NIST works with industry and science to advance innovation and improve quality of life. We're looking for a Physical Scientist to join our team! This notice is issued under direct-hire authority to recruit new talent to occupations for which NIST has a severe shortage of candidates.

Duties

Perform competition planning, implementation, and project selection for federal assistance awards and contracts, with emphasis on program project award criteria in broad areas of science, engineering, and technology with national impacts. Conduct program management an oversight of financial assistance awards supporting advanced manufacturing technology and workforce development. Assess and report impacts of funded technology programs to inform NIST leadership. Contribute administrative and technical expertise to inform and refine funding mechanisms, program management efficiencies and impact assessment tools for applied research and development programs. Work with teams within the Office of Advanced Manufacturing and NIST Grants Management Division more broadly to implement initiatives supporting advanced manufacturing policy objectives for both technical priority areas and workforce development national needs.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Suitable for Federal employment
• Bargaining Unit Position: No

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENTS: A. Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics. OR B. Combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. IN ADDITION TO THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must have at least 1 year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level (ZP-III at NIST). Specialized experience is defined as: Experience conducting competitions for federal financial assistance awards for technical R&D programs. Specialized technical expertise in an advanced manufacturing sector of national importance, including but not limited to biotechnnology, materials science, microelectronics, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Demonstrated experience in organizing workshops or other forms of consensus building or gaps analysis outreach to refine strategic and technical priorities for R&D investments. Demonstrated skills in writing technical summaries for different audiences. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done. We will credit all qualifying volunteer experience in your application. The qualification requirements in this vacancy announcement are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook. Applicant Reconsideration

Education

This position has an education requirement. Transcripts must be submitted to validate that the education requirement has been met. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. However, an official copy will be required prior to a final offer of employment.

Education completed outside of the U.S. must be evaluated by an accredited organization to ensure that it is comparable to education received in accredited institutions in the U.S. Click here to view a listing of accredited organizations from the Department of Education's website. A copy of the foreign education evaluation (containing the results with a course by course listing) is required with your application.

Contacts

• Address Program Operations Division 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20899 US
• Name: Lauren Beyer
• Phone: 0000000000
• Email: [email protected]