You will serve as an INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER, OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST, or DATA SCIENTIST in the Proposal Analysis Division of NAVAIRWARCENACDIV. This position provides procurement leadership with objectively based information derived from the use of advanced scientific, mathematical, and statistical principles and theories. The results will be communicated via dynamic data visualizations and relied upon to make data driven decisions regarding the acquisition of major aircraft weapon systems.

Duties

You will provide technical support of products and services to program office customers on behalf of the Proposal Analysis Team. You will apply in-depth working knowledge of data analytics, statistical analysis, and proper application of advanced mathematical formulas to support major weapons systems. You will identify and assess aspects of alternative decisions (options), including the impact and implications of each, to select a course of action for major weapons systems. You will combine, analyze, and interpret large or complex data sets and making data-driven recommendations. You will formulate, validate, and maintain accurate and responsive data visualizations, e.g. Tableau. You will program a simulation using various computer programming languages, e.g. R, Python, etc. You will develop statistical software and computer programs to perform predictive analysis of statistical data and findings for major weapons systems.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-09 through GS-11) or pay band (DP-03) in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional Industrial Engineer, Operations Research Analyst, or Data Scientist. Examples of Qualifying Specialized Experience include: (1) Demonstrated advanced working knowledge of data analytics, statistical analysis, and proper application of advanced mathematical formulas; (2) Identifying and assessing aspects of alternative decisions (options), including the impact and implications of each, to select a course of action for an aircraft weapons system; (3) Combining, analyzing, and interpreting large or complex data sets and making data-driven recommendations; (4) Formulating, validating, and maintaining accurate and responsive data visualizations, e.g. Tableau; (5) Programming a simulation using various computer programming languages, e.g. R, Python, etc.; and (6) Developing statistical software and computer programs to perform predictive analysis of statistical data and findings for an aircraft weapons system. Additional education and qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management websites: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/operations-research-series-1515/ https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/data-science-series-1560/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. NOTE: YOUR RESUME REFLECTS THAT YOU COMPLETED SUCH EDUCATION AND/OR YOU HAVE SUBMITTED COLLEGE TRANSCRIPT(S) AS EVIDENCE TO SUBSTANTIATE YOUR CLAIM IN COMPLETING SUCH EDUCATION FOR THIS POSITION. ALSO, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU DO NOT PROVIDE SUCH INFORMATION, THEN YOU COULD BE RATED AS LACKING EDUCATION REQUIREMENT(S) FOR THIS POSITION.

Education

Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:

0896 SERIES:
Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) 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. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.
OR
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 more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org
OR
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, and Puerto Rico The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html.
OR
Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A (above). The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above)
OR
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 one 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.

1515 SERIES:
Degree: in operations research; or at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics. At least 3 of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus.

1560 SERIES:
Degree: Mathematics, statistics, computer science, data science or field directly related to the position. The degree must be in a major field of study (at least at the baccalaureate level) that is appropriate for the position.
OR
Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major field of study (30 semester hours) as shown in paragraph above, plus additional education or appropriate experience.

Additional education and qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management websites:

• https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series
• https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf
• https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/operations-research-series-1515/
• https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/data-science-series-1560/

NOTE: YOUR RESUME REFLECTS THAT YOU COMPLETED SUCH EDUCATION AND/OR YOU HAVE SUBMITTED COLLEGE TRANSCRIPT(S) AS EVIDENCE TO SUBSTANTIATE YOUR CLAIM IN COMPLETING SUCH EDUCATION FOR THIS POSITION. ALSO, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU DO NOT PROVIDE SUCH INFORMATION, THEN YOU COULD BE RATED AS LACKING EDUCATION REQUIREMENT(S) FOR THIS POSITION.

Contacts

• Address NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV Naval Air Warfare Center Patuxent River, MD 20670-5304 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]