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Electronics Engineer
Federal Communications Commission · Washington, District of Columbia · Closes in 15 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Land and base management, Federal employees - Excepted service, Special authorities, Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), The public, Military spouses, National Guard and reserves, Family of overseas employees, Native Americans, Federal employees - Competitive service, Individuals with disabilities, Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista, Veterans.
The job is open to the public, which means U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. Current federal employees, veterans, military spouses, National Guard and reserve members, and people with disabilities under Schedule A (a special hiring path) may also apply under their own hiring paths.
Experience: You need at least 1 year of specialized experience (work that prepares you for this job) equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in federal service. This experience should include independently analyzing engineering feasibility and spectrum compatibility for advanced or emerging radio technologies, and evaluating proposals involving emerging technologies.
Education: You must meet the OPM basic education requirements for the Electronics Engineering series (0855), which are linked in the announcement. Education must come from a school accredited by an institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Transcripts must be submitted by the closing date.
Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.
2 Resume and documents
Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 15 days (November 19, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.
How they rate you: Subject matter experts review resumes using a scored, competency-based review, and you need a score of 80 or higher to be referred to the selecting official under Merit Promotion. Under the DEU process, eligible applicants are placed in Highly Qualified, Fully Qualified, or Minimally Qualified categories. Applicants who miss required documents or resume rules may be rated ineligible.
4 After you apply
In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.
For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.
If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Show your specialized experience clearly in your resume, since it is the main way you qualify.
- Upload transcripts by the closing date or your application will be rated ineligible.
- List start and end dates by month and year and hours worked per week for each job, and keep the resume to two pages.
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