Electronics Technician

This position is located within the Office of Protection Services, Office of the Administrator, National Gallery of Art (AOP). The incumbent works under the direct guidance of the AOP Senior Technician and is under the direct supervision of the Head of Technical Services.

The Office of Protective Services, Technical Services (AOPT) oversees the installation, programming, modification, calibration, alignment, fabrication, troubleshooting, repair and maintenance of electronic systems at the National Gallery of Art.

Duties for this position include: Installing, programming, modifying, calibrating, aligning, fabricating, troubleshooting, repairing and maintaining AOPT systems as required to maintain optimum performance. Providing subject matter expertise in the planning, design and integrating of electronic security systems.

Installing and de-installing temporary electronic security for special events and art shows. Installing electronic conduit including rigid and flexible, metal and non-metallic types. Installing, terminating, and testing conductors and cabling for circuits less than 50V AC/DC including Ethernet cabling.

Basic Requirements: 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.

AND GS-08 Specialized Experience Statement: Candidates must possess at least one year of specialized experience, equivalent in responsibility to the GS-07 level in the Federal service or private sector, assisting senior technicians in configuring/administering systems, installing and troubleshooting/repairing electronic security devices such as cameras, door contacts/card readers.

GS-09 Specialized Experience Statement: Candidates must possess at least one year of specialized experience, equivalent in responsibility to the GS-08 level in the Federal service or private sector, performing routine installation/maintenance on integrated systems or subsystems and troubleshooting issues across integrated systems.

GS-10 Specialized Experience Statement: Candidates must possess at least one year of specialized experience, equivalent in responsibility to the GS-09 level in the Federal service or private sector, configuring systems, administering systems and diagnosing root-causes across integrated systems.

OPM Qualifications Standard: Individual Occupational Requirements: Electronics Technical Series 0856 Associated Group standard: General Schedule Qualification Standards Merit promotion applicants must meet the time-in-grade requirement as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F.

For GS-08: One year at the GS-07 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-08 level. For GS-09: One year at the GS-08 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-09 level. For GS-10: One year at the GS-09 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-10 level.

You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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 receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Note: Applicants who are referred to the hiring office for selection consideration may be required to submit writing and/or work samples as part of the interview/selection process.

If the hiring office decides to request a writing and/or work sample as part of its selection process, the vacancy contact will reach out to you by email to: (1) inform you of this requirement; and (2) provide further instructions.