Computer or Electronics Engineer / Operations Research Analyst

Full TimeNM-WHITE SANDSWSMR

Eligibility Requirements

US Citizenship

Career Category

Engineer

Job Summary

ATEC is the Army’s independent test and evaluation organization. We are a team of Civilian and Military personnel working together to provide America’s Military with the best equipment to win and return home safely. At ATEC, we have a saying: If a Soldier rides, wears, shoots, or deploys it, we test it. ATEC is at the forefront of testing and evaluating technologies of the future from autonomous aerial/ground vehicles to hypersonic weapons. Each day, top scientists and engineers test and evaluate cutting-edge equipment. Our workforce is highly technical and skilled, comprised of more than 8,500 military, civilian, and contract personnel.

ATEC values diversity of perspectives, backgrounds, cultures and skills, which connects employees to organizations that are committed to building an inclusive work environment where they can contribute to their fullest potential.

For more information on ATEC, salary, benefits, etc., see https://www.atecciviliancareers.com

This job is a civilian position and does not require military service (including commission and enlistment).

Veterans and Military Spouses will be considered along with all other candidates. If selected, you maybe required to provide additional supporting documentation.

The NH-03 band is equal to the GS-12 step 01 through GS-13 step 10. This position is subject to the NH-03 Senior Professional/ Evaluator/ Tester/ Analyst equivalent control point of the ATEC Control Point Policy at $122,683 per year (Includes locality pay). Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.

Job Responsibilities

The Computer or Electronics Engineer / Operations Research Analyst position at White Sands Test Center, Range Operations Directorate, Mission Services Division, Network Operations Branch with a duty location of White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

As a project engineer and technical point of contact in the field of telecommunications, is responsible for all aspects of communications electronics systems engineering and support. Coordinates with customers to obtain and evaluate customer requirements and prepares engineering design plans to meet these requirements. Upon approval of the design plans, conducts site surveys, prepares technical drawings, bills of materials, installation plans, project timelines, and cost estimates as required by the particular tasks. Develops system training plans and system test plans and conducts said training and testing. Position requires the application of knowledge of the principles, techniques, and practices of electronics engineering.

Analyzes the assigned test programs and determines the general overall telecommunications systems required for optimum telecommunications support for the test programs. Determines the best testing approach, plans, coordinates, directs, and performs field engineering and laboratory test to determine the accuracy desired and the proper equipment needed to support complex test programs.

Performs telecommunications engineering within fixed, mobile, and transportable telecommunications systems, facilities and complexes to include one or more of the following systems: microwave radio systems (digital and analog), command control/flight termination systems, HF/VHF/UHF mobile radio voice communications, ground-to-air, data modems, line treatment equipment, transmission systems, digital and analog telephone switching systems, signaling, fiber optic (to include inline amplifiers, and Tl termination equipment), copper cabling, intercommunications and open wire systems, paging, wireless microphones, power subscriber carrier systems, telecommunications circuit termination control systems, and other special circuitry associated with such systems. Performs engineering for telecommunications systems interfacing with other systems or instrumentation sites, which may include radar, optics, telemetry, and microwave radio.

Acts as technical expert and interface for projects whose scope necessitates development by other organizations. As tasked by the developing organizations, analyzes and evaluates results of studies, resolves problems, and recommends, as necessary, major design changes or equipment alterations including specific engineering background information, detailed specifications, and expected results or impact on overall systems and operations.

Provides guidance and expertise to other branch personnel in all pertinent aspects of telecommunications, to include both analog and digital communications systems, utilizing automation, remote control, microwave, RF, fiber-optic, and copper-pair techniques. Maintains a current knowledge of research and developmental activities and technological advances involving all areas pertinent to telecommunications, and continually reviews and analyzes methodology to increase efficiency and effectiveness.

Utilizes computer skills to aid in the implementation of telecommunication solutions for range customers. These skills include word processing, forms processing, spreadsheets, database management, and computer-aided design used to produce forms, memorandums, system drawings, engineering plans, briefings, and mathematical/engineering analyses.

Represents the organization in meetings and conferences with contractors, intra and inter-agency/service activities, and other government agencies. Participates in meetings and conferences for planning purposes with other project engineers, coordinators, and/or contractors, exchanging technical information and coordinating the execution of telecommunications support action.

Job Qualification

U.S. Citizens who meet the minimum qualification requirements for Engineering – 800 series:

Basic Education Requirement for Engineering - 0800 series:

A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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.

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), 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, or 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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.

4. Related Curriculum - Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, e.g., physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. (You MUST submit a copy of your transcripts along with a letter of reference stating that you have at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. The letter must be signed by the engineer who provided the professional engineer supervision. It must also include their name, phone number, and list their engineer credentials such as engineer education or professional certificates).

U.S. Citizens who meet the minimum qualification requirements Operations Research - 1515 series:
Basic Education Requirement for Operations Research - 1515 series:

A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in operations research.

B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses totaling at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics. At least 3 of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus.

Specialized Experience:

To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience from the duties section which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: 1) installing, operating, troubleshooting, and maintaining IP networks; and 2) provides guidance and expertise to other personnel in all pertinent aspects of telecommunications. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (NH-02 or GS-11).

Education:

Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Conditions of Employment

** This position requires Level II certification in Acquisition Career Field “Test and Evaluation” or the incumbent must be able to obtain certification within 24 months of appointment.

** Position is Non-Critical Sensitive requiring a Secret security clearance; the incumbent must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.

** This position requires the incumbent to occasional work in all types of weather or adverse conditions.

** This position requires temporary duty (TDY) travel up to 25% of the time.

** Commensurate with mission requirements, the position will be required to work the variable tour work schedule which is a fluctuating tour based on organizational requirements to include working nights, weekends and holidays.

** Various incentives may be authorized.

** Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) cost are authorized.

U.S. Citizen is required and you will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.

Two-year trial/probationary period may be required.

Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration

Direct deposit of pay is required.

Information may be requested regarding the vaccination status of selectees for the purposes of implementing workplace safety protocols. For more information, visit https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/faq/vaccinations/.

Travel Requirements

Greater than 20% Travel