About the Position: Serve as an Engineer within the Aviation Integration Directorate (AID) supporting the Technology Applications Program Office (TAPO) with responsibilities for the technical and engineering management of special high priority classified and non-classified aircraft and associated equipment. This position is located in Fort Eustis, VA. This is a pay banded position. The NH-03 band encompasses grades 12 and 13 under the General Schedule (GS) system.

Duties

Serves as the TAPO principal representative for all assigned program actions. Responsible for all engineering/operational oversight functions that facilitate and ensure that aircraft/systems meet stringent flight safety, reliability, sustainability, and schedule requirements. Responsible for the accuracy and full justification of all engineering decisions or recommendations rendered and provides complete and comprehensive background and supporting data upon which decisions are reached. Extensive knowledge of automated systems sufficient to input and retrieve pertinent program information for assigned projects. Keeps TAPO apprised of all conditions and issues affecting or impacting individual or organizational program goals and objectives. Work under Product Manager and Deputy Product Manager (DPM), leading the offices' engineering effort and the integrated product and process teams (IPPTs) in order to develop, test, and deliver aviation weapon systems and their associated equipment. Responsible for procurement package preparation, to include Statements of Work (SOW), justification and certification, technical data package (TDP), contract data requirements list (CORL) and proposal evaluation, etc. Plans, directs, administers, and manages the multidimensional engineering functions associated with the Total System Performance Responsibilities of TAPO assigned aircraft. Considerable skill in written and verbal communications to explain/defend the status of the project, make presentations in public forums, etc. Responsible for engineering and flight verification/ validation of processes and practices, product improvement, value, and human factors engineering, test plan preparation and execution. Directly coordinate/interfaces with key staff/command personnel from multiple organizations, etc., essential to the conduct, execution, and successful accomplishment of assigned programs/ projects and mission objectives. Mastery of advanced comprehensive knowledge of the full range of engineering principles, concepts, and methodology associated with management of Rotary Wing/Fixed Wing aircraft and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) as part of assigned projects. Comprehensive knowledge of aerospace engineering theory that encompasses design, development, flight operations, test/evaluation, airworthiness, fabrication, and integration into a total aircraft system package is required to attain program goals.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Selectee must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
• This position requires submission of the Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450, upon entering the position and annually thereafter.
• This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position. Selectee must meet position requirements for Engineering and Technical Management certification within 60 months as of entrance on duty.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesDefense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange AgreementDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Educational Requirement for Engineering (0800 Series): 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. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR 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.) In addition to meeting the basic education requirements above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the specialized experience requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience at the next lower grade NH-02/GS-11 or equivalency which includes:1) Applying systems engineering skills to manage the development and integration of systems on military vehicles; 2) Conducting testing, analysis and performance evaluations of systems; and, 3) The ability to plan, direct, or manage multidimensional engineering functions associated with the fielding of weapons systems. All Current Federal Employees MUST attach a current SF-50 for consideration. Without a SF-50, your application WILL NOT be considered. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Acquisition StrategyMechanical EngineeringSelf ManagementTeamworkWritten Communication

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been 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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address AD-APF-W0H9AA US ARMY AVN AND MISSLES CMD DO NOT MAIL Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk