You will serve as the Director of Rapid Prototyping, Experimentation, and Demonstration (RPED) Senior Scientific Technical Manager in the Digital Analytics Infrastructure & Technology Advancement Group of the Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division (NAWCAD). This is a Naval Research and Development Establishment (NR&DE) key leadership position dedicated to rapid prototyping development to address operational gaps and needs identified by Navy and Marine Corps operational forces.

Duties

You will lead and plan concept definition/formulation for S/T, R/D, T/E, and operational technology initiatives, and direct the DON's engagement in research and development of technologies and the prototyping of Aircraft and Air Warfare solutions. You will directly participate in laboratory activities and actively participate in concept development, designs, and implementations. You will track progress toward critical demonstration events and/or milestones relating to Aircraft and Aircraft subsystem modifications and experimentation. You will work with the scientific and engineering community to identify new technologies, engineering innovations and potential game-changing capabilities to be introduced to the Fleet on an aggressive time line more responsive to emerging threats. You will work closely with Fleet Engagement Teams to solicit their views on capability gaps and needs and incorporate them into the prototype design and plans at the earliest stages possible in the prototype development and experimentation. You will oversee a variety of research and development prototyping activities at NAWCAD and across the Naval Research and Development Establishment. You will serve as principal advisor to the NAWCAD Commander, Executive Director, NAWCAD Executives, and other senior leaders on matters pertaining to Aircraft, Air Warfare/ASW/Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Prototyping. You will direct the Department of the Navy's (DON) engagement in research and development of technologies and the prototyping of Aircraft, Air Warfare/ASW/Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance solutions in assigned areas. You will furnish highly advanced and/or unprecedented scientific and/or technical guidance and recommendations to top level administrative and technical officials.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance (Top Secret SCI) may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes.
• This position is a designated Critical Acquisition Position (CAP). You must sign a three-year tenure agreement prior to assuming the position unless a tenure waiver is approved.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.
• Supervisors in the executive branch have a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. You will be required to review the 14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct at 5 CFR 2635.101.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS: Applicants will be assessed against Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs). Failure to provide a separate narrative statement which describes fully and concisely how your experience meets the Mandatory Technical Qualifications will eliminate you from consideration. MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS: (Each must be addressed separately in your Supplemental Narrative Statement. Each MTQ must not exceed 2 pages.) MTQ #1 Results Driven: Subject Matter Expert (SME) in experimentation and prototyping related to Aircraft/Air Warfare/ASW/Maritime Patrol & Reconnaissance systems and applies this capability to the research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E), experimentation, and prototyping of Aircraft, Air Warfare/ASW/Maritime Patrol & Reconnaissance solutions. Demonstrated ability to deliver outcomes while maintaining needed relationships. MTQ #2 Building Coalitions: Ability to negotiate complex solutions within specialty areas for experimentation and prototyping related to Aircraft/Air Warfare/ASW/Maritime Patrol & Reconnaissance systems with stakeholders with emphasis on positive discourse, mutual trust and respect. MTQ #3 Leading Change: Demonstrated ability to provide leadership to develop, influence and implement experimentation and prototyping efforts related to Aircraft/Air Warfare/ASW/Maritime Patrol & Reconnaissance systems that will integrate with key programmatic, DON, and Department of Defense (DoD) policies and goals and lead change in areas where needed. MTQ #4 Leading People: Demonstrated capability to ensure NAWCAD experimentation and prototyping related to Aircraft/Air Warfare/ASW/Maritime Patrol & Reconnaissance systems execute with a sound engineering basis with proper controls and management of readiness risk. Demonstrated understanding of individual differences and how workplace diversity and inclusion correlate to the achievement of the vision and mission of NAWCAD. MTQ #5: Business Acumen: Knowledge of DoD acquisition policy and strategy. Determines resource requirements and tasks execution of resources to enable successful outcomes for experimentation and prototyping related to Aircraft/Air Warfare/ASW/Maritime Patrol & Reconnaissance systems. Knowledge of leading a diverse civilian organization. This MTQ requires the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically; and requires that the management of our human capital is intentionally focused on a diverse and inclusive approach. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-PROF AND 08XX Professional Engineering Series 1310 Physics Series 1515 Operations Research Series 1520 Mathematics Series 1550 Computer Science Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:

For 0801 Professional Engineering Series:
A. Degree: Engineering. Successful completion of a bachelor's or higher engineering degree from an accredited college or university. 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. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.
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B. 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:
(I) Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), 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; or
(II) Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) 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; or
(III) 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; or
(IV) 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.)

OR

For 1310 Physics Series:
A. Successful completion of a degree in physics; or related degree that included at least 24 semester hours in physics;
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B. A combination of education and experience demonstrated by courses equivalent to a major in physics totaling at least 24 semester hours, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
In either A or B above, the courses must have included a fundamental course in general physics and, in addition, courses in any two of the following: electricity and magnetism, heat, light, mechanics, modern physics, and sound.

OR

For 1515 Operations Research Series:
Successful completion of a degree in operations research; or, A degree with at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics. At least 3 of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus.

OR

For 1520 Mathematics Series:
A. Degree: mathematics; or the equivalent of a major that included at least 24 semester hours in mathematics.
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B. Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in mathematics (including at least 24 semester hours in mathematics), as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

OR

For 1550 Computer Sciences Series:
A. Bachelor's degree in computer science
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B. 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.

An advanced degree of Master's or Ph.D. in one of the educational fields listed above is highly desirable.

Contacts

• Address NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV Naval Air Warfare Center Patuxent River, MD 20670-5304 US
• Name: Dept of the Navy Executive Hiring
• Email: usn.seattle-wa.ochrsvdopscenwa.mbx.don-executive-hiring@us.navy.mil