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Department of the Army
United States Army Futures Command
C5ISR CENTER RESEARCH & TECH INTEG DIR
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Summary

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will NOT be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants should review the "How to Apply" section of this flyer for more information on how to be considered. This flyer will be used as positions become available. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer.


Overview

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Job closed
Open & closing dates
05/15/2023 to 05/29/2023
Salary
$94,199 to - $172,075 per year
Pay scale & grade
DB 3
Location
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Term - 6 YEARS
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
None
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Top Secret
Drug test
Yes
Position sensitivity and risk
Special-Sensitive (SS)/High Risk
Trust determination process
Announcement number
DAFN232997411244HLF
Control number
725536300

Duties

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  • Applies knowledge of R and D in the areas of the specified domain.
  • Responsible for the development of advances in the state-of-the-art creation of new or substantially improved end items in the form of equipment, systems, materials, processes, procedures, and techniques.
  • Works independently on assignments involving a combination of complex features of the domain.
  • Identifies the scope and extent of the investigation, analysis, and design, and defines the specific engineering requirements and design criteria.
  • Responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and coordinating development programs that require diverse creative and support efforts contributed by others such as laboratories or contractors.
  • Conducts studies and analyses to determine the feasibility of various advanced engineering approaches for the future programs or to resolve major controversial problems in current programs.
  • Conducts studies on the feasibility of developing new products and/or theories pertaining to new applications of existing products.
  • Guides and evaluates the design and development activities of contractors and others in achieving new products.
  • Serves as an expert advisor for these broad and complex programs that advance the state-of-the-art.
  • Assesses and demonstrates the effectiveness of new concepts and ideas and evaluates technological trends to achieve significant advancements in operational and mission requirements.
  • Applies a wide range of engineering and scientific principles and theories to project performance and operating characteristics.
  • Explores and evaluates proposals that satisfy program and mission objectives.
  • Reviews and assess the overall progress of the development effort to resolve technical difficulties.
  • As an authority in the subject matter area, represents the organization or agency in high-level conferences and meetings, communicating verbally and in writing to explain and interpret policies and requirements, and in negotiating important issues.
  • Coordinates with other recognized technical specialists and representatives from other government agencies and industry involved in the assignment and operates within a team to contribute positively to team operations and working relationships.
  • Plans and carries out assignments for complete projects that entail a variety of complicating/interacting factors, relationships with other engineering specializations and in consideration of the complete development cycle.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

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.
  • Business travel is required up to 25% of the time.
  • Selectee must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret (TS) security clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Access (SCI).
  • This is a Testing Designated Position (TDP) subject to applicant testing and random drug testing. Tentatively selected applicants will be required to sign DA Form 5019 requiring participation in random drug testing.
  • Three-year probationary period may be required under the demonstration project for the Engineers and Scientists Occupational Family unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315.
  • Persons born after 31 December 1959 and assigned the gender of male at birth must be registered for Selective Service.
  • 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.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience 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.

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.

Basic Education Requirement for Engineering Series (0850, 0854, 0855):
A. 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 (El), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Ri co. 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.

Basic Requirement for Computer Scientist 1550 series:
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.

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 equivalent to the next lower grade or band is required. It is defined as one year of specialized experience equivalent to the DE-02 pay band (GS-11 equivalent or higher) in the Federal Service that includes

  • Experience with agile software development methods
  • Experience with Software modeling/simulation and associated languages/use cases
  • Experience with implementing/sustaining microservices and web development
  • Experience with DEVSECOPS/software factory components, tools, cloud environment, and multiple DB engines
  • Excellent communications skills

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

  • This announcement uses the Direct Hire Authority (DHA) for Defense STRL Positions 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 U.S. Citizenship.
  • Position has a positive education requirement; therefore, Official transcripts MUST be submitted to be considered eligible.
  • Three-year probationary period for the Engineer and Scientist Occupational Family may be required.
  • Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
  • 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 - Engineering and Scientists (Non-construction) 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 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/faq/vaccinations/.
  • Position is Telework eligible, as determined by agency policy.
  • Relocation/Retention Incentive will not be authorized.
  • This position is a Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratory Personnel Management Demonstration Project position. The DB-3 pay band encompasses the GS-12 step 1 to GS-14 step 10 grade levels.
  • This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position. The selectee will be required to meet Engineering and Technical Management Certification - Practitioner Level within 60 months of entrance on duty.

How you will be evaluated

You 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 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.

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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