Aviation Technical Systems Specialist

Aviion Technical Systems Specialist Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion ANM, ATO, Western Service Center, Quality Control Group, Technical Evaluions, AJV-W120 Summary Position is under the Air Traffic Organizion, Mission Support Services, Western Service Center, Quality Control Grup (AJV-W100), and will serves as a Senior Technical Specialist to the Quality Control Group Manager. Learn more about this agency Summary Position is under the Air Traffic Organizion, Mission Support Services, Western Service Center, Quality Control Grup (AJV-W100), and will serves as a Senior Technical Specialist to the Quality Control Group Manager. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/24/2026 to 05/14/2026 Salary $125,635

• $194,772 per year Salary includes locality payment of 31.57% for Des Moines, WA. Pay scale & grade FV J Locion 3 vacancies in the following locion: Des Moines, WA Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Travel Required 50% or less
• The job may require up to 50% travel. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Temporary
• 2 Years Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential NA Job family (Series) 2186 Technical Systems Program Manager Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test No Bargaining unit stus Yes
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Technical System Specialists. Announcement number

ANM-ATO-26-QCG-98189

Control number 866379400 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency This position is open to current permanent FAA employees in the Air Traffic Organizion (ATO) only. Duties Help The position will serves as a program lead in assigned areas of responsibility providing expertise on technical mters, programs, and procedures reling to the Nional Airspace Systems. Performs multiple, varying, and complex assignments under the minimal direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced technical specialist. Acts as principal technical specialist, project manager, or team leader for large work activities. Assignments frequently require comprehensive technical knowledge and experience with the Nional Airspace System (NAS) working across functional and/or organizional lines. Typical assignments may include complex system design and integrion; extensive research and analyses; investigion and audit activities; compliance actions; and direct responsibility for project/program management. Advises the Quality Control management team on a variety of program management issues th are sensitive or have significant impact on the Service Area. Participes on nional and service area projects in making policy or procedural changes which have operional impact on the Quality Control Group's mission. Based on knowledge of personnel practices and organizional functions, provides professional support and advice to the Group Manager on mters reled to the efficient and effective management of the Quality Control Group. Defines, organizes, and recommends resources necessary to accomplish organizional objectives and large work activities to the Quality Control Group management team. Contacts are internal and external. Often represents FAA as a senior technical point of contact on projects, programs, and other work activities. Communices results to all levels internally and externally. Plays a lead role in drafting, reviewing, and editing reports for final approval prior to external distribution. Presents briefings to obtain consensus/approval on policies and procedures. Coordines significant technical mters with representives of external organizions. Works with management to solve problems. Provides policy guidance and instruction to others, both internally and externally. Develops plans, techniques, and policies to address current or anticiped problems and issues. Draws on experience to solve unusual problems and may cree new innovive approaches or solutions. Work is rarely reviewed, typically through stus reports and project completion, to ensure technical compliance and alignment within the requirements of the project or other work activity. Work activities typically impact directly on the objectives of one or more Line of Business (LOB)/Staff Offices (SOs) and may impact on the objectives of the FAA.

Travel Requirement:

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. Requirements Help 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). The above salary range does not reflect any pay band increases th may be authorized after the posting of this vacancy announcement. Qualificions To qualify for this position you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level of FV-I/Level IV or the equivalent

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in the Federal Service. 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 for this position is: Experience and knowledge of organizional development to include NAS Operions, integrion of products and resources; and experience in leading and mentoring. Experience needs to be met by the closing de of this announcement. Educion Educion is not qualifying for this position. Preview job questionnaire 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 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, please 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. 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 KSA's 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. This is a temporary position, NTE 2 Years. The assignment may be extended, termined sooner, or made permanent without further competition.

Security Requirements:

Modere Risk (5): This position requires completion & favorable adjudicion of a Modere Risk Background Investigion (Tier 2) background investigion prior to appointment, unless waiver is obtained.

Interview Policy:

If any of the candides on the selection list are interviewed, then all qualified applicants on the list must be interviewed. Links to

Important Informion:

Locality Pay , COLA 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 . 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. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

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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 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 . 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 Help Applicants must apply on-line to receive considerion for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed or e-mailed applicions cannot be accepted. If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your on-line applicion, e.g. transcripts, SF-50, or veterans' documention, you may upload these documents with your applicion in USAJOBS. Supplemental documention can also be faxed to (206) 231-4150 on or before the closing de of this announcement. Please include your name and the vacancy announcement number on each of your faxed pages and redact all Personally Identifiable Informion (PII), such as social security number and de of birth. In addition, 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 https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/ . 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. Agency contact informion David Lassen Phone 1 (206) 231-4039 Fax 1 (206) 231-4150 david.lassen@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ANM Regional HR Services Branch 2200 S. 216th St.

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Des Moines, WA 98198 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 Help Applicants must apply on-line to receive considerion for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed or e-mailed applicions cannot be accepted. If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your on-line applicion, e.g. transcripts, SF-50, or veterans' documention, you may upload these documents with your applicion in USAJOBS. Supplemental documention can also be faxed to (206) 231-4150 on or before the closing de of this announcement. Please include your name and the vacancy announcement number on each of your faxed pages and redact all Personally Identifiable Informion (PII), such as social security number and de of birth. In addition, 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 https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/ . 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. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion David Lassen Phone 1 (206) 231-4039 Fax 1 (206) 231-4150 david.lassen@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ANM Regional HR Services Branch 2200 S. 216th St.

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Des Moines, WA 98198 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. 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 Open & closing des 04/24/2026 to 05/14/2026 Salary $125,635

• $194,772 per year Salary includes locality payment of 31.57% for Des Moines, WA. Pay scale & grade FV J Locion 3 vacancies in the following locion: Des Moines, WA Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Travel Required 50% or less
• The job may require up to 50% travel. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Temporary
• 2 Years Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential NA Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Bargaining unit stus
• This position is represented by

NATCA:

Technical System Specialists. Announcement number

ANM-ATO-26-QCG-98189

Control number 866379400