Electronics Technician

Electronics Technician

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Location(s): Columbia, Missouri

Salary Range: $74678 - $97087 Per Year

Job Summary: The Biomedical Engineering Shop provides comprehensive in-house support for the full-range of medical and electronic devices/systems at HSTMVH, which supports a Medical Equipment Asset Value of more than $60M and supports a total equipment inventory of more than $80M.

Major Duties:

• DUTIES: Technology Planning, Assessment, Evaluation and Implementation Keeps abreast of technology in order to participate in requirements development and recommend new and replacement equipment. The incumbent serves as a technical advisor and consultant to physicians, engineers and medical personnel in the purchase of new instrumentation to meet specific needs, and in the implementation of that technology. Project Management Keeps abreast of technology in order to participate in requirements development and recommend new and replacement equipment. The incumbent serves as a technical advisor and consultant to physicians, engineers and medical personnel in the purchase of new instrumentation to meet specific needs, and in the implementation of that technology. Technology Sustainment The incumbent is responsible for overall implementation and management of electronics technology in assigned areas. The incumbent provides technical support for a wide variety of highly sophisticated and complex electronics equipment and systems including advanced analog, digital, microprocessor and computer based electronics with many interrelated subassemblies, system servers and sophisticated digital equipment connected to the Medical Center IT network and other systems. Safety The incumbent ensures that electronics equipment continuously meets TJC, VA, CAP, radiation safety, and other standards for patient and user safety and standards of care. Administration The incumbent is responsible for establishing a stock level of repair parts and supplies and ensuring the availability of items needed for the daily support tasks associated with the equipment within the assigned areas of responsibility. He/she also identifies test equipment, tools, and software needed to support and sustain these responsible technologies. Promotion Potential: The full performance level of this position is GS 11. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, Days Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: This position is not authorized for telework. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Electronics Technician/PD09090A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized References: Please provide "References" with application. At a minimum, two current or former supervisors or from individuals who were in a position of a professional nature. Indicated if the Hiring Manager may contact.

Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 01/06/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS 09. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience. Individual Occupational Requirements: Series Definition: This series covers technical positions supervising, leading, or performing work involving applying: knowledge of the techniques and theories characteristic of electronics, such as a knowledge of basic electricity and electronic theory, algebra, and elementary physics; knowledge of electronic equipment design, development, evaluation, testing, installation, and maintenance; and knowledge of the capabilities, limitations, operations, design, characteristics, and functional use of a variety of types and models of electronic equipment and systems related to, but less than, a full professional knowledge of electronic engineering Specialized Experience (GS-11) You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to include: Work as a technician, instructor, inspector, or mechanic that showed progression in theoretical and practical knowledge of electronic theory, and of the characteristics, function, operation and capabilities of a variety of types of electronic equipment. This experience must have included the use of schematic diagrams, a variety of test equipment, and the application of appropriate electronic formulas involved in such duties as testing, troubleshooting, modifying, designing, calibrating, installing, maintaining, repairing, constructing, developing, and instructing on electronic equipment, or similar functions. Experience in developing policies, standards, and procedures for maintenance, installation, or similar functions, provided the work clearly shows that the applicant applied a specialized knowledge of the theories and principles of a variety of electronic systems or equipment. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

How to Apply: Read entire announcement & instructions before beginning. To apply for this position, you must complete initial online application, to include initial online questionnaire and submission of required documentation specified in the How to Apply & Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing date of the announcement. To preview the application questionnaire, click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12857939. The application process is as follows: To begin, click Apply Online to create a USA JOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. .2. Answer the questions presented in the application and attach all necessary supporting documentation. 3.Click the Submit Application button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing date, 01/06/2026. 4,If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you will be notified after submitting your application. The notification will be provided in your application submission screen and via email. The notification will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this application" to return to your assessment completion notice. 5.Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. 6.Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodation before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended. 7.Set aside at least 3 hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue later, you can re-use your unique assessment link. NOTE: Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments will be reused for one year (in most cases) from the date you complete an assessment. If future applications you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses will be automatically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparation resources at https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us. To update your application, including supporting documentation: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your application record, and click Edit my application. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement status or your application status: https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to. Your application status page is where you can view your application status, USA Hire assessment completion status, and review your notifications sent by the hiring agency regarding your application. Beginning September 27, 2025, Federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length to comply with the Merit Hiring Plan. Resumes longer than two pages will result in ineligibility for further consideration for the position. USAJOBS will not allow you to upload or build resumes longer than two pages, and you will need to update the resumes in your profile before applying for a job. Resumes should include information relevant to the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies of the position to which you are applying. VA is unable to make assumptions about qualifications if not clearly listed. Resumes must be legible so they can be reviewed for eligibility, minimum qualifications and other position requirements listed in the job announcement. If initial application submission is updated and resubmitted with a new resume, only the most current resume will be reviewed for consideration. Your resume must be 5MB or less. We recommend saving and uploading your resume as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. The resume builder can help you create a resume using these recommendations and uses the information in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. Helpful Hints for Creating a Two-Page Resume: Prioritize most relevant and recent experience Use concise, results focused language Align language from the job announcement Focus on demonstrating skills and competencies Remove outdated or unrelated experience Use the USAJOBS resume builder Additional guidance on this new requirement and resume building tools can be found at https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/page-limit

Application Deadline: 2026-01-06