Information regarding opportunities, how to submit your resume and your contact information is located on the Air Force Civilian Careers site. In this position you will apply technical work and professional engineering to modeling and simulation systems that support developmental and operational test and evaluation (DT&E and OT&E) test programs.

Duties

For additional information on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here Assures an integrated approach to modeling and simulation activities applied to test. Participates in and/or leads, and assures integrated test program support for design reviews, Test Plan Working Groups (TPWG), and other test planning activities. Participates in and/or leads test coordination and execution events Participates in and/or leads detailed data analysis efforts and data tool development Develops operating procedures, test plans, and test reports within required suspense dates established by management Develops and applies appropriate and innovative modeling and simulation techniques to test programs. The necessary instrumentation systems, data busses, interfaces and truth sources are understood, identified and applied. Provides technical supervision to other engineers, mathematicians, air crew, operational test agencies, using commands, other government agencies and contractor personnel regarding test processes

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Telework may be authorized, up to 40% telework possible (must reside in the local area)
• Obtain and maintain Security clearance
• This is a designated Drug Testing Position
• This position MAY be eligible for a recruitment/relocation incentive. 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
• 5 years of avionics/mission systems flight test experience desired
• 3 years of test program lead experience desired
• Modeling and Simulation (M and S) experience desired
• System engineering experience desired
• Software Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VV and A) experience desired
• This position has been designated as an Non-Critical Acquisition Position and is covered by the Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP).
• The employee must meet, or be capable of meeting Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act DAWIA certification
• Requirements applicable to the career category designated on the position description within 24 months of assignment.
• This position also requires the employee to engage in acquisition continuous learning activities achieving 80 Continuous Learning points every 24 months.
• This position requires a top secret and possibly SCI security clearances as well as possible clearances with special access programs.
• Position may require some flying in government and military aircraft. Although performed n the general office environment, may require frequent CONUS and or foreign travel away from the AFTC for periods of up to three weeks or more at a time
• For additional information on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please go to https://afciviliancareers.com/find-a-job/
• This position MAY be eligible for relocation expenses reimbursed (PCS costs MAY be paid). 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, All Professional Engineering positions located here SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower broadband NH-02 or equivalent to the next lower grade GS-11 in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is knowledge/experience of hazard identification, mitigation methods, i.e. fault tree-analysis, systems theoretical process analysis (STPA), knowledge/experience of software tools and advanced techniques supporting hazard analysis and systems engineering efforts, knowledge/experience of mechanical system controls and system control theory and application, knowledge/experience applying safety processes/procedures supporting effective operational/test execution, experience in team collaborations providing team guidance and leadership. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: 1. Knowledge of concepts, principles, and techniques across multiple interrelated and integrated technical and test engineering disciplines. 2. Knowledge of combat aircraft avionics, armament, or electronic warfare systems or related systems/subsystems. 3. Knowledge of flight and laboratory air vehicle/missile test conduct, coordination and supervision, data analysis/evaluation and applicable flight test truth sources, modeling and simulation, technical report preparation, and administrative aspects of flight test programs. 4. Ability to plan and organize work, coordinate between various electronic/aerospace/mechanical engineering and test disciplines, and coordinate with other Air Force, DOD, and other domestic and foreign government agencies. 5. Ability to research, analyze, interpret, and apply rules, regulations, and procedures to a variety of situations and to recommend timely and economical solutions. 6. Ability to maintain good working relations and to provide technical leadership and project management oversight and communicate effectively with a broad range of personnel both orally and in writing and to use modern computer software applications in support of communications and presentations.

Education

Basic Requirements: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.ORB. 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.)
All transcripts must be submitted with application.

Contacts

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