Electronics Engineer

Responsibilities

• Act as the senior Customer Application Engineer (CAE) and primary point of contact, representing the organization to DoD agencies, program offices, and prime defense contractors to enable access to advanced commercial microelectronics.
• Provide authoritative engineering guidance across ASIC design, simulation, net-list generation, physical layout, mask generation, wafer fabrication, packaging, aggregation, and testing, including resolving technical anomalies.
• Lead customer design enablement workflows, including vetting technical sponsorship requests, managing intellectual property (IP) submissions, and delivering design-specific engineering support.
• Negotiate semiconductor access agreements, Statements of Work (SOW), and Requests for Quotation (RFQs) with commercial foundries, fabrication partners, and aggregators.
• Lead Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs) and recurring synchronization sessions with foundries, program offices, and industry partners to proactively identify and resolve technical, manufacturing, and programmatic issues.
• Manage customer quotations, payment procedures, export control details, and financial reconciliation while resolving complex business and administrative challenges.
• Maintain situational awareness by tracking global and domestic microelectronics market trends, manufacturing capabilities, supply chain vulnerabilities, and national technology strategies.
• Manage IP, MPW schedules, and customer technical design requirements (secondary assignment).
• Audit facilities for Trusted IC accreditation across design, foundry, and test (secondary assignment).
• Perform COR contract duties and manage MICP/RMIC internal risk controls (secondary assignment).
• Maintain SharePoint assets, improve processes, and represent the Activity (secondary assignment).

Required Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen; selective service requirements apply.
• Must be suitable for federal employment based on the required background investigation.
• Must obtain/maintain a Secret security clearance.
• Drug testing: Designated position, including initial screening and random testing thereafter.
• One year of specialized experience equivalent to NH-02 or GS-11, or equivalent in other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector.
• Education requirements: a bachelor’s degree in an ABET-accredited engineering program OR includes differential and integral calculus and courses in five of seven listed areas.
• Transcript submission is required. Failure to provide transcripts will result in being rated ineligible for this position.
• Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.
• Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
• DAWIA Engineering and Technical Management Practitioner certification: must be accomplished within 60 months after entry. Position requires DoD Acquisition Engineering and Technical Management Practitioner certification within required timeframes (NON-CAP; includes Back to Basics certification: NON-CAP).
• Must achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2 years.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• All applicants must meet qualifications and eligibility criteria by the closing date of the announcement.

Technologies

• ASIC
• SharePoint
• RFQ
• SOW
• DMEA Core Hours (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Pacific Standard Time)

Benefits

• A comprehensive benefits package for federal employees.
• Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position held and whether the position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.
• Review benefits (as listed by the agency).

How You’ll Be Evaluated

• Evaluation is based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
• Traditional rating and ranking of applications does not apply to this vacancy.
• Veterans preference: indicate the type of veterans’ preference on your resume if entitled.
• Appointment of Military Spouses (5 CFR 315.612) may apply for eligible non-compensable military spouses.

Required Documents

• Your complete application package includes: complete resume, online questionnaire responses, and documents proving eligibility.
• If required documents are not submitted, your application will be marked incomplete and you will not be considered further.
• Resume must not exceed two (2) pages.
• Transcripts: required due to degree/education requirements.
• SF50: required for current and former civilian Federal employees (most recent SF50 showing tenure, grade and step, salary, and type of position).
• Veterans documents: if applying using veterans preference or a Veteran’s hiring authority, submit DD214 showing character of service and SF-15 (VA documentation listed as truncated in the source).