Serves as Chief Engineer for high performance flight research vehicle projects in the Range Engineering Branch. Responsible for the development of project range system requirements for the use of Dryden Aeronautical Test Range (DATR) systems, including efforts in the planning, development and implementation, modification, configuration management, testing and integration.

Duties

Serves as DATR Chief Engineer ensuring systems engineering processes are complied with and all engineering services including hardware and software products meet quality policies. Responsible for the planning, design, test and evaluation, cost analyses, program and project management, and quality management for ground-based range systems/projects in the Armstrong Flight Research Center's Dryden Aeronautical Test Range (DATR). Leads the configuration management of DATR ground-based range systems to ensure that systems are properly configuration managed and ensures compliance with DATR configuration management policy. Leads the resolution of technical issues and in establishing new technical approaches and recommendations for improvements in DATR ground-based products/capabilities. Represents the DATR, Armstrong, and NASA as range engineering subject matter expert for technical committees/panels within the flight test and range engineering community. Performs upgrades to DATR range telemetry tracking/subsystems, RADAR, Flight Termination, video, voice, mission control room and data distribution systems. Manages multi-disciplinary teams in engineering and integration efforts for the DATR. Delegates appropriate authority in an effective manner. Provides authoritative technical decisions, advice, and consultation on variables/unknowns affecting planning, integration, coordination, and critical management problems with respect to safety, technical reliability, and cost.

Requirements

• This position is open to U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
• Position subject to pre-employment background security investigation.
• You must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
• If selected, you will be required to complete a financial disclosure statement.
• A one-year probationary period may be required.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Education Requirement (in the Education section below), to qualify for this position you must meet the requirements below. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. NASA utilizes OPM-approved qualification and rating requirements specific for Aerospace Technology (AST) positions which recognizes NASA's unique aerospace work. The specific qualifications and minimum education requirements are further described below and within the education section of the job announcement. To qualify at the GS-15 level, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level: Providing technical expertise or oversight in the planning, development, design, testing, and/or integration of complex electronic engineering projects for range ground-based systems; Solving technical issues and establishing new technical approaches or recommendations for improvements for range ground-based products/capabilities to support ground tests and test flights and; Applying configuration management policies for ground-based range systems to ensure that systems are properly configuration managed/documented. Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job.

Education

Basic Education Requirement: You must have successfully completed a bachelor's degree with a major in one of the following:

a) Engineering from a college or university that has ABET accredited engineering programs
b) Physical Science, Mathematics, Life Science or other field of Science
c) Computer Science that included 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours of course work in any combination of mathematics, statistics and computer science with at least half of those hours in mathematics and statistics courses that included differential and integral calculus.

If you did not complete a qualifying bachelor's degree, you may be eligible if you have obtained a graduate degree in an AST qualifying field, as listed above.

Degrees in engineering technology are not considered qualifying for this position.

Engineering degrees earned within the United States: Engineering degrees earned within the United States must be from a college or university that has at least one ABET accredited engineering program. To find out if a school has at least one ABET accredited program, please visit http://www.abet.org.

Engineering degrees earned outside the United States: Engineering degrees earned outside the United States must be recognized by a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA), often known as accords. These are non-governmental agreements among organizations that accredit academic degree programs. MRAs recognize the substantial equivalence of mature accreditation systems and programs accredited by signatory organizations within their jurisdictions. For a listing of Signatories, please visit, https://www.abet.org/global-presence/mutual-recognition-agreements/is-your-program-recognized/.

Science and other related degrees earned within the United States: Science and other related degrees must have been awarded from colleges or universities that are accredited by recognized accrediting organizations. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, go to http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.

Science and other related degrees earned outside the United States: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs. These education credentials must be 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: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

All degrees must have been received in the year of, or any year subsequent to the original date of accreditation.

Contacts

• Address Armstrong Flight Research Center 4800 Lilly Ave Edwards, CA 93523 US
• Name: NASA Shared Services Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-677-2123
• Email: [email protected]