As an Instrumentation Systems Engineer in the Flight Instrumentation and Systems Integration Branch (Code 550), you will serve as an expert for the overall system design and analysis of flight components and conduct expert technical reviews of programs. Additionally, you will work with a team of engineers and colleagues to innovate techniques and methods for testing and evaluating electronic systems in aerospace projects or programs.

Duties

Serves as the instrumentation engineering technical expert in strategic planning, evaluation, and integration technology. Guides the development of engineering analysis standards for projects or systems with national impact. Performs requirements analysis and implements plans to ensure that project scope and requirements are defined, documented, and approved. Develops highly complex electronic systems and/or equipment as a recognized national expert used in the aerospace industry such as sensors and transducers, tracking and telemetry systems, electronic measurement and instrumentation systems. Serves as an expert for the overall system design and analysis of flight components including telemetry components for unique flight vehicles, flight payloads, experiments, systems, subsystems, or ground support equipment. Serves as an expert consultant on broad projects and programs with national impact and advises all levels of management, other federal agencies, and commercial organizations in the design or construction of systems and equipment. Conducts expert technical reviews of programs as appropriate to enhance the mission including performing studies to seek system improvements of novel and one-of-a kind research, and analysis. Innovates approved engineering techniques and methods for testing electronic systems or equipment for use in aerospace projects or programs on their instrumentation systems. Foster a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champion NASA's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity, and teamwork.

Requirements

• Current Federal employees must meet qualifications, time in grade, and 90 days after competitive appointment requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
• If selected, you will be required to complete a financial disclosure statement.

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-14, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level: Providing engineering guidance to resolve conditions or issues utilizing experimental or new development applications related to aerospace/aeronautical electronic instrumentation systems; Advising stakeholders of engineering programmatic decisions through written analysis or system test reports in the implementation and testing of instrumentation systems; and Developing, testing, or evaluating instrumentation systems in at least three of the following engineering areas: electronics and electrical, optical, electro-optical, software/firmware, thermal analysis, electromagnetic interference, alternate current (AC) and direct current (DC) signal analysis, digital signal processing, video systems, radio frequency (RF), advanced sensors, microelectronics, acoustics, communications systems, or measurement techniques. 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 Armstrong Flight Research Center 4800 Lilly Ave Edwards, CA 93523 US
• Name: NASA Shared Services Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-677-2123
• Email: [email protected]