Electronics Engineer, 12381057

Duties

• If selected at the GS-07, GS-09 or GS-11 level, the below responsibilities will be performed in a developmental capacity.
• Serves as professional engineer, expert test engineering consultant, and advisor within the electronics engineering discipline with responsibility for developing test plans and interpreting specifications to verify adherence of parts to quality and reliability requirements.
• Establish test requirements/techniques according to theoretically proven means and by use of empirical methods and techniques; interprets test results; plans and develops methods for use in the study of pass/fail trends; determines when problems exist with specification or standard test methods or procedures.
• Review, analyze and evaluate technical engineering information in test reports and other pertinent technical documentation in order to determine failure or acceptability status; while assuring the validity of reports.
• Serves as a technical authority in making engineering decisions leading to the proper selection, testing, and evaluation of electronic devices.
• Develop, evaluate, and review programs for computer controlled automated test equipment (ATE) to test and evaluate electronic devices.
• Develops and designs test circuits, measurement equipment and/or mechanical configurations required to implement correct test technique.
• Skill in the use of electronic test equipment such as computer controlled automated test equipment (ATE), oscilloscopes, pulse and signal generators, network analyzers, digital data generators, digital voltmeters, frequency generators, and special test equipment; and in the use of a variety of hand tools such as screwdrivers, drills, wrenches, and soldering irons.