Incumbent coordinates and manages the integration, configuration control, and deployment of aviation simulations (flight deck and air traffic) across multiple user environments including off-line engineering simulations, real-time piloted engineering simulations, and real-time simulations for hardware-in-the-loop. Manages timely maintenance and upgrades to reflect new and evolving technologies and ensures readiness of hardware and software to enable simulator availability and capability.

Duties

Performs a mixture of routine, multiple and varying assignments under the limited direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced technical specialist. Participates effectively in research project and program planning with principal investigators, psychology technicians, computer specialists, and laboratory manager. Consults with human factors research team members and, in consideration of existing problems, constraints, and potentially relevant developments in hardware/software technology, recommends to laboratory manager priority areas of emphasis to improve current simulation software and hardware systems. Attends closely to emerging requirements for particular simulation capabilities needed to accomplish planned research projects. Notes special requirements for simulator support, modifications, upgrades, and associated time schedule.

Requirements

• US Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• This position has a positive education requirement. Transcript(s) required.
• Successful completion of a security investigation may be required.
• A one-year probationary period may be required.
• Please see Required Documents & Additional Information.

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor's degree in computer science or bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus. All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions.Evaluation of Education: Applicants should have sufficient knowledge to understand the fundamental concepts and techniques of computer science. Courses designed to provide an introduction to computer science techniques and methodologies, to problems of system design, and other specialized fields are acceptable. Courses or experience in teaching elementary, business, or shop mathematics are not acceptable.IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE BASIC REQUIREMENTS:To qualify at theFV-H (FG/GS 10-12) level, you must demonstrate possession of at least 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the FV-G (FG/GS 5-9) level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE includes: Experience maintaining and conducting research with general aviation research simulators including fixed wing, rotorcraft, and/or UAS; experience in the planning, coordination, and management of simulation deployment across multiple simulation environments including off-line engineering simulations, real-time piloted engineering simulations, and real-time simulations for hardware-in-the-loop laboratories; experience in using MATLAB/Simulink, C and C++ coding, and defining/using coding standards and style guides; and experience in the developments of hardware/software technology.Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of the announcement.OREDUCATION: 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.

Education

This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications. If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment. You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page).

Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration.

Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation.

Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university. A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered.

KSA INFORMATION:

As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.

In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a HR Specialist as appropriate.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the KSA listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

Contacts

• Address Federal Aviation Administration AAC Regional HR Services Branch 6500 S. Macarthur Blvd, HQ Room 155 AHF-S210 Oklahoma City, OK 73169 US
• Name: Kinsley Kerlick
• Phone: 1 (405) 954-7990
• Email: [email protected]