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Supervisory Aerospace Engineer

Department of the Army
United States Army Futures Command
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Summary

About the Position: This position is located at the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command - Aviation and Missile Center, Systems Readiness Directorate, Airworthiness, Aeromechanics Division at Redstone Arsenal, AL.

This is a Demonstration Project Position.

Overview

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Job canceled
Open & closing dates
08/03/2020 to 08/14/2020
Salary
$111,433 to - $170,403 per year
Pay scale & grade
DB 4
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Redstone Arsenal, AL
Telework eligible
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
25% or less - You may be expected to travel up to 25% away from permanent duty location for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-Time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
4
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
Yes
Security clearance
Secret
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Moderate Risk
Trust determination process
Announcement number
NEAD205916737044
Control number
574988500

Duties

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  • Supervises multi-disciplinary teams to assess program design, system/subsystem development, test, and evaluation functions for organizations systems.
  • Develops airworthiness qualification requirements document or requirements memorandum and execute the process for military or civil aircraft program.
  • Directs the development of airworthiness qualification requirements for aeromechanics systems or subsystems.
  • Coordinates with external stakeholders, to define or clarify scopes of work for aeromechanics requirements.
  • Collaborates on related technology interest with other DOD services or other Executive Branch agencies, foreign agencies, and professional organizations.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
  • This position requires the selectee to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance.
  • This position requires temporary duty away from permanent work station up to 25% of the time.
  • This position requires the selectee to sign an annual financial disclosure agreement.
  • This position requires that the Selectee must be an Acquisition Corps (AC) member at time of Permanent selection for the position or have been granted a waiver.
  • This position will require the selectee to be Acquisition Level lll certified in the Acquisition Career Field of Engineering within 24 months of employment.
  • This position will require signing a written agreement to remain in Federal service in the position for at least three years.
  • This position will require a one year supervisory probationary period.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

  • Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
  • Current Permanent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
  • Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement
  • Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
  • Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
  • Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
  • Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
  • Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998



In order to qualify, you must meet the requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., 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.

Basic Requirement for the Supervisory Aerospace Engineer position.

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.
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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 (e.g., 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, e.g., 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, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: Experience in aerospace systems, aeromechanics disciplines, and a thorough understanding of airworthiness policies and procedures; creation of a team organization with focused goals; effectively communicate with senior government and industry executive, as well as scientists; and experience in resource management and budgeting, and ability to apply these skills to the planning, organizing, scheduling, directing, controlling, and evaluating of engineering teams.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service, DB-03 (GS-13 or equivalent pay band).
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (DB-03 or equivalent pay band). The payband for this position, DB-04 is equivalent to GS-14 through GS-15.
Candidates must meet the minimum standards for entry into the DB-04 payband, which is GS-13.

If the qualification of the applicant selected for the vacancy exceeds the minimum required, placement salary may be adjusted higher, commensurate with those qualifications.Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.In addition to meeting specialized experience, you must also meet the basic positive education requirement for this position. Therefore, you must submit a transcript with your application package. Failure to do so will result in an incomplete application package.

This is a POSITIVE EDUCATION position and you must meet one of the BASIC REQUIREMENTS, as well as the specialized experience, to qualify for this position. You will be required to submit a copy of your transcript with your application package to validate education requirements. Application packages without a transcript will be determined incomplete.


You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Budget Administration
  • Knowledge Management
  • Leadership
  • Technical Competence

Education

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 U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Additional information

  • 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 U.S. Citizenship.
  • Two year trial/probationary period may be required.
  • One year supervisory probationary period id required for this position.
  • Direct deposit of pay is required.
  • This position requires you to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 278) or 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. Engineers & Scientists (Non-Construction).
  • You may claim military spouse preference (MSP).
  • Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
  • Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
  • If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.
  • 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.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your résumé and supporting documentation will be compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If, after reviewing your résumé 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.

You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority for this position. To receive selection priority, you must: (1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria (2) be rated well-qualified for the position and; (3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your ICTAP eligibility. To be considered well-qualified and receive selection priority applicants must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a score of 90 or above. Additional information about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website.

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