Engineering Technician

Summary

This position is located within The 3D Innovation Center at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center. The incumbent functions as the Engineering Technician - Additive Manufacturing Technician for the Additive Manufacturing Program. The Additive Manufacturing Program aligns with the initiatives of the VHA Innovation Ecosystem (IE).

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement 03/12/2026. 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-11 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 that you possess one year of time-in-grade - as required by the announcement. In this instance - you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one year of 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. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:
Individual Occupational Requirements Series Definition:
This series covers technical positions supervising - leading - or performing work involving applying: knowledge of the techniques and theories characteristic of electronics - such as a knowledge of basic electricity and electronic theory - algebra - and elementary physics; knowledge of electronic equipment design - development - evaluation - testing - installation - and maintenance; and knowledge of the capabilities - limitations - operations - design - characteristics - and functional use of a variety of types and models of electronic equipment and systems related to - but less than - a full professional knowledge of electronic engineering.

Electronics technicians may have gained experience assisting in work situations including:
Maintenance - Developing maintenance standards and procedures for use by others. Analyzing repair practices and developing procedural instructions for use by others on methods and steps to repair equipment. Installation - Planning and directing the installation of complex systems and associated facilities - particularly where there are site selection and construction problems - dealings with contractors and public utilities - and the possible need to modify equipment for novel site characteristics.

Fabrication - Designing and analyzing circuits - determining design feasibility - evaluating equipment performance under varying environmental conditions - and collecting performance data. Designing or modifying designs to achieve performance and cost objectives. Evaluating the adequacy of equipment for such purposes as repair - calibration - and testing. Testing and Evaluation/Research and Development - Developing or evaluating new or modified electronic systems.

Completing testing - evaluating data - and determining acceptability of equipment modifications - validity - test procedures and data - or legality of operation. Technicians support professional engineers in performing experiments - research - and developmental activities requiring an in-depth knowledge of technical engineering methods - applications - practices - and principles to work on concepts - prototypes - and experimental projects that are without precedent and support state-of-the-art research.

Sustainment - Developing - performing - evaluating - or modifying calibration and test equipment - systems - and procedures. Reporting - analyzing - and archiving test data. Performing complex calculations and manipulations of test data to improve performance of systems - instrumentation - measurement standards - techniques - and procedures. Troubleshooting - Analyzing and diagnosing faults in the operational configuration of electronic systems and equipment.

Interpreting circuit wiring - logic cable diagrams - drawings - specifications - and schematics of complete systems and equipment to understand the function and interconnections of the various assemblies and troubleshoot the system. 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…