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Supervisory Electronics Engineer/Physicist ZP-0855/1310-V (GS-15 Equivalent)

Department of Commerce
National Institute of Standards and Technology
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Summary

Serves as a Group Leader for the Communications Technology Laboratory at NIST in Boulder, CO.

Are you ready to explore your future with NIST?

Your application package may be shared with other selecting officials at NIST with opportunities like the one you are applying to. Additional selections may be made through this vacancy. 

This notice is issued under direct-hire authority to recruit new talent to occupations for which NIST has a severe shortage of candidates.

Overview

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Hiring complete
Open & closing dates
04/22/2021 to 05/19/2021
Salary
$140,428 to - $172,500 per year
Pay scale & grade
ZP 05
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Boulder, CO
1 vacancy
Telework eligible
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
25% or less - Domestic and International travel, conferences, scientific collaboration, and facility sharing
Relocation expenses reimbursed
Yes—Relocation expenses may be reimbursed.
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
05
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
Yes
Security clearance
Secret
Drug test
Yes
Position sensitivity and risk
Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Moderate Risk
Trust determination process
Announcement number
NISTCTL-2021-0015
Control number
599124600

This job is open to

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The public

U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Federal employees - Competitive service

Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales.

Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)

Federal employees whose job, agency or department was eliminated and are eligible for priority over other applicants.

Veterans

Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference

Military spouses

Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty.

Individuals with disabilities

Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A.

Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista

Individuals who have served at least 2 years with the Peace Corps or 1 year with AmeriCorps VISTA.

Clarification from the agency

* All qualified U.S. citizens; * Current Federal employees serving under a career or career- conditional appointment in the competitive service; * CTAP/ICTAP eligible; * National Service (Peace Corps & VISTA); * Applicants eligible under special hiring authorities (i.e., Appointment of certain military spouses, Schedule A).

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Duties

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Develops, leads and oversees the management of the High-speed Measurements Group, that includes research in measurement science and SI traceable calibrations for internal and external customers, spanning, but not limited to high-speed waveform measurements, electro-optic sampling, on-wafer electrical measurements, analytical and numerical waveform deconvolution, high-speed signal generation, nonlinear vector network analysis, and correlated uncertainty analysis that underpins the metrological foundations for high-speed and high frequency electrical and optical waveform measurements in the classical and quantum regimes. The mission of the group involves highly complex projects and building collaborative scientific efforts within and outside of NIST. Promotes the activities of the group to management, colleagues and external stakeholders. Key stakeholders include both public and private sector stakeholders in the microelectronics electronics and electrical instrumentation industries. Provides technical direction to group staff by defining work objectives. Provides managerial direction to effectively allocate funding, staffing and other resources for the group. Operates independently under general policy guidance and work products are considered well researched, appropriate and technically accurate.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • You must be a U.S. citizen
  • You must be registered for Selective Service if applicable (www.sss.gov)
  • You must be suitable for Federal Employment
  • You must be able to attain a secret clearance.

Applicant must be able to attain a secret clearance and pass a drug test. Applicants must meet requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

Supervisory Electronics Engineer ZP-0855-V

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.

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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:

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.

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.

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.

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.)

In addition to the basic requirements, applicants must meet the following Specialized Experience: 

Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-14 level (ZP-IV at NIST). Specialized experience is defined demonstrated experience with the use of optical and RF diagnostic and measurement tools such as vector network analyzers, wafer-probes, sampling oscilloscopes, real-time oscilloscopes, ultrafast (sub-picosecond) lasers, and autocorrelators.

Supervisory Physicist ZP-1310-V

Degree: Physics; or related degree that included at least 24 semester hours in physics.

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Combination of education and experience-Courses equivalent to a major in physics totaling at least 24 semester hours, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

In either of the above, the courses must have included a fundamental course in general physics and, in addition, courses in any two of the following: electricity and magnetism, heat, light, mechanics, modern physics, and sound.

In addition to the basic requirements, applicants must meet the following Specialized Experience: 

Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-14 level (ZP-IV at NIST). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience with the use of optical and RF diagnostic and measurement tools such as vector network analyzers, wafer-probes, sampling oscilloscopes, real-time oscilloscopes, ultrafast (sub-picosecond) lasers, and autocorrelators.

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.

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcement are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains Federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the OPM website located at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/

Applicants may request reconsideration of their qualifications determination within three business days from the date their applicant status was changed. Applicants should email the Agency Contact listed in this vacancy announcement with their written request listing the announcement number; explaining why the original determination was improper; what factors were not considered; and, should provide any other pertinent information that would enable reevaluation. 

Education

This position has an education requirement. You must submit a copy of your transcripts to document that you have met the education requirement. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required prior to the final offer of employment.

Foreign education: Individuals educated in whole or in part in foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for a U.S. equivalency evaluation of course work and degree. View a listing of these accredited organizations from the Department of Education's website. Provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing.

Additional information

A one to three year probationary period may be required.

This position is covered by an Alternative Personnel Management System (APMS). This system replaces the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and grade with career paths and pay bands. For information regarding how the pay bands correspond to the General Schedule, click here.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Applications will be evaluated against the basic qualifications. Your resume must contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make a qualification determination. Please ensure that your resume contains specific information such as position titles, beginning and ending dates of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, salary, duties performed for each position, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should provide the position series and grade level/pay band. Please also include in your resume a list of all publications and patents/patent applications on which you are a named inventor and provide the title and patent/patent application number for each. Qualified candidates will be considered in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management Direct Hire Guidelines. Veterans' Preference does not apply to the direct hire recruitment procedures. Selections made under this notice will be processed as new appointments to the civil service. You may not be considered for the position if any part of the application is incomplete. Your application may not receive appropriate consideration without the required supporting documentation. 


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