ELECTRONICS ENGINEER
What you'd do
You will serve as an Electronics Engineer within the Naval Research Laboratory. This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.
Major duties
You will conduct in-house technical activities or provide contract technical direction on projects and programs where the problem must be approached through a series of studies. You will conceive and define solutions to technical problems which are typically difficult to define, require unconventional approaches, require application of engineering principles and/or present other features or more than average difficulty. You will write or contribute to scientific papers, journal articles, or reports and/or prepare contract documents and review reports pertaining to area of technical expertise. You will prepare and present own and/or team technical results orally or in writing to varied laboratory, scientific, industry and other government agencies. You will manage technically complex in-house work units or one or more contractual efforts in assigned program area. You will plan and control all assigned resources, making effective use of facilities to optimize operations. You will participate in strategic planning at team level, taking cognizance of complementary projects elsewhere to ensure optimal use of resources. You will Develop and present demonstrations of technology to customers. You will contribute in a major role either as a senior scientist/ technician or as a task or team leader.
What you need to qualify
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-5/10 grade level or NP-02 pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing most or all of the following duties: 1) Utilizing knowledge of modern digital signal processing techniques including detection of signals in noise, adaptive filtering, and wavelets; 2) Designing and developing advanced algorithms for the extraction of emitter identification and/or sorting data from EW signals; 3) Programming in languages such as C, C++, MATLAB, or Python; 4) Utilizing knowledge of RF system design, analysis, and test; and 5) Utilizing experience in systems analysis, signal processing, and software development related to Electronic Warfare system design, effectiveness analysis, and integration. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/electronics-engineering-series-0855/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.
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