Supervisory Interdisciplinary
DutiesThe C5ISR Center is soliciting candidates to serve as a Branch Chief responsible for providing leadership, oversight, and management of the assigned branch.
Responsibilitiesinclude the ability to plan, organize, direct, lead, manage, coordinate, and monitor progress of various technology initiatives.
Responsibilitiesalso include serving in the development of technical strategies for the entire organization and assessing the architectural and technological approach of external programs.
The incumbent will utilize an extensive knowledge of Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) technologies, systems, architectures, and practices.
Oversee the efforts of a professional, technical, and administrative workforce engaged in defining the direction for the branch.
Incumbent will be responsible for facilitating the long-range planning, the establishment of annual work programs, and the comprehensive review and evaluation of science and technology and/or lifecycle engineering programs and initiatives.
Performs final technical review and fully participates in the decision-making process, including those actions involving significant expenditures.
Plans work to be accomplished within responsible projects by setting priorities and scheduling completion of milestones.
Assigns work to project members and subordinate team leaders based on priorities and selective consideration of the nature and difficulty of the task and capabilities of the technical staff.
RequirementsConditions of EmploymentAppointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
This position requires submission of Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450, upon entering the position and annually thereafter.
This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position.
Selectee must meet position requirements for Engineering and Technical Management certification within 60 months as of entrance on duty.
One-year Supervisory probationary period may be required.
Acquisition Corps membership is no longer required for Critical Acquisition Positions (CAP) / Key Leadership Positions (KLP).
This position requires a 3-year tenure agreement.
Must sign DD Form 2888 (Critical Acquisition Position Service Agreement) and execute, as a condition of employment, a written tenure agreement.
The employee travels more than 25% of the time in a Temporary Duty (TDY) status.
He or she is subject to travel on short notice (ie, less than 24 hours' notice).
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret Security Clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access.
This position is covered by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program.
The incumbent is required to sign a DA Form 5019-R and must pass urinalysis testing, as required prior to appointment and periodically thereafter.
Extended probationary period of three years for the Engineer and Scientists Occupational Family.
QualificationsCandidates will be selected to serve as a Branch Chief in one of the following branches in the Exploitation Analysis & Response Division (EA&R):
1.
Response Analysis & Data Extraction (RADE) Branch, Engineering and Systems Integration (ESI) Directorate, Rapid Reaction & Response Incumbent will oversee efforts to provide agile and responsive data extraction technique development, characterization/reverse engineering, signatures collection, analysis, and tool development for identification, exploitation, and visualization of global Commercial-Based Technologies (CBT) and associated emerging threats.
These efforts support Modeling and Simulation (M&S), Signals and Signature analysis initiatives, Research and Development (R&D), Test and Evaluation (T&E), the Intelligence Community (IC) and various inter-agency and International programs.
Duties include providing support for technical exploitation Subject Matter Expertise for efforts that directly support force protection, counter system Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) development and emerging technology threats in geographically displaced locations.
Responsible for Automated Tool and Standardization Development, Penetration Testing, with an emphasis in the areas of modeling & simulation, object recognition and data extraction, which are critical in countering Remote Controlled Improvised Explosive Devices (RCIED) and Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS).
2.
Replication Evaluation & Mitigation (REM) Branch, Engineering and Systems Integration (ESI) Directorate, Rapid Reaction & Response Incumbent will oversee efforts to lead the utilization of diverse engineering experts and established practices to evaluate commercial based technologies used in relevant areas of conflict, evaluate the technical and operational attributes, capabilities, and vulnerabilities of current and future threats enables the REM Branch to design, develop and produce high-fidelity replicas for use by systems developers and for DA Test & Evaluation (T&E) efforts.
Oversee, manage, and support Red Team initiatives that support multiple aspects of Warfighter Readiness and improve counter system Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) development against emerging technology threats and enhances Force Protection capabilities.
Responsible for maintaining and expanding lab/facility capabilities, incorporating advanced manufacturing technologies, to increase replication speed and scale capabilities, meeting safety standards during replication through flight operations of Group 1-3 UAS.
3.
Global Operational Support and Threat Branch (GOST) Branch, Engineering and Systems Integration (ESI) Directorate, Rapid Reaction & Response Incumbent will oversee efforts to provide Operational Support and Training in support of Joint Urgent Operations Need (JUONs) addressing global Commercial-Based Technology involving Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to increase Warfighter Force Protection and survivability.
Conducts intentional, focused and relevant engagements with warfighter organizations of various sizes.
Efforts include assessments, analysis and proposing improvements of Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
Responsible for Red Air pilots and Air Crew Training Program for Group 1-3 UAS.
In addition, responsible for Vulnerability Threat Assessments including the planning, organizing, and supporting of DoD wide assessments illuminating unmanned aircraft systems threats to CONUS/OCONUS installations and critical infrastructure.
4.
Technical Information Insight (TI2), Engineering and Systems Integration (ESI) Directorate, Rapid Reaction & Response Incumbent will oversee all efforts to conduct commercial-based threat analysis and assessments, leveraging any/all Public Available Information (PAI), to support development of Technical Intelligence (TECHINT), supporting and any Joint Urgent Operations Need (JUONs) addressing Group 1-3 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) containing Commercial-Based Technology.
Responsible for planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the dissemination of commercialized-based threat analysis with an emphasis on counter unmanned systems (cUXS) technologies for UAS Group 1-3 and the continuously evolving Improvised Explosives Device (IED) Threat.
Keeps abreast of all emerging technologies, and evolving system capabilities, identifying gaps and potential solutions along with enhancing the skill development of the workforce to be at the forefront of technology innovation.
Serves as commercial based technical knowledge broker within the EAR Division and to external C5ISR UAS stakeholders.
Who May Apply:
US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (eg, Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (eg, 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.
One year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade or band is required.
It is defined as one year of specialized experience equivalent to the DB-03 pay band (or GS-13 level or higher equivalency) in the Federal Service which includes experience in one or more of the following areas:
1.
Managing research/development or engineering programs in the areas of Command and Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance or Reconnaissance technology.
2.
Manage program funding, priorities, or workload distribution.
3.
Participate in meetings, explain policies/requirements, or communicate/negotiate important issues.
Basic Requirement for Physicist:
A.
Degree:
Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in physics, or related degree that included at least 24 semester hours in physics.
The courses must have included a fundamental course in general physics and, in addition, courses in any two of the following:
electricity and magnetism, heat, light, mechanics, modern physics, and sound.
OR B.
Combination of Education and
Experience:
Courses equivalent to a major in physics totaling at least 24 semester hours, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
The courses must have included a fundamental course in general physics and, in addition, courses in any two of the following:
electricity and magnetism, heat, light, mechanics, modern physics, and sound.
Basic Requirement for Chemist:
A.
Degree:
Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in the physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering that included 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by course work in mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics.
OR B.
Combination of Education and
Experience:
Course work equivalent to a major in the physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering, including at least 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
Basic Requirement for Computer Scientist:
Degree:
Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in computer science or bachelor's degree (or higher degree) with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science.
At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus.
EducationBasic Requirement for Mathematician:
A.
Degree:
Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in mathematics; or a degree with the equivalent of a major that included at least 24 semester hours in mathematics.
The total course work must have included differential and integral calculus and, in addition, four advanced mathematics courses requiring calculus or equivalent mathematics courses as a prerequisite.
OR B.
Combination of Education and
Experience:
Courses equivalent to a major in mathematics (including at least 24 semester hours in mathematics), as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
The total course work must have included differential and integral calculus and, in addition, four advanced mathematics courses requiring calculus or equivalent mathematics courses as a prerequisite.
Basic Requirement for Physical Scientist:
A.
Degree:
Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics.
OR B.
Combination of Education and
Experience:
Courses equivalent to one of the majors, as shown in A above, that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
Basic Requirement for Engineering:
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 (eg, State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration.
For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.
2.
Written Test - Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration, by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico 3.
Specified academic courses - Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in A above.
The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.
4.
Related curriculum - Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, eg, engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance.
Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, eg, in interdisciplinary positions.
Transcripts are required to meet the Basic Education for the applicable series.
FOREIGN EDUCATION:
If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited US education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a US accredited college or university.
For further information, visit:
Additional informationThis announcement uses the Scientific and Engineering Positions (STRLs) direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service.
Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
You will be required to provide proof of US Citizenship.
Extended probationary period of three years for the Engineer and Scientists Occupational Family may be required.
One-year Supervisory probation may be required.
Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
Top Secret Security Clearance (SCI) required.
Drug testing required, must pass urinalysis testing, as required prior to appointment and periodically thereafter.
This position requires you to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter.
Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
This is a Career Program (CP) 16 - position.
Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.
Due to COVID-19, the agency is currently in an expanded telework posture.
If selected, you may be expected to temporarily telework, even if your home is located outside the local commuting area.
Once employees are permitted to return to the office, you will be expected to report to the duty station listed on this announcement within a designated time frame identified by the organization.
At that time, you may be eligible to request to continue to telework one or more days a pay period depending upon the terms of the agency's telework policy.
Information may be requested regarding the vaccination status of selectees for the purposes of implementing workplace safety protocols.
For more information, visit.
This is a Science and Technology Laboratory Personnel Demonstration Project position and incorporates the GS-14 step 01 through GS-15 step 10.
This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position.
Selectee must meet position requirements for Engineering and Technical Management certification within 60 months as of entrance on duty.
Critical Acquisition Positions (CAP) / Key Leadership Positions (KLP) may no longer be required to have Acquisition Corps membership upon approval of the DoDI 5000.
66, change 3.
This position requires a 3-year tenure agreement.
Must sign DD Form 2888 (Critical Acquisition Position Service Agreement) and execute, as a condition of employment, a written tenure agreement.
This is an Interdisciplinary position and may be filled with any of the listed occupations.
Help A career with the US government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.
As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.
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How You Will Be EvaluatedYou will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
As vacancies occur, the Human Resources Office will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this flyer.
You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume, along with your supporting documentation.
If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position.
Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.
Veterans and Military Spouses will be considered along with all other candidates.
If selected, you may be required to provide additional supporting documentation.
SDL2017.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Responsibilitiesinclude the ability to plan, organize, direct, lead, manage, coordinate, and monitor progress of various technology initiatives.
Responsibilitiesalso include serving in the development of technical strategies for the entire organization and assessing the architectural and technological approach of external programs.
The incumbent will utilize an extensive knowledge of Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) technologies, systems, architectures, and practices.
Oversee the efforts of a professional, technical, and administrative workforce engaged in defining the direction for the branch.
Incumbent will be responsible for facilitating the long-range planning, the establishment of annual work programs, and the comprehensive review and evaluation of science and technology and/or lifecycle engineering programs and initiatives.
Performs final technical review and fully participates in the decision-making process, including those actions involving significant expenditures.
Plans work to be accomplished within responsible projects by setting priorities and scheduling completion of milestones.
Assigns work to project members and subordinate team leaders based on priorities and selective consideration of the nature and difficulty of the task and capabilities of the technical staff.
RequirementsConditions of EmploymentAppointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
This position requires submission of Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450, upon entering the position and annually thereafter.
This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position.
Selectee must meet position requirements for Engineering and Technical Management certification within 60 months as of entrance on duty.
One-year Supervisory probationary period may be required.
Acquisition Corps membership is no longer required for Critical Acquisition Positions (CAP) / Key Leadership Positions (KLP).
This position requires a 3-year tenure agreement.
Must sign DD Form 2888 (Critical Acquisition Position Service Agreement) and execute, as a condition of employment, a written tenure agreement.
The employee travels more than 25% of the time in a Temporary Duty (TDY) status.
He or she is subject to travel on short notice (ie, less than 24 hours' notice).
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret Security Clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access.
This position is covered by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program.
The incumbent is required to sign a DA Form 5019-R and must pass urinalysis testing, as required prior to appointment and periodically thereafter.
Extended probationary period of three years for the Engineer and Scientists Occupational Family.
QualificationsCandidates will be selected to serve as a Branch Chief in one of the following branches in the Exploitation Analysis & Response Division (EA&R):
1.
Response Analysis & Data Extraction (RADE) Branch, Engineering and Systems Integration (ESI) Directorate, Rapid Reaction & Response Incumbent will oversee efforts to provide agile and responsive data extraction technique development, characterization/reverse engineering, signatures collection, analysis, and tool development for identification, exploitation, and visualization of global Commercial-Based Technologies (CBT) and associated emerging threats.
These efforts support Modeling and Simulation (M&S), Signals and Signature analysis initiatives, Research and Development (R&D), Test and Evaluation (T&E), the Intelligence Community (IC) and various inter-agency and International programs.
Duties include providing support for technical exploitation Subject Matter Expertise for efforts that directly support force protection, counter system Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) development and emerging technology threats in geographically displaced locations.
Responsible for Automated Tool and Standardization Development, Penetration Testing, with an emphasis in the areas of modeling & simulation, object recognition and data extraction, which are critical in countering Remote Controlled Improvised Explosive Devices (RCIED) and Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS).
2.
Replication Evaluation & Mitigation (REM) Branch, Engineering and Systems Integration (ESI) Directorate, Rapid Reaction & Response Incumbent will oversee efforts to lead the utilization of diverse engineering experts and established practices to evaluate commercial based technologies used in relevant areas of conflict, evaluate the technical and operational attributes, capabilities, and vulnerabilities of current and future threats enables the REM Branch to design, develop and produce high-fidelity replicas for use by systems developers and for DA Test & Evaluation (T&E) efforts.
Oversee, manage, and support Red Team initiatives that support multiple aspects of Warfighter Readiness and improve counter system Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) development against emerging technology threats and enhances Force Protection capabilities.
Responsible for maintaining and expanding lab/facility capabilities, incorporating advanced manufacturing technologies, to increase replication speed and scale capabilities, meeting safety standards during replication through flight operations of Group 1-3 UAS.
3.
Global Operational Support and Threat Branch (GOST) Branch, Engineering and Systems Integration (ESI) Directorate, Rapid Reaction & Response Incumbent will oversee efforts to provide Operational Support and Training in support of Joint Urgent Operations Need (JUONs) addressing global Commercial-Based Technology involving Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to increase Warfighter Force Protection and survivability.
Conducts intentional, focused and relevant engagements with warfighter organizations of various sizes.
Efforts include assessments, analysis and proposing improvements of Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
Responsible for Red Air pilots and Air Crew Training Program for Group 1-3 UAS.
In addition, responsible for Vulnerability Threat Assessments including the planning, organizing, and supporting of DoD wide assessments illuminating unmanned aircraft systems threats to CONUS/OCONUS installations and critical infrastructure.
4.
Technical Information Insight (TI2), Engineering and Systems Integration (ESI) Directorate, Rapid Reaction & Response Incumbent will oversee all efforts to conduct commercial-based threat analysis and assessments, leveraging any/all Public Available Information (PAI), to support development of Technical Intelligence (TECHINT), supporting and any Joint Urgent Operations Need (JUONs) addressing Group 1-3 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) containing Commercial-Based Technology.
Responsible for planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the dissemination of commercialized-based threat analysis with an emphasis on counter unmanned systems (cUXS) technologies for UAS Group 1-3 and the continuously evolving Improvised Explosives Device (IED) Threat.
Keeps abreast of all emerging technologies, and evolving system capabilities, identifying gaps and potential solutions along with enhancing the skill development of the workforce to be at the forefront of technology innovation.
Serves as commercial based technical knowledge broker within the EAR Division and to external C5ISR UAS stakeholders.
Who May Apply:
US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (eg, Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (eg, 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.
One year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade or band is required.
It is defined as one year of specialized experience equivalent to the DB-03 pay band (or GS-13 level or higher equivalency) in the Federal Service which includes experience in one or more of the following areas:
1.
Managing research/development or engineering programs in the areas of Command and Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance or Reconnaissance technology.
2.
Manage program funding, priorities, or workload distribution.
3.
Participate in meetings, explain policies/requirements, or communicate/negotiate important issues.
Basic Requirement for Physicist:
A.
Degree:
Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in physics, or related degree that included at least 24 semester hours in physics.
The courses must have included a fundamental course in general physics and, in addition, courses in any two of the following:
electricity and magnetism, heat, light, mechanics, modern physics, and sound.
OR B.
Combination of Education and
Experience:
Courses equivalent to a major in physics totaling at least 24 semester hours, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
The courses must have included a fundamental course in general physics and, in addition, courses in any two of the following:
electricity and magnetism, heat, light, mechanics, modern physics, and sound.
Basic Requirement for Chemist:
A.
Degree:
Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in the physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering that included 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by course work in mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics.
OR B.
Combination of Education and
Experience:
Course work equivalent to a major in the physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering, including at least 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
Basic Requirement for Computer Scientist:
Degree:
Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in computer science or bachelor's degree (or higher degree) with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science.
At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus.
EducationBasic Requirement for Mathematician:
A.
Degree:
Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in mathematics; or a degree with the equivalent of a major that included at least 24 semester hours in mathematics.
The total course work must have included differential and integral calculus and, in addition, four advanced mathematics courses requiring calculus or equivalent mathematics courses as a prerequisite.
OR B.
Combination of Education and
Experience:
Courses equivalent to a major in mathematics (including at least 24 semester hours in mathematics), as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
The total course work must have included differential and integral calculus and, in addition, four advanced mathematics courses requiring calculus or equivalent mathematics courses as a prerequisite.
Basic Requirement for Physical Scientist:
A.
Degree:
Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics.
OR B.
Combination of Education and
Experience:
Courses equivalent to one of the majors, as shown in A above, that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
Basic Requirement for Engineering:
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 (eg, State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration.
For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.
2.
Written Test - Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration, by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico 3.
Specified academic courses - Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in A above.
The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.
4.
Related curriculum - Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, eg, engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance.
Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, eg, in interdisciplinary positions.
Transcripts are required to meet the Basic Education for the applicable series.
FOREIGN EDUCATION:
If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited US education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a US accredited college or university.
For further information, visit:
Additional informationThis announcement uses the Scientific and Engineering Positions (STRLs) direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service.
Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
You will be required to provide proof of US Citizenship.
Extended probationary period of three years for the Engineer and Scientists Occupational Family may be required.
One-year Supervisory probation may be required.
Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
Top Secret Security Clearance (SCI) required.
Drug testing required, must pass urinalysis testing, as required prior to appointment and periodically thereafter.
This position requires you to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter.
Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
This is a Career Program (CP) 16 - position.
Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.
Due to COVID-19, the agency is currently in an expanded telework posture.
If selected, you may be expected to temporarily telework, even if your home is located outside the local commuting area.
Once employees are permitted to return to the office, you will be expected to report to the duty station listed on this announcement within a designated time frame identified by the organization.
At that time, you may be eligible to request to continue to telework one or more days a pay period depending upon the terms of the agency's telework policy.
Information may be requested regarding the vaccination status of selectees for the purposes of implementing workplace safety protocols.
For more information, visit.
This is a Science and Technology Laboratory Personnel Demonstration Project position and incorporates the GS-14 step 01 through GS-15 step 10.
This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position.
Selectee must meet position requirements for Engineering and Technical Management certification within 60 months as of entrance on duty.
Critical Acquisition Positions (CAP) / Key Leadership Positions (KLP) may no longer be required to have Acquisition Corps membership upon approval of the DoDI 5000.
66, change 3.
This position requires a 3-year tenure agreement.
Must sign DD Form 2888 (Critical Acquisition Position Service Agreement) and execute, as a condition of employment, a written tenure agreement.
This is an Interdisciplinary position and may be filled with any of the listed occupations.
Help A career with the US government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.
As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.
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Review our benefitsEligibility 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 information on the specific benefits offered.
How You Will Be EvaluatedYou will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
As vacancies occur, the Human Resources Office will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this flyer.
You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume, along with your supporting documentation.
If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position.
Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.
Veterans and Military Spouses will be considered along with all other candidates.
If selected, you may be required to provide additional supporting documentation.
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Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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