Electronics Technician

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/10/2026. 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-10 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 you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year 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.

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR GS-10 GRADE LEVEL: All applicants must meet the Individual Occupational Requirements as listed 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. In addition to meeting the IOR- Individual Occupational Requirement, applicant also possess the specialized experience as listed below.

You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Fire alarm system, mass notification systems, Administration of the Building Automation System, Security systems, Camera surveillance system, public announcement system, cable TV system, temperature and humidity monitoring systems, automation alarm systems, emergency communication system (Police, Emergency Management, Engineering, and Environmental Management radios), Wireless patient tracking system, conference room equipment, telephone network wiring, Non-IT -campus internet systems, non IT printers, fax machine, UPS (uninterruptible power supplies), Non-IT and Non-Biomedical equipment used in support of patient care, and other control and electronic systems as assigned.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

As the Electronics Technician in the electric shop the incumbents duties may include, but are not limited to the following: The incumbent is responsible for the inspection, installation, maintenance, calibration, documentation, and performance of non-IT servers, computers, and electronic systems composed of multiple subsystems, and electronic equipment for the medical center and the geographically separated CBOCs.

Incumbent shall be responsible for initiating and preparing requisitions for purchase requests for parts and services required to perform maintenance, repair, and adaptation work, and is expected to specify and maintain organized inventories of repair assemblies, components, and general purpose electronic component and hardware selections in anticipation of needs.

This requires an advanced working knowledge of networks, servers, routers, modems, software/hardware, network security requirements, variations in available computer or network hardware. The incumbent works with VA contracting, engineers, vendors, and contractors to evaluate, plan, organize, execute and assist on projects involving the development of the Facility Service Line electronic systems, including but not limited to assisting with SOWs, Sole source justifications.

Responsibilities to include the consideration of time, materials, cost (especially if cross-agency or VA), safety and performance requirements. The incumbent assigns usernames and passwords for users and sets up user groups and restrictions in software (permissions) as well as software configuration of fully digital systems. This requires an advanced working knowledge of networks, servers, routers, modems,software/hardware, network security requirements, variations in available computer or network hardware.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 0800-1630 (8:00am-4:30pm) Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Electronics Technician/PD12739A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized