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Electronics Technician

Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administration
VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System

Summary

This position is located within the Facilities Management Service of the VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System in Aurora, CO. The incumbent is responsible for the comprehensive technical support of electronic instrumentation to include: maintenance, repair, calibration, installation, inspection, evaluation, and user training. Through this support, the incumbent's position is critical to the delivery of high quality patient care and works throughout all patient care areas in the medical center.

Overview

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Accepting applications
Open & closing dates
05/05/2026 to 05/15/2026
Salary
$75,785 - $98,515 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 10
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Aurora, CO
1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
Not required
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
11
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Not Required
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
Trust determination process
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit status
Yes
Announcement number
CBSU-12954587-26-LEB
Control number
868027300

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Duties

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Duties include but are note limited to:

  • Maintains a variety of computerized and networked equipment and software, which is vital to the medical center's ability to provide quality health care.
  • Plans and performs scheduled and unscheduled (emergency) maintenance on equipment to ensure compliance with all applicable codes and standards.
  • Determines if equipment is performing satisfactorily by selecting and employing design test setups to evaluate equipment performance and ensure the validity and efficiency of operation.
  • Utilizes modem computer technology as well as conventional and Specialized Test Equipment (STE) to accomplish his/her assignments.
  • Serves as a technical advisor to the supervisor, other clinical engineering management, Physicians, Clinical Associates, as well as other Engineering personnel on the principles and practices that relate to the nurse call system, hospital beds, overhead paging, sound masking, and other critical hospital wide systems when evaluating equipment to meet current and projected medical center needs
  • Responsible for coordinating and working with vendors when they are onsite for scheduled and unscheduled maintenance.
  • Relates testing results or procedural monitoring and recommends courses of action to be followed that will enhance the mission of the medical center
  • Recommends, drafts, and develops procedural changes to obtain desired results
  • Teaches operation, maintenance, and procedural protocols of the nurse call system, hospital beds, ceiling lifts, and other system wide hospital systems to other personnel.
  • Instructs equipment operators in correct equipment usage and operator level preventative maintenance
Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday - Friday 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Electronics Technician/PD07090-A

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
  • Subject to background/security investigation
  • Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
  • Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:
  • your performance and conduct;
  • the needs and interests of the agency;
  • whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
  • whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 05/15/2026.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-10 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.
Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

Preferred Experience: Providing comprehensive technical support of hospital wide systems including but not limited to: fire alarms, physical security, overhead paging, and security cameras

You may qualify based on your experience as described below:

Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) for Electronics Technical Series 0856:Applicants who meet the Individual Occupational Requirements described below are fully qualified for the specified entry grade but must also meet the specialized experience of the position.

IOR Specialized Experience (for positions at GS-4 or equivalent and above):Some examples of qualifying specialized experience include:

  • Work as a technician, instructor, inspector, or mechanic (civilian or military) that showed progression in theoretical and practical knowledge of electronic theory, and of the characteristics, function, operation, and capabilities of a variety of types of electronic equipment. This experience must have included the use of schematic diagrams, a variety of test equipment, and the application of appropriate electronic formulas involved in such duties as testing, troubleshooting, modifying, designing, calibrating, installing, maintaining, repairing, constructing, developing, and instructing on electronic equipment, or similar functions.
  • Experience in developing policies, standards, and procedures for maintenance, installation, or similar functions, provided the work clearly shows that the applicant applied a specialized knowledge of the theories and principles of a variety of electronic systems or equipment.
In addition to the IOR, candidates must also meet one of the following requirements:

GS-10 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: designs and employs test setups for electronic equipment; utilizes various technologies, including specialized test equipment, to ensure validity and efficiency of results; applies background knowledge to difficult electronic equipment problems, which are often multidisciplinary in nature; maintains electronic equipment and possesses an in-depth knowledge of the characteristics, operation, limitations, and clinical use of the equipment; incumbent analyzes, isolates, and corrects malfunctions, and recommends improvements or modifications to improve equipment reliability.

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; religions; 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.

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements: The work routinely varies from sitting at the bench to prolonged standing, kneeling or crouching when working on complex systems. Works under extremely stressful conditions caused by the nature of the mission, which usually involves life and well being of patients and the necessity to meet deadlines, which are out of his/her control.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Additional information

Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

How you will be evaluated

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

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Narrative responses are not required at this time. If you are referred for consideration, you may be asked to submit additional job related information, which may include, but not limited to; responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or contact for an interview. Your resume and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify information provided by a candidate (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candidate's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.

For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document.

Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.

It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.

Veterans Health Administration

OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans?

The VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System (ECHCS) offers a unique opportunity to balance professional growth with personal life. Our integrated, patient-centered approach provides compassionate, state-of-the-art care to Veterans while supporting a fulfilling career.

Located in Aurora, CO, just east of Denver, the new, state-of-the-are campus is a gateway to the Rockies and the Denver Metro area, offering unparalleled access to outdoor recreation, cultural attractions, and vibrant city life. Whether starting a career, raising a family, or planning retirement, Denver's central location makes it an ideal home.

ECHCS is a teaching hospital with a cutting-edge technology, research, and education. With specialized programs and comprehensive care for Veterans, it's a great career choice for clinical and administrative professionals alike.

Agency contact information

VISN 19 HR Contact Center
Phone
719-227-4600
Email
V19USAJOBS@VA.GOV
Address
VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System
1700 N Wheeling St
Aurora, CO 80045
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