This position is located with Bonneville Power Administration in Asset Strategies (TISS), Strategy & Planning (TIS), Transmission Infrastructure Asset Management (TI), Transmission Services (T), Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). A successful candidate in the Electronics Engineer position will serve as the Telecommunications Asset Manager responsible for developing strategies for replacing aging telecommunications and data communications infrastructure.
As a Electronics Engineer, you will: Provide advanced technical consultation and engineering guidance within Transmission Services on operational performance of the BPA-wide telecommunications system. Investigate and resolve problems and conditions in telecommunications systems and equipment impacting costs, efficiency, safety, and performance.
Develop strategies that guide BPA Transmission in the replacement, upgrade, or maintenance of its telecommunications and data communications infrastructure. Evaluate, modify, and recommend updates to existing operating procedures and technical guides that measures transport systems and TDM/Packet end device performance metrics.
Represent the BPA in conferences, meetings, hearings, and/or presentations with other agencies; national, State and local authorities; utility and other consortium bodies; private industry and public groups to resolve complex operational issues.
Serve as a technical specialist and liaison between BPA Dispatch, BPA N-SOC, BPA Tech Staff, Foreign Utilities, and individual customers concerning the integration of new or replacement equipment in BPA's transport and communications networks.
This vacancy has a positive education requirement. In order to be rated as qualified, you must provide copies of your college transcripts. Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Department of Education Accreditation Search to verify school accreditation. Foreign education must be reviewed by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website.DO NOT email or mail in any of your application documents. Documents will not be accepted outside of the online application system. Failure to provide copies of your college transcripts may result in a rating of "Ineligible".
jddumaplin@bpa.gov · 503-230-3289
This position is with Bonneville Power Administration, Department of Energy.
The posted pay range is $130328 – $157607/yr.
Applications close on 2026-11-19.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-11-10 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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