This position will serve as a Revolutionary Aviation Mobility (RAM) Sub-Project Manager (SPM) under the Transformational Tools and Technologies (T^3) Project within the Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate. The RAM Sub-Project provides leading-edge tools, technologies, and research findings to enable increasingly autonomous Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) transportation in the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Maturity Level 4 and beyond time frame.

Duties

Duties described below are at the full-performance level. Duties assigned at a lower grade level will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity; duties will be commensurate with the grade of selected employee. Develops leading-edge tools, technologies, and research to enable increasingly autonomous Advanced Air Mobility transportation by planning and execution the Revolutionary Aviation Mobility sub-project plan, using project management best practices. Manages work across the four NASA Aeronautics centers and integrates discipline research elements and milestone content in support of the Revolutionary Aviation Mobility (RAM) sub-project plan within the T3 project. Coordinates with technical leads, budget analysts, branch managers, and Transformational Tools and Technologies (T3) project management to accomplish the Revolutionary Aviation Mobility (RAM) sub-project plan. Maintains awareness of state of the art in Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and autonomy in aviation. Maintains relationships within aeronautics discipline communities/forums. Works to identify and facilitate tech transfer opportunities. Supports coordination of research and technology with other Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) Programs and Projects. Collects and reports highlights, as required by Center, Project, and Program. 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.
• Financial Disclosure, Drug Testing, and/or the Travel Requirements for this position may differ and be required based on the duty location/NASA Center requirements.
• Position subject to pre-employment background investigation or higher level clearance. Investigation/Clearance may differ and be required based on the duties/location-NASA Center requirements.
• Duty location will be determined upon selection and will be at one of the locations listed on the announcement. Selectee(s) will be required to work onsite at the duty location selected.

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: Applying project management principles for an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) or aerospace autonomous systems project such as, research or engineering planning, analyzing, or supporting objectives and execution of technical schedules; Serving as a member of a diverse multi-disciplinary team supporting spacecraft systems, aerospace autonomous systems and/or related projects; Interpreting and implementing policies affecting program progress with internal/external stakeholders in coordination with members of a project team. To qualify for GS-15, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level: Providing technical oversight or programmatic leadership for an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) or aerospace autonomous systems project to include, project planning, analyzing or management project resources, objectives, and schedules, preparing overall statuses (technical, budget, and schedule), and presenting and defending these to agency management; Leading multi-center, multi-disciplined teams engaged in elements of aerospace programs and systems by generating requirements, delegating tasks to team members, and conducting technical reviews; Interpreting and implementing project management policies, standards, and guidelines that affect the technical vision of an aerospace project to internal/external stakeholders. 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; and that provided an in-depth knowledge of theoretical and practical applications of computer science, including digital computer system architecture and system software organization, the representation and transformation of information structures, and the theoretical models for such representations and transformations.

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

All degrees must have been received in the year of, or any year subsequent to the original date of accreditation.

Contacts

• Address Langley Research Center 1 NASA Dr Hampton, VA 23666 US
• Name: NASA Shared Services Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-677-2123
• Email: [email protected]