For additional information on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here. Once on the Air Force Civilian Careers website, click "LEARN MORE ABOUT DIRECT HIRE JOBS" and click on the LinkedIn icon located under "To learn more about current and future Direct Hire opportunities please follow us on LinkedIn" In this position you serve as engineering staff for the AEDC Wing Commander and provide support to strategic assessments of future DoD requirements for RDT&E capability.

Duties

Develops strategic plans to include integration of future test requirements across 704 TG capabilities. Continuously engage capability owners, asset managers, program offices, etc. to maintain awareness of current and future test requirements, workload forecasts, and test facility health assessment in order to formulate strategic plans and guide facility funding. Assist AEDC capability owners in preparation of strategic roadmaps that clearly describe the future vision to AEDC leadership. Identification of test infrastructure capability gaps, formulation of solutions, and advocacy for capital investment projects that deliver T&E capability to close these gaps. Test capability planning to include concept development and technology needs; validation of requirements; development of plans to close technical shortfalls; concept design analysis, cost estimation; and assessment of solution alternatives. Act as the primarily interface to the Improvement and Modernization (I&M) needs and solutions process (includes TIPP and CTEIP) for all test infrastructure related capabilities for the Wing. Develop test capabilities requirements documents as part of transition from XPR-OL to the organization responsible for capital investment Develop strategies to transition new test capabilities, modeling and simulations tools, and instrumentation into all test assets and for programming solutions through the Complex's POM and Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) programs. Ensure that all technical plans produced are consistent with AEDC's strategic plan and can achieve the Complex's strategic objectives. Provides engineering support as required to AEDC/TD, AEDC/XPE, and AEDC/CT.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Telework may be authorized up to 80%.
• Obtain and maintain a Top Secret Security clearance
• This is a designated Drug Testing Position
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• A professional engineering degree at the bachelor?s level from an ABET accredited institution in engineering or a closely related field is required.
• Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft.
• May be required to acquire and maintain certification(s), such as Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP)
• This position has been designated as an Non-Critical Acquisition Position and is covered by the Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP).
• This position has been designated as a Non-Critical Acquisition Position and is covered by the Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP).
• The selectee must meet, or be capable of achieving the APDP certification as designated on the position description within the defined grace period for that certification level after assignment.
• This position also requires the employee to engage in acquisition continuous learning activities achieving 80 Continuous Learning points every 24 months.
• This position MAY be eligible for a recruitment/relocation incentive. Specifics will be discussed with the Selecting Official
• This position MAY be eligible for relocation expenses reimbursed (PCS costs MAY be paid). Specifics will be discussed with the Selecting Official
• This position MAY be eligible for a Student Loan Repayment (SLR) incentive. Specifics will be discussed with the Selecting Official

Qualifications

For additional information on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here. In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, General Engineering Series 0801, locate here. BASIC REQUIREMENT OR INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT: A) Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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. NOTE: YOU MUST SUBMIT COPIES OF YOUR TRANSCRIPTS. 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)1 , 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)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and 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 the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. 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 bachelor's 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all inclusive.) NOTE: YOU MUST SUBMIT COPIES OF YOUR TRANSCRIPTS. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower broadband NH-03 or equivalent to the next lower grade GS-11 in the Federal Service. Specialized experience includes serving as a consultant and expert in engineering work involved in the application of advanced theories, concepts, and principles related to development or sustainment of systems. 2 years of experience in signal analysis, antennas, and waveforms desired KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES: 1. Knowledge of a wide range of advanced multidisciplinary professional engineering concepts, principles, practices, standards, methods, and techniques to apply experimental theories and new developments to problems not susceptible to treatment by accepted methods, and to plan and execute specialized programs of marked difficulty, responsibility, and significance. 2. Knowledge of the mission, roles, functions, organizational structure, and operation of the DoD, Air Force, and organizations that govern, interface with, and/or influence systems acquisition, development, and/or sustainment; and knowledge of planning, programming, and budgeting cycles, financial systems, and restrictions on expenditure of funds. 3. Knowledge of and skill in evaluating state-of-the-art and advancements in theory, application, technology, and policy affecting systems being developed, and in planning, organizing, and directing the functions and staff in critical aspects of development, production, and/or support of systems, subsystems, or equipment. 4. Knowledge of safety, security, personnel management, and EEO regulations, practices, and procedures. 5. Skill in establishing and maintaining effective relationships, building consensus and coalitions, negotiating, and resolving conflicts with a variety of individuals and organizations as well as communicating effectively, both orally and in writing. 6. Ability to plan, organize, and direct the functions of an organization, and mentor, motivate, and appraise the staff through subordinate supervisors as well as analyze, plan, and adjust work operations of one or more organizational segments to meet program requirements and objectives within available resources.

Contacts

• Address EHA DHA 550 C Street West JBSA Randolph AFB, TX 78150 US
• Name: Air Force Test Center Recruitment
• Email: [email protected]