Electrical Engineer
Listed on 2026-07-25
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Engineering
Environmental Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineer
This position is located with Bonneville Power Administration in Operations Planning (TOOP), Operations Support (TOO), Transmission System Operations (TO), Transmission Services (T).
A successful candidate in the Electrical Engineer position will serve as an electrical engineer performing assignments of limited scope and difficulty which are screened to eliminate difficult or unusual problems.
BASIC REQUIREMENT:
A. Degree:
Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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.
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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:
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A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph
A.
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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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive)
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SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
GS-07: A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level [GS-05] in the Federal service.
Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience
1) assisting higher‑grade engineers in various types of work performed;
2) Applying basic electrical engineering theories, concepts, principles and methodologies to accomplish developmental assignments;
3) Analyze, interpret and convey findings of engineering tests and studies to higher grade engineers.
You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows:
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