Patent Examiner; Electrical Engineering Job Alexandria area,Virginia USA,Engineering

Position: Patent Examiner (Electrical Engineering)

The United States Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) patent examiners evaluate next-generation technologies, products, tools, and systems that change how billions of people connect, explore, and interact with one another. The patents we issue and the trademarks we register have the potential to change the world! We're looking for engineers who bring unique perspectives and fresh ideas and energy from all areas of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine.

BASIC

REQUIREMENTS for all grade levels in this series include:

A) (1) successfully completed a full four-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in engineering, OR (2) a combination of qualifying education and experience. This can be demonstrated by one of the following:

Professional registration—Current registration as a professional engineer by any state, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.

Written test—Evidence of passing the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination or the written test required for professional registration, administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners in various states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.

Specified academic courses—Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and including the courses specified in the basic requirements. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum as described in paragraph

A.

Related curriculum—Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field (for example, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology) may be accepted in lieu of an engineering degree, provided the applicant has had at least one year of professional engineering experience with professional engineering supervision and guidance.

The curriculum must:

Be accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum. OR

Include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas: (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 to particle and aggregate structure to properties); or (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.

B) A combination of education and experience. This combination of college‑level education, training, and/or technical experience must have furnished both: a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional engineering; and a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their application to professional engineering.

Applicants must also meet the additional requirements listed below.

Applicants for the GS‑7 position have many ways to qualify. In addition to the basic requirements as stated above, applicants may have A, B, C, D, or E listed below to qualify:

(A) One year of graduate‑level education from an accredited college and/or university in an engineering field of study.
(B) Superior Academic Achievement. This can be defined by one of the following:
Class standing—Upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the "School of Engineering and Applied Science" or "College of Science and Technology" based on completed courses.
Grade point average (GPA) as recorded on the final transcript—3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 as recorded on the official transcript, or as computed based on four years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final two years of the curriculum; or 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required…


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