Serves as the Project Manager for the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) project within the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD). Work includes collaboration with aerospace industry for the formulation of research objectives and priorities consistent with strategic interests of ARMD and the management of project resources, extensive schedule development, risk management, status preparation, data management, overall safety, and presentation of project elements to top Center/Agency management.

Duties

Establishes project goals and objectives in conjunction with NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD), Airspace Operations and Safety Program (AOSP), NASA aeronautics Centers, other agencies, and contractors. Applies cost, schedule, technical performance, and safety control techniques to ensure project objectives are met, and institutes or recommends changes, as appropriate, to ensure satisfactory accomplishment of project objectives. Implements or maintains quality assurance processes; makes improvements, solves problems, or takes corrective action when problems arise; and supports mission requirements and initiates design and modification efforts. Monitors and controls project development efforts and resource utilization for successful execution, and effectively communicates technical and financial progress and issues to leadership. Directs and manages budget and resource planning activities for projects with a national scope and impact, as well as analyzes and plans long range resource requirements, scheduling, budgeting, and project allocations. Identifies and manages project risk through continuous risk management to improve the likelihood of projects success by the identification, analysis, assessment, control, avoidance, minimization, or elimination of unacceptable risks. Exercises a very high degree of originality and sound engineering judgment in guiding the analysis of unique problems and developing new and improved problem resolution techniques and methods. Serves as expert technical management consultant and advisor to subordinate activities in areas such as airspace and air vehicle technology development, system-level simulations, and ground-based and flight demonstrations.

Requirements

• Current Federal employees must meet qualifications, time in grade, and 90 days after competitive appointment requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
• Financial Disclosure, Drug Testing, and/or the Travel Requirements for this position may differ and be required based on the duty location/NASA Center requirements.
• Position subject to pre-employment background investigation or higher level clearance. Investigation/Clearance may differ and be required based on the duties/location-NASA Center requirements.
• The location will be determined upon selection but must be at one of the locations indicated within the announcement.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Education Requirement (in the Education section below), to qualify for this position you must meet the requirements below and have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade, which has equipped you with the particular competencies needed to successfully perform the duties of the position described above. 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 for GS-15, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level. Providing aeronautics project management direction, focusing on internal project planning and execution, and supporting external interfaces including other federal agency and commercial aviation stakeholders Developing project plans and objectives, and providing performance and resource management including integrated schedules, cost analysis, and integrated budget assessments Overseeing and resolving difficult and complex airspace and/or air vehicle technical, project management, and organizational problems that are large in scope, complex, or obscure, and develop new approaches. 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 NASA Headquarters 300 E St SW Washington, DC 20546 US
• Name: NASA Shared Services Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-677-2123
• Email: [email protected]