Summary
The position(s) covered by this vacancy announcement is in the Department of Defense (DoD) Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo). For more information please see: AcqDemo This position is part of the Defense Microelectronics Activity, Defense Microelectronics Activity. The incumbent serves as a senior level Customer Application Engineer supporting DoD's access to advanced commercial microelectronics.
Duties
As a Electronics Engineer at the NH-0855-3 some of your typical work assignments may include: Primary Technical Interface: Serving as the senior Customer Application Engineer (CAE) and primary point of contact representing the organization to DoW agencies, program offices, and prime defense contractors to enable access to advanced commercial microelectronics. End-to-End Semiconductor Life Cycle Advisory: Applying authoritative engineering expertise across ASIC design, simulation, net-list generation, physical layout, mask generation, wafer fabrication, packaging, aggregation, and testing to advise customers and resolve technical anomalies. Design Enablement & IP Management: Leading customer design enablement workflows, vetting technical sponsorship requests, managing intellectual property (IP) submissions, and delivering design-specific engineering support. Contract & RFQ Negotiation: Negotiating semiconductor access contracts, Statements of Work (SOW), and Requests for Quotation (RFQs) directly with commercial foundries, fabrication partners, and aggregators. Cross-Functional Technical Integration: Leading 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. Business, Financial & Export Control Execution: Managing customer quotations, payment procedures, export control details, and financial reconciliation while resolving complex business and administrative challenges. Strategic Industry & Supply Chain Analysis: Tracking global and domestic microelectronics market trends, manufacturing capabilities, supply chain vulnerabilities, and national technology strategies to maintain situational awareness across government and industry coalitions. The applicant will support the following as secondary assignments: IP & Design Enablement: Managing IP, MPW schedules, and customer technical design requirements; Trusted Audits: Auditing facilities for Trusted IC accreditation across design, foundry, and test; Acquisition & Risk: Performing COR contract duties and managing MICP/RMIC internal risk controls; Operations & Outreach: Maintaining SharePoint assets, improving processes, and representing the Activity.
Education
Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level. ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement. GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study. FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html **NOTE: Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position.
How you will be evaluated
Traditional rating and ranking of applications does not apply to this vacancy. Your application (resume and supporting documentation) will be evaluated to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications required as listed on the announcement under qualification requirements. Veterans Preference: If you are entitled to veterans preference, you should indicate the type of veterans' preference you are claiming on your resume. Your veterans' preference entitlement will be verified by the employing agency. For information on entitlement see http://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/vetpref/index.aspx Appointment of Military Spouses (5 CFR 315.612) (NonComp Mil Sp): To receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the " Appointment of Military Spouses (5 CFR 315.612) (NonComp Mil Sp)" eligibility. If you are claiming Military Spouse eligibility and are determined to be Well Qualified (score of 85 or above) for the position, you will be referred to the hiring manager. Information and required documentation for claiming Military Spouse eligibility may be found at the General Applicant Information and Definitions link below.