Job Description
Job Listing ID:
4497112 Job Title:
Interdisciplinary Engineer Application Deadline:
Open Until Filled Job Location:
Portland
Date Posted:
05/22/2026 Hours Worked Per Week:
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Either Full or Part Time, more than 6 months You may contact this employer directly.
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Performs professional computer hardware and software engineering work and serves as technical expert and consultant in the research and development of all phases of data acquisition and control systems (DACS) automation including software and hardware design, computer system architecture, software programming, local area network, and wide area network technology for hydropower systems. Responsibilities Design and develop software for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. Implement software designs using standard programming languages and tools such as Ladder Logic, Structured Text, Sequential Flow Chart, Powershell, Python, Perl, Java, Visual Basic. Develop, install and troubleshoot hardware and software related to automated control systems operating bulk electric generation equipment. Utilize Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) programming including ladder logic, and PLC hardware and development environments. Deploy network hardware and software and implements usage policies/regulations such as Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) and North American Reliability Corporation (NERC) to ensure information security and network uptime. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Who May Apply:
US Citizens This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirement for Interdisciplinary Engineer:
A. Degree:
Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); OR (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. OR B. Combination of Education and Experience:
College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: 1. Professional registration or licensure - Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within ... Job Classification:
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