MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience applying knowledge of mechanical, physical and dimensional metrology concepts as well as practices and procedures for calibrating equipment in the areas of flow (liquid and gas), force, optics, pressure, vibration, fluid mechanics, linear measurements, acceleration, light, mass, acoustics and temperature. Experience with mechanical engineering processes and practices to solve technical problems involving the science of metrology and the use of calibration equipment, methods and standards. Experience with the Metrology and Calibration program, Department of Defense and/or commercial mechanical calibration programs and standards. Experience reconfiguring, constructing, testing and evaluating mechanical measurement systems. Experience with Statistical Process Control, the calculation of measurement uncertainty, and failure analysis. Experience communicating both orally and in writing to prepare technical reports, outlines, test procedures, interpretive evaluations and analyzing test data to document conclusions and make recommendations via formal letters to customers or other laboratories. 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 https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/engineering-technical-series-0802/ 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 serve as a Mechanical Engineering Technican in the Metrology Engineering Section (Code 134.32), Metrology Branch, Mid-Atlantic Regional Calibration and Materials Test Laboratory Division, Quality Assurance Office of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.