Basic Requirements:

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. 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), 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) 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.)

AND

To qualify at the GS-11 grade level, applicants must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 grade level in the federal sector. Specialized experience includes the following:

• Assisting with the coordination of system engineering and integration of electronics and IT systems within a project-lifecycle process.

• Provide technical insight into engineering design, configuration, testing, installation, and maintenance of custom and COTS software/firmware solutions.

• Researching and providing technical recommendations to support the acquisition process for IT and electronic systems.

• Assist senior level staff with representing engineering perspective by clearly articulating requirements and constraints, providing necessary updates for multiple stakeholders and working across departmental lines within integrated product teams.

• Align project work, products and services with government/industry standards and organizations in the marine electronics field (e.g. IMO, NMEA, ITU, IEC, MIL-STD, RTCM, etc).

• Researching and adapting computing solutions to perform in dynamic maritime conditions (corrosion, water intrusion, vibration).

• Work within an organization's enterprise information technology (IT) system, operating by standardized procedures and marshalling resources/services to meet project goals and objectives.

• Monitor schedule, cost, design, analysis, operational performance and/or internal security procedures of cybersecurity related systems.

OR Applicants may substitute successful completion of 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education or Ph.D. or equivalent graduate degree (such as an LL.M, if related).

OR A combination of appropriate specialized experience (as described above) and graduate education (as described above)

To qualify at the GS-12 grade level, applicants must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the federal sector. Specialized experience includes the following:

• Coordinate system engineering and integration of electronics and IT systems within a project-lifecycle process.

• Provide technical insight into engineering design, configuration, testing, installation, and maintenance of custom and COTS software/firmware solutions.

• Provide subject matter expertise and technical recommendations to support the acquisition process for IT and electronic systems.

• Represent engineering perspective by clearly articulating requirements and constraints, providing necessary updates for multiple stakeholders and working across departmental lines within integrated product teams.

• Align project work, products and services with government/industry standards and organizations in the marine electronics field (e.g. IMO, NMEA, ITU, IEC, MIL-STD, RTCM, etc).

• Adapt computing solutions to perform in dynamic maritime conditions (corrosion, water intrusion, vibration).

• Work within an organization's enterprise information technology (IT) system, operating by standardized procedures and marshalling resources/services to meet project goals and objectives.

• Monitor schedule, cost, design, analysis, operational performance and/or internal security procedures of cybersecurity related systems.

National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.  If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.