This position is located in Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO), Aircraft Operations Center (AOC), with two vacancies, in Lakeland, FL. This position is also announced under vacancy number OMAO-24-12217006-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

As an Aerospace Engineer, you will perform the following duties: Apply diverse expertise to highly difficult assignments of a particular functional area relating to one or more of the following activities: planning, designing, developing, structural modifications, altering, costs estimating, inspecting, testing, or reviewing aerospace elements, components, systems and subsystems that encompass a wide assortment of aircraft equipment used under applicable federal regulatory agencies. Design or perform aerospace engineering for the latest, state-of- the-art equipment to be integrated into systems/aircraft. Review/develop the Installation instructions for systems or continued airworthiness under Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or local guidelines and regulations. Develop the specifications for the repair, modifications, and testing of new types of aircraft systems. Conduct an advanced program and provide consultation in matters regarding aerospace engineering. Interpret, evaluate and advise on structural designs and stress analysis from junior engineers, external agencies and organizations as to their correctness, airworthiness, and suitability to assigned aircraft. Plan and specify all structural proof tests including design and coordination of the requirement to assure all structural performance is within local and other federal agencies specifications for safety of flight. Act as a contracting representative in assisting in all facets of contracts required for assigned aircraft and will lead review boards, training, and other panels. Generate highly detailed engineering reports as specified in local policy and will present them to review boards, the engineering supervisor and senior management as required. Reports may be adopted for use and become standard established precedent. NOTE: These duties are described at the Full Performance Level of the ZP-4, the ZP-3 is developmental leading to such performance. This position will be filled under the DOC Alternative Personnel Systems (CAPS). This system replace the Federal GS pay plan and structure. Under CAPS, positions are classified by career, pay plan, and pay band. The ZP-03 is equivalent to the GS-11/12 The ZP-04 is equivalent to the GS-13/14

Requirements

Qualifications

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: Incumbentmust be able to obtain and maintain a valid state driver's license to operate a government vehicle in completion of assigned tasks. Incumbent is required to meet and maintain the medical requirements of the Aircraft Operations Center Medical Policy for Aircrew personnel. The position requires the operation of a Federal motor vehicle. The position requires the submission of a Financial Disclosure Form, OGE 450. Incumbent must be able to obtain (within 1 year) and maintain active Contracting Officer Rep (COR) Level I certification. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The position requires participation in mission flights, including flights into severe storms as a National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Aircrew member. Physical demands involve the lifting/handling of equipment in excess of 50 lbs. in a cramped environment and a considerable amount of walking, stooping, crawling and climbing. 90 days of travel per year and for periods of four-six weeks at a time is not uncommon. Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy. BASIC REQUIREMENTS: This position requires applicants to meet a Basic Education Requirement in addition to at least one year of specialized experience OR substitution of education for experience OR combination (if applicable) in order to be found minimally qualified. You MUST meet one of the following basic education requirements: To qualify for the 0861 series: EDUCATION: A. Degree: Engineering. 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. 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: 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. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 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. 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. 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.) Note: An applicant who meets the basic requirements as specified in A or B above, except as noted under B.1., may qualify for positions in any branch of engineering unless selective factors indicate otherwise. To qualify at the ZP-3 or GS-11 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above, applicants must also possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZP-2 or GS-09 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Assisting in the development, design and testing of aircraft systems; and Executing project plans, and defining problems and preparing a report of the discrepancies. OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A combination of related graduate level education and specialized experience as described above. NOTE: Only graduate education in excess of two years is qualifying for a combination of education and experience. To qualify at the ZP-4 or GS-13 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above, applicants must also possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZP-3 or GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Designing, testing and altering aircraft systems, avionics equipment and hardware; Producing engineering reports and presenting them to internal and external stakeholders; and Performing engineering and scientific work in aviation or space exploration to include utilizing equipment, systems, applications and components.

Education

College Transcript: If you are qualifying based on education, submit a copy of your college transcript that lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e., Bio 101, Math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours and grade earned. You must submit evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution is equivalent to U.S. education standards with your resume. You may submit an unofficial copy of the transcript at the initial phase of the application process. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken.

Note: Your college transcript is used to verify successful completion of degree, or college course work. An official college transcript will be required before you can report to duty.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants educated in whole or in part in foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree. A listing of these accredited organizations can be found on the Department of Education's website. You MUST provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing along with your application. Failure to provide such documentation by the closing date of the announcement will result in lost consideration. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated visit: OPM Foreign Education Evaluation.

Contacts

• Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services (OHCS) 1315 East West Hwy SSMC4 Silver Spring, MD 20910 US
• Name: Michele Davis
• Email: [email protected]