MECHANICAL ENGINEER

About this role

In addition to the basic education requirements, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the DP-02 pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate some or all of the following: 1) Testing, evaluating, and improving new or modified engineering systems; 2) Developing structured test procedures and analyzed performance data to verify that equipment modifications were safe, valid, and legally compliant; 3) Collaborating with senior professional engineers to conduct complex experiments and evaluate advanced prototypes for state-of-the-art research projects.

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 AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf 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.

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