Electronics Technician; Biomedical

About the Position: This position is located at Naval Health Clinic New England, Newport, Rhode Island.

Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service. A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized. Non-Federal work experience may be creditable for leave purposes.

Situational Telework may be authorized.

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience;

if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

One year of specialized experience which includes performing maintenance of medical electronic equipment/systems according to manufacturer's specifications; determining the nature of extent of repairs required to medical equipment; and providing training for set-up and/or calibration of patient care equipment.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-08).

Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as:
Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or Biomedical Engineering.

A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total semester hours minus 18) by 18.

Add the two percentages.