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The UAS Operations Office (D105) of the Research Services Directorate (RSD) at NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) is currently seeking interested candidates for a Research Pilot position. This position serves as an Aerospace Engineer/Research Pilot piloting aircraft and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) used in research, development, and test programs; planning and evaluating test parameters; performing flight and/or ground simulations of advanced missions and aircraft; and actively participating with project engineers and scientists responsible for the development, design, testing, evaluation, and reporting on new aircraft or aircraft systems.
Position will be filled at the GS-14 grade level. The full performance level for this position is GS-15. If selected at the lower level, employee may be non-competitively promoted to the next grade when qualified and recommended by management. Identification of promotion potential in this position does not constitute a commitment or an obligation on the part of management to promote the employee. Promotion will depend upon administrative approval and the continuing need for the actual assignment and performance of the higher level duties.
As identical vacancies are identified, additional selections may be made.
To receive consideration, you must submit a resume and answer NASA-specific questions. The NASA questions appear after you submit your resume and are transferred to the NASA web site. If you successfully apply, USAJOBS will show your application status as 'Received'. If your status is 'Application Status Not Available', you have not successfully applied. Do not rely on a USAJOBS email to confirm successful application. Only an email from NASA confirms a successful application.
07/12/2017 to 08/01/2017
$101,409 - $131,833 per year
GS 14
1 vacancy in the following location:
Permanent
Full-time - Full Time
15
No
LA17C0051
474147300
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Family members of a federal employee or uniformed service member who is or was, working overseas.
As a Research Pilot, the incumbent participates, leads, and contributes to the engineering research and operational aspects of a wide variety of LaRC flight, simulation, and laboratory experiments. Duties will require operation of a variety of aircraft types including small business jet to medium sized jet transport aircraft, turboprop and piston-engine aircraft, as well as UAS vehicles. Applies unique aviation and flight test knowledge, experience/safety practices to all aspects of aircraft flight projects.
Serves as a Lead Aerospace Engineer/Research Pilot on assigned flight, piloted-simulation, and UAS experiments and provides support piloting/operational consultation on other experiments/activities. Serves as a Lead Test Pilot while conducting aircraft/space hardware test programs to meet research program objectives. Provides assistance to researchers/operations engineers for experiment planning, implementation, data collection, analysis, reporting and presentation of technical results. Develops/designs flight operations, equipment, or systems for a broad range of interdisciplinary activities and highly specialized functions that cut across conventional lines of engineering/scientific fields. Initiates, plans, designs, and develops experiment methods, procedures, techniques, and requirements. Initiates, reviews and collaborates on hazard identification and analysis, risk classification, human factors considerations, and research hazard mitigation.
Applies accepted flight research principles/practices/techniques for aircraft operation or data collection to meet requirements of specific research experiments. Serves as a safety pilot during flight experiments/research with other subject pilots. Required to operate LaRC aircraft and simulators to maintain required proficiency levels and to provide support to LaRC and other programs. Support flying may include aerobatic maneuvering, chase, formation, aerial photography/survey, logistics, maintenance, and mission management flights. Maintains proficiency in different aircraft and demonstrates ability to handle in-flight emergencies. Implements policy by writing accident plans and procedure manuals.
Reviews and conducts complex analysis and development studies in support of major safety programs including analysis of novel, unprecedented, or controversial problems. Plans and conducts experimental studies involving several engineering disciplines and/or specifications that result in new design guidelines and have a profound effect on program or mission capability and operating procedures. Documents and reports study results.
Manages overall development efforts for a significant and complex end product or a major subject-matter entity, such as all system, vehicle, and simulation projects. Serves as a Project Manager for NASA and non-NASA projects. Makes substantial and continuing contribution to long-range project planning and to the formulation, modification, and determination of overall objectives. Coordinates with other offices within the RSD and external customers to establish content, cost, and schedule of products, deliverables, and services. Provides interface between the Directorate, researchers, and customers to coordinate project requirements, schedule, budget and project risk. Provides customer support in meeting project reviews, ensuring the project is ready to progress.
Serves in an advisory role in the development of regulatory initiatives to improve upon safety. Supports technical program planning and advises, negotiates, and coordinates in execution of plans.
Develops, executes, and leads complex plans for various flight mission operations with complicating and interacting factors, concepts, or conditions such as new technology. Develops mission operations plans to accomplish flight operations objectives such as analyzing airplane and experiment design to determine compatibility with flight operations objectives. Interfaces with experiment developers, flight crew, and systems personnel in formulating and applying system constraints and procedures to flight documentation or flight and ground activities. Supports the development of mission operational requirements by assisting in planning and performing the analysis, integration, and evaluation of operations resource requirements, operation development schedules, and overall operations plans for aeronautic missions. Supports the design and development of conventional components of related space flight technology, equipment, hardware, or systems. Understands operational constraints to ensure their compatibility with mission objectives.
Position is strenuous requiring significant degrees of physical exertion and dexterity. May be subject to any/all of the following: (1) Water survival training; (2) Cold weather survival training; (3) Hypobaric chamber sessions; (4) High-G maneuvers; and (5) Ejection seat training.
U.S. citizenship is required.
FOREIGN EDUCATION
Applicants who have completed part or all of their education outside the U.S. must have their foreign education evaluated by an accredited organization to ensure that the foreign education is comparable to the education received in accredited educational institutions in the U.S. If selected, a written evaluation of any foreign education must be provided to the Human Resources official making the offer. Please indicate in your resume that you have had your foreign education formally evaluated. For a listing of services that can perform this evaluation, see the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) website at http://www.naces.org/members.htm. Failure to provide this evaluation will result in your being found unqualified for the position.
PLEASE NOTE: If your foreign education has already been accepted by an accredited U.S. educational institution as part of a degree program with that institution, you do not need to provide an evaluation of foreign education but must submit a copy of the transcripts listing the degree from the U.S. accredited institution that accepted your foreign education if you are selected.
Basic Education Requirement: A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major study in Aeronautical Engineering, Aeronautics, Aerospace Engineering, Architecture, Astronautical Engineering, Astronautics, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Biomedical Engineering, Ceramic Engineering, Ceramics, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science*, Earth and Planetary Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Geology, Geophysics, Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science, Mathematics (Pure or Applied), Applied Mechanics, Engineering Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Metallurgy, Meteorology, Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Engineering Physics, Oceanography, Optical Engineering, Physics, Applied Physics, Engineering Physics, Space Science, Structural Engineering, Welding Engineering or other appropriate physical science or engineering field. Degrees in engineering technology are not considered to be qualifying for this position. *Note: Curriculum must include 30 semester hours of course work in a combination of mathematics, statistics and computer science. Of the 30 semester hours, 15 must be in any combination of statistics and mathematics which includes differential and integral calculus.
Individuals who have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. See 'How You Will Be Evaluated' for definition of well qualified. Federal employees seeking CTAP/ICTAP consideration must indicate their eligibility when applying for a position. The USAJOBS resume asks you to identify your ICTAP eligibility; the NASA Supplemental Information asks you to identify your CTAP eligibility. If you are selected for the position, you must be prepared to submit proof that you meet the requirements for CTAP/ICTAP. This includes a copy of the agency notice, a copy of their most recent Performance Rating and a copy of their most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location.
Qualified NASA term employees who have term conversion eligibility under the NASA Flexibility Act of 2004 will be referred and considered equally with other NASA permanent employees under internal competitive placement procedures.
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Fair Employment Opportunities for Applicants
NASA Credit for National Service
The payment of relocation expenses is not authorized.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Resumes will be rated by an automated system (Resumix) that matches the competencies extracted from the candidate's resume to the competencies identified by the selecting official for the position. Candidates will be evaluated on the competencies they possess that are directly related to the duties of the job, as described in the announcement. Candidates should refer to NASA's Applicant Guide for assistance in developing a complete resume, as NASA will not accept separate KSA statements.
Qualified candidates will be assigned to one of three quality levels based on the degree to which their competencies meet the duties required. A human resources specialist will validate the qualifications of those candidates eligible to be referred to the selecting official. For the purpose of the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) and the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP), candidates rated in the top quality level are considered well-qualified.
NASA's application process has been specifically developed to ensure that we only ask you for the information we absolutely need to evaluate your qualifications and eligibility. In order to apply for this position, you only need to submit your resume and answer the screening questions and supplemental information. No additional documentation is accepted at the time of application. (For example you need not submit narrative 'KSA' statements; they are not required and will not be evaluated.) In this way we allow you to focus on preparing a resume that best describes your background and abilities. For assistance in preparing your resume, consult the Applicant Guide. Nothing further is required until requested by the Human Resources Office. At that point, we may ask you to submit documentation to support statements made in your resume. For example, we may ask you to provide academic transcripts or proof of Federal employment status. If you are claiming veterans' preference, we may ask you to submit proof of veterans preference (DD-214, and, if claiming 10-point preference, SF-15 plus proof required by that form). If you fail to provide the required documents within the stated time period, we may withdraw a job offer and/or remove you from further consideration.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
This vacancy is being filled through NASA STARS, an automated Staffing and Recruitment System. NASA partners with USAJOBS in providing a seamless application process. Before you begin the application process, please read the vacancy announcement carefully and have all required information available. You may begin the process of submitting your resume by clicking on the 'Apply Online' link. In order to be considered, you must submit a resume completed on the USAJOBS site. When completing your USAJOBS resume, please remember that NASA limits resumes to approximately 32,000 characters including spaces. NASA does not accept resumes uploaded to USAJOBS from a second source or documents attached through USAJOBS' document attachment feature. Once you submit your resume to NASA, you will be asked to complete a short series of additional questions. You must finish the entire process in order to have a complete application package and receive consideration. Your answers will not be saved unless you finish the entire application. You may edit a previously-submitted application, if the announcement is still open. If you are unable to apply electronically for this position, submit your resume and supplemental questions to:
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Candidates for NASA positions are evaluated using our automated staffing and recruitment system, NASA STARS, which compares your skills and experience as described in your resume with the requirements of the position. If you are found to be a highly qualified candidate, you will be referred to the selecting official for further consideration. (In some cases, individuals with priority for special consideration must be considered and selected before other candidates.) Whether or not you are contacted for an interview depends upon the location of the position and the judgment of the selecting official. If you are a current federal employee and are contacted for an interview, you may be asked to provide a copy of your most recent performance appraisal narrative summary. At NASA, we pride ourselves on efficient and timely recruitment actions, and you can normally expect to learn the outcome of the selection process in a fairly short period of time. In addition, to ensure that you can measure progress for yourself, NASA provides you with regularly updated information on the status of the vacancy announcement.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/474147300. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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