Supervisory Electronics Engineer

Major duties of the Supervisory Electronics Engineer position include, but are not limited to, the following: Direct, supervise, plan, and organize the OSHA Technical Center (OTC) Engineering Services Division including operations, activities, and assignments.

Oversee and provide leadership and technical guidance over a complex operation with professional, technician, and contract staff working in office and laboratory environments on different technical and field support projects.

Plan, direct, and control the work of the organization by carrying out supervisory and organizational responsibilities intrinsically related to the work done by immediate subordinates.

Provide leadership and technical guidance, which includes but is not limited to setting priorities, prescribing requirements for work, and reviewing and judging the adequacy of completed work. Develop strategic goals and objectives, technical oversight, and guidance in program planning and development.

Propose, formulate, evaluate, plan and oversee technical programs and projects to meet the agency's needs relating to field equipment and instrumentation. Design, modify, and construct systems for calibration and service of industrial hygiene and safety equipment.

Develop and maintain the necessary software for operation and control of computer-operated or assisted calibration systems. Represent OTC and OSHA's interests to internal and external stakeholders.

Perform the full range of supervisory responsibilities Provide professional advice and assistance to OTC management and staff, OSHA management, industrial hygienists, occupational safety and health specialists, engineers and other compliance and staff in OSHA program offices in the national, regional and area offices; State program staff; representatives of trade associations, labor organizations, foreign governments, and industrial concerns nationwide regarding sampling and measurement instrumentation used by OSHA compliance officers and other professional/technical staff.

THE ENGINEER SERIES HAS AN INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT. ALL APPLICANTS MUST MEET THIS REQUIREMENT IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED. You must meet the "Individual Occupational Requirement" and the "Specialized Experience" as described below, to qualify for the Electronics Engineer position. INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT (IOR): A.

Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering.

To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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.

OR B.

Combination of Education and Experience: College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering.

The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:1. Professional registration or licensure - Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.

Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration.

For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.2.

Written Test - Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration, by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.3.

Specified academic courses - Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.4.

Related curriculum - Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance.

Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions.

In addition to meeting the Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR), applicants must meet the following specialized experience: Specialized Experience: Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.

At the GS-14: Applicants must have at least 52 weeks of Specialized Experience equivalent to the GS-13 or higher, to qualify for this position.

For this position, specialized experience is defined as experience coordinating with federal or state agencies, developing electronic systems and applying OSHA regulations, American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and NIOSH recommended standards and procedures, instrument operation, and calibration specifications.