Job Overview

Call for Resumes for Veteran Technician Direct Hire Authority

United States

Call for Resumes for Veteran Technician Direct Hire Authority Opportunities - Closes 31 December, 2025 Pay depends on position

This job posting will be used to hire qualified veterans in the below technician positions (GS and Lab Demo) with the main objective of allowing veterans the ability to transition their unique military skills to a civilian position within the laboratory by utilizing the Veteran Technician Direct Hire Authority. This is a direct hire authority for Department of Defense’s Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories (STRLs).

These positions may include permanent, modified term, or flexible length term vacancies with a full-time or part-time work schedule at various locations.

If appointed to a Lab Demo position, Modified or Flexible Length and Renewable Flexible Term appointment may be extended or noncompetitively converted to a career appointment.

Travel allowance, incentives and/or student loan repayment may or may not be offered.

• Psychology Aid/Technician Biological Science Technician
• Health Aid and Technician Nuclear Medicine Technician
• Medical Technician Pathology Technician
• Diagnostic Radiologic Technologist Therapeutic Radiologic Technologist
• Medical Instrument Technician Respiratory Therapist
• Environmental Health Technician Engineering Technician
• Electronics Technical Industrial Engineering Technician
• Physical Science Technician Hydrologic Technician
• Meteorological Technician Cartographic Technician
• Geodetic Technician Mathematics Technician

Applications will be kept on file until 31 December 2025. You will have the opportunity to renew your submission when the next posting opens on 1 January 2026.

All applications and supporting documentation become the property of the Department of the Air Force and will not be returned once submitted.

Eligible for a Referral Bonus?

Yes

Required Qualifications

• DD-214 or Statement of Service from candidate with character of service to document veteran status or a certification stating you are expected to be honorably discharged or released from active duty within 120 days after the date of submission.
• US Citizenship

Desired Qualifications

• Desire to pursue a technician position in the Air Force Research Laboratory

(Requisition No. 66525)

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Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) employs approximately 11,500 military, civilian and contractor personnel, and manages a $7 billion portfolio of investments. The lab supports external customers and partners with industry while investing in basic research, applied research and advanced technology development. As one integrated lab, AFRL seamlessly supports the Science & Technology needs of two services: the Air Force and the Space Force.