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Job opening: Physical Scientist, AST, Science Project Management (Direct Hire)

Salary: $134 346 - 174 647 per year
City: Houston
Published at: Oct 31 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
As a Physical Scientist, you will oversee the operation of the Environmental Chemistry Laboratory in the Human Health and Performance Directorate. You will evaluate and interpret environmental data and provide recommendations on topics related to spacecraft air quality, water quality, and environmental monitoring. You will coordinate with other experts in the fields of Microbiology, Toxicology, Space Medicine, and Engineering as well as other personnel supporting crewed spaceflight.

Duties

Manage the day-to-day operations of the Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, including developing, communicating, and executing a strategic vision for the laboratory that aligns with the needs of NASA’s future crewed spaceflight programs. Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the discipline areas of air quality, water quality, and environmental monitoring as they relate to crewed spaceflight. Maintain awareness of emerging crewed spaceflight program needs and technology gaps in the areas of environmental control and monitoring. Support the Environmental Control and Life Support – Crew Health and Performance Systems Capability Leadership Team and provide technical recommendations on strategic investments. Lead technical meetings and maintain regular communication with counterparts in other organizations, including International Partners, to solve technical problems, exchange information, implement planning, and discuss areas of mutual interest. Initiate and provide detailed analysis and technical consultations for assessing human system risks impacted by spacecraft air and water quality. Develop and oversee execution of test plans to evaluate existing and candidate spaceflight hardware. 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

  • This position is open to U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
  • Position subject to pre-employment background investigation.
  • You must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
  • If selected, you will be required to complete a financial disclosure statement.
  • This position may require a one year trial period.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Education Requirement (in the Education section below), to qualify for this position you must meet the requirements below. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. 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 technical expertise in an environmental/analytical chemistry laboratory that analyzes air and water samples; Interpreting environmental data to assess compliance with established requirements; Developing and executing test plans to evaluate environmental monitoring hardware; and Setting project priorities, developing schedules and cost estimates, and tracking and reporting on project budgets. 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 Johnson Space Center 2101 NASA Parkway Houston, TX 77058 US
  • Name: NASA Shared Services Contact Center
  • Phone: 1-877-677-2123
  • Email: [email protected]

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