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This vacancy is for an Electronics Engineer in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration within the Department of Commerce.
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This vacancy is for an Electronics Engineer in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration within the Department of Commerce.
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nApplicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government.
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nA. Degree in Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor''s degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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.
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nSPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZP-2 (or GS-9) in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as:
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n(1) Applying mathematical, statistical, stochastic, simulation, or digital signal processing (DSP) methods to analyze measured signals, system behavior, or data from sensing, communication, electromagnetic signals, or measurement systems; AND
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| Location | Huntsville, AL |
| Salary | $83,265–$182,316 Per Year |