and oversees laboratory and field testing and evaluation of instrumentation, equipment, and emerging technologies, including novel systems where established technical standards, procedures, or guidance are limited or unavailable. Develop technical reports, recommendations and briefings communicating instrumentation evaluation results to management, stakeholders, scientific audiences, and other federal agencies. Represents the USGS as a technical expert in hydrologic instrumentation at national intra-agency and interagency meetings, working groups and technical forums.
