Mechanical Engineering Technician

You will serve as a MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN in the REFERENCE STANDARDS LABORATORY (C137.3) at MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL CALIBRATION CENTER (C137), QUALITY ASSURANCE OFFICE (C130) of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-10 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

Experience with mechanical/metrological engineering processes and practices sufficient to design, develop and reconfigure specifications in order to resolve highly technical and unusual problems with complex specialized measuring fixtures.

Experience working with electrical and electronics engineering to be able to work with electro/mechanical interface issues.

Experience with the following areas of physical; and dimensional metrology: flow (liquid and gas) force, optics, pressure, vibration, fluid mechanics, linear measurements, acceleration, light, mass, acoustics and temperature.

Experience writing business and shipyard correspondences, working procedures, calibration evaluations and technical reports for standards.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:

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.