Skip to main content
Tallo logoTallo logo
Apply for this opportunity

This job application is on an outside website. Be sure to review the job posting there to verify it's the same.

Electronics Technician

Job

JUSTICE, BUREAU OF PRISONS

Fort Worth, TX (In Person)

$93,366 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 1 week ago (Updated 3 days ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 7/2/2026

Review key factors to help you decide if the role fits your goals.
Pay Growth
?
out of 5
Not enough data
Not enough info to score pay or growth
Job Security
?
out of 5
Not enough data
Calculating job security score...
Total Score
66
out of 100
Average of individual scores

Were these scores useful?

Skill Insights

Compare your current skills to what this opportunity needs—we'll show you what you already have and what could strengthen your application.

Job Description

Electronics Technician Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System Summary Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities. Learn more about this agency Summary Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this week • Apply by 06/09/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 9, 2026 Locion Federal Medical Center Carswell, TX 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $81,186 - $105,547 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Promotion potential 11 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - Travel may be required for training and/or work reled issues. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0856 Electronics Technical Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Other Announcement number
CRW-2026-0069
Control number 870570000 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency •
THIS IS A DELEGATED EXAMINING ANNOUNCEMENT OPEN TO ALL U.S. CITIZENS.
Duty Locion:
FMC Carswell, TX Duties Help Responsible for conducting problem analysis, pre-purchase equipment evaluions, coordinion of outside contractors, installion, training, preventive maintenance, testing and repairs on medical equipment loced in the Biomedical Department according to equipment standards, pient safety parameters, and regulory requirements. Assists in the management of the Medical Center Biomedical Program in accordance with local and Federal laws, Food and Drug Administrion (FDA), and Joint Commission regulory standards, directives and professional guidelines. Engages in planning and directing or overseeing the installion of complex systems and develops additional procedural instructions for equipment repairs as needed. Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staffs correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship is Required. See Special Conditions of Employment Section.
Selective Service Requirement:
http://www.sss.gov Career Transition Programs ( CTAP or ICTAP ): These programs apply to Federal and/or DOJ employees who meet the definition of surplus or displaced from a position in the competitive service. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1. Meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; 2. Be red well-qualified for the position, scoring least half of the total possible points for the vacancy KSAs or competencies; and 3. Submit the approprie documention to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility: A copy of the agency notice (i.e., separion notice or agency RIF letter), Most recent performance appraisal, and Most recent SF-50 showing current/former position, grade, promotion potential, and duty locion. See USAJOBS' Career Transition Programs for more informion.
NOTE:
Applicants claiming CTAP or ICTAP eligibility must complete all assessment questions to be red under the established ranking criteria.
EEO Stement/Policy:
The United Stes government does not discrimine in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, nional origin, political affiliion, sexual oriention, marital stus, disability, genetic informion, age, membership in an employee organizion, retaliion, parental stus, military service or other non-merit factor. More informion can be found here: https://www.justice.gov/jmd/media/1425556/dl?inline. Qualificions To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualificion requirements.
Educion:
There is no substitution of educion for specialized experience.
Experience:
You must have least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualificions to perform successfully the duties of the position to be filled. Some examples of this qualifying experience are: Experience as a technician, instructor, inspector, or mechanic (civilian or military) th showed progression in theoretical and practical knowledge of electronic theory, and of the characteristics, function, operion, and capabilities of a variety of types of electronic equipment. Experience in the use of schemic diagrams, a variety of test equipment, and the applicion of approprie electronic formulas involved in such duties as testing, troubleshooting, modifying, designing, calibring, installing, maintaining, repairing, constructing, developing, and instructing on medical electronic equipment, or similar functions. Experience in demonstring the ability to provide technical support, manage, monitor and develop schedules of biomedical electronic equipment. Experience in developing policies, standards, and procedures for maintenance, installion, or similar functions, provided the work clearly shows th the applicant applied a specialized knowledge of the theories and principles of a variety of biomedical electronic systems or equipment. If applicable, credit given paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as number of hours worked per week) spent in the activities. •Your eligibility for considerion based on your responses to the questions in the applicion Educion See Qualificions Section for educion requirements, if applicable . ONLY if educion is a requirement/substitution for specialized experience, applicant MUST upload legible transcripts as verificion of educional requirement. Transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS the time you apply and MUST include identifying informion to include School Name, Student Name, Degree and De Awarded (if applicable). All academic degrees and coursework must be completed a college or university th has obtained accredition or pre-accredition stus from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. For a list of schools th meet this criteria, Click Here .
Foreign Educion:
For informion regarding foreign educion requirements, please see Foreign Diploma and Credit Recognition the U.S.
Department of Educion website:
Recognition of Foreign Qualificions . If you are selected for this position and qualified based on educion (i.e. basic educion requirement and/or substitution of educion), you required to provide an
OFFICIAL
transcript prior to your first day on duty. Additional informion In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3307, a maximum entry age of 36 has been established for original appointment to a position in a Bureau of Prisons institution. If you are above the maximum entry age and have prior federal law enforcement coverage, you MUST submit an SF-50 to verify prior coverage. Qualified Preference Eligible Veterans may be exempt from meeting the maximum age. Please refer to the Required Documents Section for the approprie documention to submit to valide veteran eligibility.
Special Conditions of Employment Section:
Appointment is subject to sisfactory completion of a pre-employment and panel interview, urinalysis, physical, and background investigion. All applicants are subject to, and must sisfactorily pass all screening requirements in relion to Nional Crime Informion Center (NCIC) and credit check. All applicants not currently working in an institution required to complete a qualificion inquiry regarding convictions of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence in order to be authorized to carry a firearm. Successful completion of the "Introduction to Correctional Techniques", three-week training course Glynco, Georgia is required. Additional selections may be made if vacancies occur within the life of the certifice. Expand Hide additional informion 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 Help 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 . 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. Your applicion evalued and red under DOJ's Cegory Ring and Selection Procedures. Based upon your responses to the assessment questions during the applicion process, your applicion placed into one of three cegories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified . Applicions reviewed from the top quality cegory. Your resume and supporting documention used to determine whether you meet the job qualificions listed in this announcement. If you are found qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documention compared to the responses you provided on the online assessment.
NOTE:
Candides within the top quality cegory and who are eligible for veterans preference will receive selection priority over non-veteran preference eligibles. If you are entitled to veterans preference, you should indice the type of veterans preference you are claiming on your resume. Although veterans preference points are not assigned under the cegory ring procedures described under "How You Will Be Evalued", veterans preference eligibles are listed ahead of non-veterans within each cegory for which they are qualified. Preference eligibles who meet the minimum qualificion requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of least 10 percent must be listed in the highest quality cegory (except in the case of scientific or professional positions the GS-9 level or higher). As noted above, an agency may not select a non-preference eligible in lieu of a preference eligible in the same cegory unless there are grounds for a passover and the agency has complied with the passover procedures 5 U.S.C. § 3318(b). Wh Competencies/Knowledge, Skills and Abilities are Required for this Position? The following Competencies/Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA's) are required: Ability to prepare and present technical informion both orally and in writing, in a manner which is understood by the targeted audience. Knowledge of theory and principles of electronics. Knowledge of trouble diagnosis. Ability to analyze and evalue da/informion/problems. You may preview questions for this vacancy. Benefits Help 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 . 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 Help Failure to provide legible required documents and/or follow the prescribed form often results in removal from considerion. If uploading documention, do not identify/save your documents utilizing a special character such as %, #, @, etc. Documention should be identified/saved as VA Letter, DD-214, or Transcripts.
Veterans' Preference Documention:
A completed Standard Form (SF) 15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference" AND all required documention identified on the
SF-15 . NOTE
A Department of Veterans Affairs letter must contain the Veteran's Name and Combined Service-Connected Evaluion. For a copy of the most current SF-15, Click Here . Failure to submit all required documents the time of applicion will result in the loss of claimed preference eligibility. DD-214: Veterans MUST provide a DD-214 demonstring th they have been discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions (i.e., the individual must have received either an honorable or general discharge). SF-15: If you are a disabled veteran, a Purple Heart recipient, widow/widower of a veteran, the spouse of a disabled veteran or the parent of a disabled or deceased veteran, you must submit: If you are on active duty and expect to be discharged or released from active duty service within 120 days, you may submit a Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty from the approprie Branch Personnel Office containing the following informion: (1) the military service des including the expected discharge or release de; (2) and the character of service (must be an honorable or general discharge); and (3) any qualifying service/campaign/expeditionary medals. Resume (limited to 2 pages) must include your name, contact informion, and relevant experience (cover letter optional). Experience th would not normally be part of the Federal employee's position is creditable when documented by sisfactory evidence of qualifying experience (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, Human Resource Manager, SF-52, MOU, etc.). If providing a memorandum, it must follow the form below AND clearly cite the duties performed. To receive credit for experience, your resume and/or any sisfactory evidence must include: Start de and end de in month/year form (MM/YYYY) AND Number of hours worked per week. SF-50: for proof of prior LEO coverage, if applicable. Proof of
ICTAP/CTAP
eligibility , Click Here , if applicable. For more help, USAJOBS Help Center - Wh should I include in my resume? We cannot be held responsible for incompible software, delays in mail service, applicant applicion errors, etc. 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 You must apply through the online applicion system www.

USAJOBS.gov. Follow the prompts to register, answer a few questions and submit all required documents. Limit your resume to 2 pages. If the only resume(s) received is/are longer than two pages, your applicion is ineligible for further considerion. Submission of a resume alone is not a complete applicion. This position may require the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental merials as described under the Required Documents section. Please carefully review the complete job announcement and the "How to Apply" instructions. Failure to provide the required informion and/or merials will result in your applicion not being considered for employment. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. USAJOBS Help Center - How to add a resume to your profile Claiming Veterans Preference? If yes, you MUST claim preference on-line during the applicion process and upload documention to support preference claimed. Failure to claim Veterans Preference or provide supporting documention may result in you not receiving approprie considerion during the assessment process. Required supporting documention must be electronically uploaded or transferred from USAJOBS (uploaded). All required supporting documention MUST be received by the Consolided Staffing Unit by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the closing de of the vacancy announcement. You MUST include the vacancy announcement number on your supporting documention. Supporting documention for announcements with an applicion limition MUST be uploaded the same day you apply, as these positions may close earlier than sted in the announcement.
Paper applicions:
If applying online is impossible, please contact the Consolided Staffing Unit the telephone number listed below, prior to the closing de of the announcement for the alterne applicion procedure. If applicable see Notice for Preference Eligible Veterans Applicants . Contact for Assistance in
Applying On-Line:
DOJ, Federal Bureau of Prisons Consolided Staffing Unit 346 Marine Forces Drive Grand Prairie, TX 75051
E-Mail:
BOP-HRM-HRSC-ConsolidedStaffingUnit-S@bop.gov
Phone:
972-352-4200 Agency contact informion CSU Phone 972-352-4200 BOP-HRM-HRSC-ConsolidedStaffingUnit-S@bop.gov Address
JUSTICE, BUREAU OF PRISONS
Consolided Staffing Unit 346 Marine Forces Drive Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 United Stes Next steps We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the applicion process has been completed. Applicants notified via e-mail, to the e-mail address registered in USAJOBS. The referral certifice or list of eligibles will then be issued to the selecting official for further considerion. The Human Resource Office may then contact you for an interview if they wish. We expect to make a final job offer within 80 days after the closing de of the announcement. Applicants referred on a certifice of eligibles may receive an Inquiry as to Availability (Optional Form - 5) via e-mail, mail or a telephone inquiry from the local Human Resource Department. Applicants MUST complete the OF-5 form and return it to the Human Resource Management Office. Applicants MUST also telephone the Human Resource Department during normal business hours to schedule an interview. Failure to either return the form or contact the Human Resource Department will result in a loss of considerion for the position. 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 Help Failure to provide legible required documents and/or follow the prescribed form often results in removal from considerion. If uploading documention, do not identify/save your documents utilizing a special character such as %, #, @, etc. Documention should be identified/saved as VA Letter, DD-214, or Transcripts.
Veterans' Preference Documention:
A completed Standard Form (SF) 15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference" AND all required documention identified on the
SF-15 . NOTE
A Department of Veterans Affairs letter must contain the Veteran's Name and Combined Service-Connected Evaluion. For a copy of the most current SF-15, Click Here . Failure to submit all required documents the time of applicion will result in the loss of claimed preference eligibility. DD-214: Veterans MUST provide a DD-214 demonstring th they have been discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions (i.e., the individual must have received either an honorable or general discharge). SF-15: If you are a disabled veteran, a Purple Heart recipient, widow/widower of a veteran, the spouse of a disabled veteran or the parent of a disabled or deceased veteran, you must submit: If you are on active duty and expect to be discharged or released from active duty service within 120 days, you may submit a Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty from the approprie Branch Personnel Office containing the following informion: (1) the military service des including the expected discharge or release de; (2) and the character of service (must be an honorable or general discharge); and (3) any qualifying service/campaign/expeditionary medals. Resume (limited to 2 pages) must include your name, contact informion, and relevant experience (cover letter optional). Experience th would not normally be part of the Federal employee's position is creditable when documented by sisfactory evidence of qualifying experience (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, Human Resource Manager, SF-52, MOU, etc.). If providing a memorandum, it must follow the form below AND clearly cite the duties performed. To receive credit for experience, your resume and/or any sisfactory evidence must include: Start de and end de in month/year form (MM/YYYY) AND Number of hours worked per week. SF-50: for proof of prior LEO coverage, if applicable. Proof of
ICTAP/CTAP
eligibility , Click Here , if applicable. For more help, USAJOBS Help Center - Wh should I include in my resume? We cannot be held responsible for incompible software, delays in mail service, applicant applicion errors, etc. 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 You must apply through the online applicion system www.

USAJOBS.gov. Follow the prompts to register, answer a few questions and submit all required documents. Limit your resume to 2 pages. If the only resume(s) received is/are longer than two pages, your applicion is ineligible for further considerion. Submission of a resume alone is not a complete applicion. This position may require the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental merials as described under the Required Documents section. Please carefully review the complete job announcement and the "How to Apply" instructions. Failure to provide the required informion and/or merials will result in your applicion not being considered for employment. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. USAJOBS Help Center - How to add a resume to your profile Claiming Veterans Preference? If yes, you MUST claim preference on-line during the applicion process and upload documention to support preference claimed. Failure to claim Veterans Preference or provide supporting documention may result in you not receiving approprie considerion during the assessment process. Required supporting documention must be electronically uploaded or transferred from USAJOBS (uploaded). All required supporting documention MUST be received by the Consolided Staffing Unit by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the closing de of the vacancy announcement. You MUST include the vacancy announcement number on your supporting documention. Supporting documention for announcements with an applicion limition MUST be uploaded the same day you apply, as these positions may close earlier than sted in the announcement.
Paper applicions:
If applying online is impossible, please contact the Consolided Staffing Unit the telephone number listed below, prior to the closing de of the announcement for the alterne applicion procedure. If applicable see Notice for Preference Eligible Veterans Applicants . Contact for Assistance in
Applying On-Line:
DOJ, Federal Bureau of Prisons Consolided Staffing Unit 346 Marine Forces Drive Grand Prairie, TX 75051
E-Mail:
BOP-HRM-HRSC-ConsolidedStaffingUnit-S@bop.gov
Phone:
972-352-4200 Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion CSU Phone 972-352-4200 BOP-HRM-HRSC-ConsolidedStaffingUnit-S@bop.gov Address
JUSTICE, BUREAU OF PRISONS
Consolided Staffing Unit 346 Marine Forces Drive Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 United Stes Next steps We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the applicion process has been completed. Applicants notified via e-mail, to the e-mail address registered in USAJOBS. The referral certifice or list of eligibles will then be issued to the selecting official for further considerion. The Human Resource Office may then contact you for an interview if they wish. We expect to make a final job offer within 80 days after the closing de of the announcement. Applicants referred on a certifice of eligibles may receive an Inquiry as to Availability (Optional Form - 5) via e-mail, mail or a telephone inquiry from the local Human Resource Department. Applicants MUST complete the OF-5 form and return it to the Human Resource Management Office. Applicants MUST also telephone the Human Resource Department during normal business hours to schedule an interview. Failure to either return the form or contact the Human Resource Department will result in a loss of considerion for the position. Expand Hide next steps 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 this week • Apply by 06/09/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 9, 2026 Locion Federal Medical Center Carswell, TX 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $81,186 - $105,547 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Promotion potential 11 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - Travel may be required for training and/or work reled issues. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Other Announcement number
CRW-2026-0069
Control number 870570000