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NASA's Recent Graduates program provides an opportunity for you to gain experience in the Federal civil service at the beginning of your career. If selected, you will be placed in a dynamic, one-year career development program, and provided with a mentor and an individual training plan that may include specialized training, formal rotational assignments, and other developmental activities. If you successfully complete the program, you may be converted to a term or permanent position.
Learn more about this agency10/18/2018 to 11/06/2018
$57,777 - $75,112 per year
GS 9
1 vacancy in the following location:
No
Occasional travel - Travel may be required for training or other work-related duties
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Recent Graduates
Full-Time
Excepted
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Individuals who have graduated from an accredited educational insitution within the last two years. Veterans who were unable to apply for Pathways Recent Graduate jobs due to active military service are eligible for two years after release or discharge from active duty, up to six years after completing degree requirements.
This position is part of the NASA Pathways Recent Graduate Program which is a formal training program. You may be required to perform rotational assignments in various organizations.
Serves as Loads and Dynamics Engineer in the Loads and Structural Dynamics Branch of the Structural Engineering Division, responsible for conducting linear and nonlinear couple loads analysis of structural dynamics problems involving aerospace systems interacting with flight environments (i.e. launch vehicle, spacecraft, payloads, subsystems, and extraterrestrial vehicles).
Specifically:
- Assists in applying theoretical and experimental investigations into solving structural loads and dynamics problems related to aerospace systems.
- Develops loads and dynamics environmental criteria or requirements via analysis or tests for structural design and certification.
- Performs couple loads analyses and testing of dynamics problems for multi-purpose aerospace systems, multiple-phase projects in the area of loads and dynamic environments.
- Performs investigations to obtain baseline data for structures design and loads and dynamics analysis studies/testing, including evaluation of spacecraft structural systems and supporting equipment.
- Develops Finite Element Models, conducts standard modeling checks, reduces models, and generates data recovery matrices and/or load transformation matrices.
- Supports and evaluates dynamic, modal, vibro-acoustic, shock, and random vibration testing requirements and criteria; and pre and post test data analysis and results.
At the GS-9 grade level, you will perform assignments of a limited scope and with less independence. You will progressively acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GS-13.
To qualify for the GS-9 level, you must have a Masters degree
-OR-
A Bachelors degree with at least 1 year of specialized experience.
Basic Education Requirement: A Master's degree from an accredited college or university with major study in Aerospace Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
Degrees in engineering technology are not considered to be qualifying for this position.
You must indicate your major as well as your degree in order to receive full consideration for this position.
If you are using education completed outside of the U.S. to meet the qualifications for this position, you must have it evaluated by a credential evaluation service to determine if it is comparable to education from accredited U.S. institutions. If you are selected, you must provide a written evaluation of your foreign education to the human resources office. If you do not provide the written evaluation, you may be found unqualified for the position.
You must meet eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
You may be promoted to higher grades; however, promotions are not guaranteed.
You will be required to sign a Pathways Recent Graduate Participant Agreement.
You will serve a trial period for the duration of the Recent Graduate appointment.
Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, who are 18 but not yet 26 years old, must be registered with the selective service system (or have an exemption) to be eligible for federal employment. For additional information or to register, click here
Fair Employment Opportunities for Applicants
NASA Credit for National Service
As identical vacancies are identified, additional selections may be made.
The payment of relocation expenses is not authorized.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
We will review your application, including your answers to the NASA-specific questions, to ensure that you meet eligibility requirements and minimum qualifications.
If you meet the eligibility requirements and minimum qualifications, you will be further evaluated based on the major studies listed under 'Education.' As a result, applicants will be placed in one of two categories
(Qualified or Best Qualified) in accordance with NASA's Category Rating-Like Process.
The Category Rating-Like Process protects the rights of veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference
eligibles within each category. Preference eligibles who meet qualification requirements and have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10 percent must be listed at the top of the highest category, except when the position being filled is professional or scientific at the GS-09 grade level or higher. For a list of professional or scientific occupational series, click here(https://www.opm.gov/policydata-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualificationstandards/#
url=GS-PROFOCCUPATIONS).
Veterans' preference applies in the hiring process. In order to receive preference in hiring, you must clearly identify your claim for veterans' preference when you apply. Veteran's preference will only be considered based on what is supported. For instance, if you claim 10-point preference, but are only able to document 5-point preference, you will be considered accordingly. For more information about Veterans' Preference, please visit this link.
Falsifying your background, education, and/or experience is cause for not hiring you or removal after hiring.
NASA's application process has been specifically developed to ensure that we only ask you for 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 NASA supplemental questions. No additional documentation is accepted at the time of application. In this way we allow you to focus on preparing a resume that best describes your background and abilities. 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. 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.
Before you begin the application process, please read the vacancy announcement carefully and have all required information available. Failure to submit a resume that contains all of the required information may result in loss of consideration. Your application must be received no later than midnight Eastern Time on the closing date of the announcement.
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 using the resume builder available on the USAJobs site. NASA does not accept uploaded resumes created outside of the USAJobs resume builder process. Additionally, NASA does not accept documents attached through the USAJobs' document attachment feature.
Once you submit your resume to NASA, you will be transferred to a NASA website and asked to complete a short series of NASA-specific 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. If you successfully apply, USAJobs will show your application status as 'resume received - complete' (if your status is 'Application Started', 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.
If you are unable to apply electronically for this position, submit your resume to:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
4200 Rideout Road
Resume Operations Center/Mailstop: HS50
Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812.
DO NOT submit your resume directly to the Center advertising this vacancy. Mailed resumes must be received by the close of business on the closing date of the announcement. Hard copy resume requirements are provided at: Hard Copy Resume Requirements.
If you are found qualified, you may be referred to the selecting official for further consideration. 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 selected, you will be notified by phone or email with a tentative job offer pending verification that you meet all eligibility and qualification requirements. An official, written firm job offer will only be issued once all requirements have been verified.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/514069900. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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