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Duties

Work is performed in the Production/Manufacturing/Integration/Quality/Test/Experimentation domain. Applies knowledge of research and development in the areas of the specified domain. Responsible for the development of advances in the state-of-the-art and creation of new or substantially improved end items in the form of equipment, systems, materials, processes, procedures and techniques. Identifies the scope and extent of the investigation, analysis, and design, and defines the specific engineering requirements and design criteria. Conducts studies and analyses to determine the feasibility of various advanced engineering approaches for future programs or to resolve major controversial problems in current programs. Serves as an expert advisor for these broad and complex programs that advance the state-of-the-art. As an authority in the subject matter area, represents the organization or agency in high-level conferences and meetings, communicating verbally and in writing to explain and interpret policies and requirements, and in negotiating important issues.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance
• Extended trial period for the Engineers and Scientists Occupational Family is three years unless the appointee has previously met the requirements.
• 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.
• Temporary business travel is required away from the duty station up to 25% of the time.
• This position is a TERM not-to-exceed six year’s position that may be extended, without limit, in up to six-year increments. Term appointment Statement of Understanding may be required.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens About the Positions: The Readiness Engineering Portfolioorganizes and optimizes our life-cycle engineering/sustainment functions by combining field system sustainment with current operations in quick reaction, urgent operational needs and direct field support mission areas into the same portfolio of responsibility. Duties: We have various senior engineering positions available within the ESI Readiness Engineering Portfolio, Fielded Systems Engineering, Command, Control, Communications & Avionics (C3&A) Division. Available positions include: 1. Production/Quality Engineer 2. Systems Engineer 3. Maintenance Concept Engineer 4. Multidiscipline Engineer The incumbent positions require strong oral and written communication skills, ability to lead government technical reviews, provide briefings to high-level government personnel, and think critically to deliver desired results with minimal guidance. Responsibilities include oversight of assigned program(s)/system(s) to assist with technical issues related to the technical cost, schedule and performance. Incumbent shall possess the following technical competencies knowledge, skill sets and experiences specific to the above available positions. Technical Project Leadership and Acquisition Expertise: Acquisition and Life Cycle Management, including program/project management, acquisition strategy requirements planning, operation and maintenance, technology transfer/insertions, Acquisition Requirements Package (ARP) development, Proposal evaluation/negotiations, requirements analysis, cost/cost-performance trade-off analysis, feasibility analysis, regulatory compliance support, Contracting Officer Technical Representative functions, logistics planning, requirements determination, policy standards/procedures development, long-term reliability and maintainability, supplier partnerships, Pre and Post Award Surveys, Strategic Planning for Technology Programs/Activities including analysis of mission, program goals and objectives, organizational performance assessments, special studies and analyses. Production/ Manufacturing Engineering Expertise: Includes Manufacturing Readiness Assessments, requirements determination, Acquisition Requirements Package (ARP) documents preparation, Proposal evaluation/negotiation, Pre and Post Award Surveys, monitoring of Production contractual deliverables, Technical Data Reviews, Industrial Base monitoring and development. Obsolescence/DMSMS management, Reverse Engineering, Production and Quality Assessments, Total Ownership Cost Reduction, Technology Transfers, Refresh, Insertion Initiatives and Material Release. Configuration Management and Document Control process utilizing Windchill, Physical Configuration Audits (PCAs), establishment and maintenance of Product Technical Baselines. Maintenance Concept Engineering Expertise: Includes Maintenance Concept Development (LORA, COMPASS, & SESAME), Long-Term System Reliability (MTBF, MTTR) Analyses, System Maintainability Assessments, Technical Manuals (TMs) reviews, TM Verifications/Validations, Maintenance Demonstrations, Logistics Demonstrations, Equipment Improvement Recommendations (EIRs), Demilitarization (DEMIL) Challenges, Provisioning Management, Core Logistics Analyses, Core Depot Analysis and overall Sparing Concepts, Material Releases, Requirements Determination, and fielded system problem resolution. Organic Depot Facilatization. Development of contractual Maintenance requirements and monitoring of contractual Maintenance deliverables. Quality Assurance, Continuous Improvement, Test and Evaluation Expertise: Includes development of contractual Quality/Testing requirements deliverables and monitoring of contractual Quality/Testing deliverables. Review of Test Plans and Test Reports. Test Monitoring/Witnessing, Independent Verifications and Validations; System Safety; Reliability and Quality Engineering/Assurance, Product Quality Deficiency Reports (PQDRs), Failure Trend Analysis, Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS). Quality Assurance Letter of Instructions (QALIs); Quality Planning; Quality Assessments; Detailed Test Planning; Data Collection, Analysis and Evaluation, Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM), Product and Process Improvements development and implementation, Value Engineering management. In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade or band is required. It is defined as one year of specialized experience equivalent to the DB-02 pay band (GS-11 grade level) in the Federal Service which includes experience in one or more of the following areas: 1) Leading systems engineering activities or research/development to facilitate the procurement of products, goods and/or services needed to meet program/project requirements 2) analyzing engineering/scientific data for use in program/project improvement and/or troubleshooting 3) Providing lifecycle systems engineering support to the acquisition process including requirements decomposition, technical planning, technical analyses, risk management, decision support, and acquisition milestones.

Education

Basic Requirement for Engineering:
A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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.
OR
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:
1. 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.
2. 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, or 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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.
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 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.

Transcripts are required to meet the Basic Education for the applicable series.

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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications.

Contacts

• Address FN-W4G8AA US ARMY COMBAT CAPABILITIES DEV CMD DO NOT MAIL Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk