Electronics Technician

  • Federal Aviation Administration
  • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • Full Time
Electronics Technician

Department of Transportion

Federal Aviion Administrion

AVS, Flight Standards Service, Flight Technologies & Procedures, Flight Research & Analysis, AFS-430

Summary

Technician position requires the advanced applicion and knowledge of the FAA Flight Simulor Program including: principles, theories, concepts, methods and techniques to ensure optimal utilizion in support of the Agency's ste-of-the art, flight simulion mission.

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Summary

Technician position requires the advanced applicion and knowledge of the FAA Flight Simulor Program including: principles, theories, concepts, methods and techniques to ensure optimal utilizion in support of the Agency's ste-of-the art, flight simulion mission.

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Overview

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Accepting applicions

Posted today

Apply by 06/16/26

Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 16, 2026

Locion

Oklahoma City, OK

No mching locions found.

Work site options

Telework eligible

No

Relocion expenses reimbursed

No

Salary

$90,925 - $118,204 per year

Locality to be determined upon selection.

Pay scale & grade

FG 13

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Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.

Work schedule

Full-time

Travel Required

Occasional travel - The job may require travel from time-to-time, but not on a regular basis. The travel may be for training or other work-reled duties.

Appointment type

Permanent

Occupions and job series

0856 Electronics Technical

Supervisory stus

No

Federal service type

This job is in the Excepted Service

Represented by a union

Yes - This position is represented by PASS: Flight Standards Services.

Drug test

No

Security clearance

Other

Announcement number

AAC-FS-26-AFS430-98832

Control number

870531900

This job is open to

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Internal to an agency

Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement.

Clarificion from the agency

Open to current permanent FAA employees -FAA Wide

Duties

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Incumbent performs maintenance of the FM Boeing 737-800 and Airbus 330/320 convertible full flight (Level D) simulors. Ensures flight simulor systems are in operionally certified condition. FS liaison for contract maintenance activities, ensuring they are performed to established standards in accordance withl4 CFR Part 60. Performs highly specialized technical expertise associed with analyzing, designing, developing, installing, repairing, fabricing, maintaining, modifying and/or evaluing highly complex simulion modeling and flight simulor aerodynamic and avionics systems. Applies broad experience and advanced technical knowledge on flight simulor systems components, disciplines, and integrion with multiple flight simulors.

Incumbent performs and processes hardware and software diagnostic tests on flight simulors to ensure proper function or affect repairs and re-verify proper operion of the malfunctioning system. Utilizes vendor documention (including, but not limited to, blueprints, schemic diagrams. and program flow diagrams) to loce, isole, and repair or replace malfunctioning components. Uses software utility programs and installed diagnostic equipment in fault detection and isolion. Reviews and documents preventive and corrective maintenance on flight simulor aerodynamic and avionics systems and ensures repair of defective subsystems, assemblies, and circuit cards. Performs all necessary calibrions and/or alignments prior to placing any failed device into service to ensure th the flight simulors continue to opere in accordance within their design specificions. Maintains and tracks night simulor component documention, calogs and replacement and/or repairing logistical requirements

Incumbent oversees and performs periodic tests to certify th the FAA Boeing 737-800 and Airbus 330/320 convertible full flight (Level D) simulors perform in accordance with their respective Approval Test Guide and assist the Nional Simulor Evaluion Team with annual recurrent certificion/qualificion. Ensures all simulor discrepancies are

documented, evalued for corrective actions, tracked and completed.

Incumbent provides specialized flight simulor technical expertise for Research, Engineering and Development (R.E&D) projects by supervising and performing hardware and software modificions as directed. Incumbent also ensures currency of the visual dabase library models and assists in the creion of new models and/or modificions to existing ones to support R.E&D projects. Additionally, the incumbent maintains all system source code documention in current configurions and performs schemic updes, caloging new software listings and hardware and software modificions.

Incumbent serves as an independent contributor, a contributing specialist on large work activities, or as a team leader for single or small work activities. May provide formal instruction to other technicians performs highly specialized technical work associed with analyzing, designing, developing, installing, repairing, fabricing, maintaining, modifying or evaluing the most complex systems for which the FAA is responsible. Applies broad experience and advanced technical knowledge of assigned disciplines and specialties. Understands how assigned systems, components, and disciplines are integred with other systems, components, and disciplines.

Incumbent serves as the Deputy Program Manager for Flight Start Capital Investment Program (CIP). This multi-million dollar, ongoing CIP program guarantees the continued modernizion of the organizion's Airbus and Boeing full motion flight simulors to meet the requirements of complex NAS initiives for years to come. May be called upon to communice FAA positions on policies and procedures internally and externally.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

US Citizenship is required.

Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959.

Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).

One-year probionary period may be required.

Successful completion of a security investigion may be required.

Please review Required Documents & Additional Informion.

Qualificions

To qualify the FG/GS 13 (FV-I) level , you must demonstre in your applicion you possess one (1) year of Specialized Experience equivalent to FG/GS 12 (FV-H) level. Specialized Experience is experience th has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Specialized Experience includes: Experience in the planning, design, development, and modificion of highly complex simulion modeling or avionics systems; Experience with calibrion, maintenance, and repair on flight simulors; Experience with da collection, analysis of technical proposals and designs, and calculions.

Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history. Qualificions must be met by the closing de of the announcement.

Educion

Informion Regarding KSA's:

As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiive (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to elimining the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narrives from the initial applicion in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrive response in the text box listed below each KSA.

In lieu of providing a KSA narrive response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history, include informion th provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers evalued further to valide whether the level th you selected is approprie based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as approprie.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualificion requirements and Selective Factor(s), if applicable, may be further evalued on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities, (KSA); Quality Ranking Factor (QRF), if applicable, Leadership and Management Dimensions, if applicable, or Other Factors listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluion, applicants placed in one of the following cegories: score order, cegory grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for considerion.

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Make sure your resume includes detailed informion to support your qualificions and answers to the job questionnaire.

Additional informion

We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.

Position may be subject to a background investigion.

A one-year probionary period may be required.

The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure stement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviion-reled companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements

NOTES:

Some, none or all applicants may be interviewed.

Applicants must apply online to receive considerion for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed or e-mailed applicions cannot be accepted.

Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your ring or may result in you not being considered for the job.

To confirm receipt of documents, please contact Sidney Heifetz ...

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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.

Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.

How you evalued

You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

IMPORTANT: Applicants may be red on the extent and quality of experience, educion, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantied. Ensure th your applicion package/resume supports your responses.

Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .

Review our benefits

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.

Required documents

Required Documents

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Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50), other supporting documention, etc. accepted in combinion with your online applicion. These documents MUST be uploaded to your profile or emailed to ... on or before the closing de of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number.

If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) containing informion in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line applicion. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.

If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system .

If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:

Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from

schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .

Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.

How to Apply

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Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluion process. This assessment aims to evalue the competencies and qualificions essential for the position.

You must apply online to receive considerion. Your applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close De for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associed with FAA registers, your applicion must be submitted the time a referral list is creed in order to receive considerion for positions associed with a register.

RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION.

Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion:

Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job)

Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualificions and include job title, employer name, start/end des, number of hours worked per week.

Educion, certificion or licensure: If required, educion should include school/institution name, completion de, degree type and GPA.

Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above informion and failure to provide ALL of this informion may result in a finding of ineligible.

You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded informion again when applying for future vacancies.

Agency contact informion

Sidney Heifetz

Phone

...

...

Address

Federal Aviion Administrion

AAC Regional HR Services Branch

6500 S. Macarthur Blvd, HQ Room 155

AHF-S210

Oklahoma City, OK 73169

US

Next steps

Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview.

For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide .

Important - If you make any changes to your applicion, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your applicion and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your applicion package, and only your previously submitted applicion evalued.

All qualified applicants considered regardless of political affiliion, race, color, religion, nional origin, gender, sexual oriention, marital stus, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Informion section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodion request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Additional informion on reasonable accommodions procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office.

Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Required Documents

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Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50), other supporting documention, etc. accepted in combinion with your online applicion. These documents MUST be uploaded to your profile or emailed to ... on or before the closing de of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number.

If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) containing informion in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line applicion. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.

If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system .

If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:

Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from

schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .

Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.

How to Apply

Help

Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluion process. This assessment aims to evalue the competencies and qualificions essential for the position.

You must apply online to receive considerion. Your applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close De for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associed with FAA registers, your applicion must be submitted the time a referral list is creed in order to receive considerion for positions associed with a register.

RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION.

Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion:

Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job)

Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualificions and include job title, employer name, start/end des, number of hours worked per week.

Educion, certificion or licensure: If required, educion should include school/institution name, completion de, degree type and GPA.

Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above informion and failure to provide ALL of this informion may result in a finding of ineligible.

You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded informion again when applying for future vacancies.

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Agency contact informion

Sidney Heifetz

Phone

...

...

Address

Federal Aviion Administrion

AAC Regional HR Services Branch

6500 S. Macarthur Blvd, HQ Room 155

AHF-S210

Oklahoma City, OK 73169

US

Next steps

Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview.

For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide .

Important - If you make any changes to your applicion, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your applicion and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your applicion package, and only your previously submitted applicion evalued.

All qualified applicants considered regardless of political affiliion, race, color, religion, nional origin, gender, sexual oriention, marital stus, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Informion section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodion request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Additional informion on reasonable accommodions procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office.

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Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today Apply by 06/16/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 16, 2026 Locion Oklahoma City, OK No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $90,925 - $118,204 per year Locality to be determined upon selection. Pay scale & grade FG 13 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - The job may require travel from time-to-time, but not on a regular basis. The travel may be for training or other work-reled duties. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union Yes - This position is represented by PASS: Flight Standards Services. Drug test No Security clearance Other Announcement number AAC-FS-26-AFS430-98832 Control number 870531900
Job ID: 522894496
Originally Posted on: 5/29/2026

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