ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (MATERIALS)
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Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Ability to manage material process related projects; Ability to analyze materials-related problems and deficiencies and resolve them; Demonstrated partnering to achive common goals; Ability to perform materials testing, test process changes, and analyze results; Providing training and instruction to develop and improve skills.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).
Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
You will lead and guide engineers, technicians, artisans, quality assurance and production management in troubleshooting material processing for aircraft components to include selection application and testing.,You will actively investigate and resolve complex technical issues that may involve adapting established criteria, working with incomplete data or resolving conflicting information.,You will serve as a senior technician for complex material-related failure analyses and aircraft mishap investigations.,You will develop modify, adapt and validate new or non-standard test methods and processing techniques, and repair procedures for a variety of aerospace materials where precedents are limited.,You will use standard laboratory equipment as necessary for sample preparation and testing and ensure that equipment is properly calibrated and maintained.
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This job's listed pay is 18% above the benchmark.
Source: OECD Average annual wages, 2025
- H-1B specialty occupation: Employer petition, bachelor's degree or higher in the specialty; annual cap and lottery
- L-1 intracompany transferee: Employees of a related company abroad transferring to a US office
- O-1 extraordinary ability: Evidence of extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics
Official routes: USCIS
Answered at our last check on Oct 30, 2026.
Closes on Nov 2, 2026.
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