TECHNICIAN

TECHNICIAN

Department: Department of the Navy

Location(s): Crane, Indiana

Salary Range: $105383 - $161889 Per Year

Job Summary: You will serve as a TECHNICIAN in the Special Warfare & Expeditionary systems Department (JX), Power and Energy Systems Division (JXM), Expeditionary Energy Systems Branch (JXMR) of NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER. The salary range shown above represents all of the positions within the band, including high grade positions. This is not a high grade position; therefore, the salary may be limited to a GS-13 Step 10 (currently $137,000).

Major Duties:

• You will provide technical support that includes development, acquisition, test and evaluation, sustainment, fielding, maintenance, repair and improvement of safety critical electronics on large format high energy storage systems.
• You will develop plans and procedures to extend existing knowledge and test to account for newly emerging ideas and concepts.
• You will provide expert advice and guidance to managers, supervisors, peers, end-users, and sponsors on specific technical and life-cycle aspects of systems or concepts development.
• You will provide hands-on test and evaluation and repair support for battery charging equipment, components, and associated support equipment.
• You will conduct operational risk assessments on an ad-hoc basis to support safe execution of first-time integration, upgrade, or repair of large format high energy battery systems on various manned undersea platforms at various end user locations.
• You will provide hands-on support for operating, maintaining, repairing, assembling, and upgrading various pieces of test and support equipment used in battery operations.

Qualifications: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NT-04 (GS-11/12 grade equivalency) pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: providing technical engineering leadership and guidance on test and evaluation projects to identify risks and repair issues in high energy storage systems (e.g., high voltage lithium-ion battery systems) for the improvement and support of technological advancement and sustainment of the fleet. 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/electronics-technical-series-0856/ 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. The Secretary of Defense has ordered a department-wide hiring freeze subject to certain limited exceptions. This position is subject to the DoD hiring freeze. Offers of employment related to this vacancy announcement will not be executed until the position has an approved exemption.

How to Apply: Click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes: 1. Complete resume with relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered. Your resume must show complete information for each job entry to support minimum qualifications. The following information should be provided in your resume, but it is acceptable to provide elsewhere in your application package: employer's name, starting and end dates (Mo/Yr), hours per week if experience was less than full time (35-40 hours per week), pay plan, series and grade level (e.g. GS-0201-09) for relevant federal experience. TIP: A good way to ensure you include all essential information is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to create your resume. 2. Supporting documentation Failure to submit a complete application package will result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. Your complete application must be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 01/09/2026. Applications received after 01/09/2026 will generally result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. If more than one resume is received, only the last resume received and processed will be reviewed. Note: To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account: https://mydon.usajobs.gov/Account/Login select Application Status, and click on the more information link under the application status for this position. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process so please plan appropriately. You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application. Do not email or send hard copy resumes/applications to the Contact Information or Agency Information listed in this vacancy announcement. All resumes/applications received at the addresses listed in the Contact Information or Agency Information will be destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that all information in their resume and documents are legible and accurate. HR will not modify answers/documents submitted by an applicant.

Application Deadline: 2026-01-09