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This vacancy is for a General Engineer in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration within the Department of Commerce.
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This vacancy is for a General Engineer in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration within the Department of Commerce.
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n This position serves as a critical technical resource for enabling national and international spectrum strategies, protecting mission-critical federal systems, and supporting global U.S. leadership in wireless technology innovation. This includes applying RF engineering principles to ensure spectrum-dependent systems are planned, coordinated, and operated efficiently, without harmful interference. These principles may include the analysis of communications, radar, and radionavigation systems; computational simulation and modeling of RF systems and electromagnetic compatibility and interference scenarios; and the development, testing, and evaluation of RF sensors, radionavigation systems, and defense systems. It provides a unique career path for engineers at the intersection of policy, science, and advanced telecommunications systems.
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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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