The position is an Electronics Engineer in the Air Traffic Safety Operations Oversight Division (AOV-200) of the Air Traffic Safety Oversight Service (AOV). Responsible for leading a variety of engineering tasks to support the oversight of the Air Traffic Organization (ATO).
To view the complete OPM Qualification standard for the Group Coverage Standard for Engineer Series 0801, please refer to: all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf Basic Requirement: A. 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 B. 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. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: 1. Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1 , or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. 2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. 3. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. 4. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor’s degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) To qualify for this position at the J-band, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the FV-I, FG/GS 13. 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 includes: Experience identifying, evaluating, and monitoring information and engineering risk areas and conducting safety risk audits or assessments. Experience analyzing and compiling data from events and incidents. Experience in the disciplines of automation, surveillance, communications, navigation, weather and power. Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their Work History. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. As a part of the Federal-Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (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 test box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities, 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.[insert KSA section name here]In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each 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.
This position will plan and accomplish highly complex and challenging projects/programs and other work activities under the minimal direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced engineer. Provides electronics engineering guidance and instructions on a range of issues related to risk assessments and technical reviews and impact on AOV. Applies experience and comprehensive knowledge of electronics engineering theories, principles, concepts, standards, and methods required to solve highly complex problems and evaluate the development and implementation of new systems or modifications to improve the reliability, maintainability, and safety of National Airspace System (NAS) systems, equipment, and facilities. Provides engineering analysis and support to the NAS by evaluating existing/proposed policies, standards, requirements, and objectives. Identifies the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. Uses experience and knowledge of the NAS technical equipment, services, and operations used for air traffic control (i.e., power, surveillance, communication, automation, weather, and navigational aids equipment among others). Conducts AOV's surveillance activities involving NAS services and equipment operations. Compiles and analyzes events and incidents data from technical equipment, services, operations, and procedures used for air traffic control. Analyzes information/data and evaluates results for developing new concepts, systems, and innovative approaches to identify and resolve complex issues that often cross organizational boundaries. As a principal technical engineer, you will lead, conduct or participate in surveillance activities to measure and determine compliance with established orders, rules, procedures, and policies while promoting continued operational safety. Monitors safety data of assigned areas and recommends changes that will improve technical and operational safety. Assesses mitigation strategies relevant to the compliance of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and FAA documents and communicate technical information to diverse audiences. Identifies, evaluates, and monitors information for potential risks within the engineering processes. Draws on experience using comparable situations and existing criteria to develop conclusions to resolve unusual problems and scenarios, and may create new solutions and policy interpretations as requires. Uses knowledge of the NAS equipment, Technical Operations procedures and programs, and safety management system principles and programs to perform operational audits and assessments of the ATO and to ensure compliance with air traffic service's safety standards and the ATO Safety Management System (SMS). Performs data research for developing criteria within approved guidelines to identify local and system trends, anomalies, and hazards by evaluating data and collaborating with counterparts in AOV, other Aviation Safety organizations, the ATO, and external entities. Analyzes and compiles data from events and incidents in the NAS. Addresses emerging safety risks with the ATO's workforce, and systems equipment in air traffic facilities, utilizing experience gained supporting the NAS in a wide variety of positions such as Airway Transportation Systems Specialists (ATSS), engineering services, flight check specialists, among others to prevent safety hazards.