The Suborbital and Special Orbital Projects Directorate (SSOPD) at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), provides suborbital and orbital flight, and launch range services. You will serve as Deputy Director for Strategic Integration for SSOPD and assist the Director in providing strategic direction for the Suborbital Program, and advocate for WFF within NASA. You will maintain oversight of WFF New Business plans and interfaces with Center new business process.

Duties

Assists the Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) / Suborbital and Special Orbital Projects Directorate (SSOPD) Director in management of WFF and advocating for resources to advance WFF suborbital capabilities to enable the NASA mission. Leads WFF business planning to ensure strategic integration with the GSFC new business process; identifies technology investments and develops business strategies to advance WFF suborbital and institutional capabilities. Assists the WFF/SSOPD Director in the development and coordination of WFF strategic plans to support the implementation of Goddard 2040 goals at WFF both internally and externally to GSFC. Assists the WFF/SSOPD Director to promote, develop and expand WFF collaborations and agreements with strategic federal, state, and commercial partners to leverage WFF capabilities, facilities, and expertise to advance NASA’s mission. Serves as senior SSOPD representative and liaison on behalf of the WFF/SSOPD Director for GSFC, NASA HQ, congressional, and aerospace community functions, as required. Assists the WFF/SSOPD Director in providing engineering oversight and management of WFF facilities, research airport, launch range, and program integration and test facilities. Provides effective oversight of WFF-managed facilities, including integration and launch, and operations infrastructure for safe and effective launch support to NASA, DoD, and commercial users, and to ensure institutional capabilities are available. Provides guidance and leadership to ensure that GSFC/WFF policies and activities comply with federal statutes, executive orders, Agency, and GSFC directives, and strategic plans. 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.
• A one-year probationary period may be required.

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-15, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level: providing oversight of new business plans, facility plan, customer engagement, and/or enterprise investment processes to ensure alignment to center strategic plans; developing and reviewing engineering plans and/or proposals to support customer requirements; and designing and developing strategic implementation plans and coordinate complex activities to achieve organizational goals. 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. NASA prohibits the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted tool in drafting application and assessment responses. Please visit https://www.nasa.gov/careers/how-to-apply/#Artificial-Intelligence to review NASA's guidance on the use of AI tools during the application process.

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 Goddard Space Flight Center 8800 Greenbelt Rd Greenbelt, MD 20771 US
• Name: NASA Shared Services Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-677-2123
• Email: [email protected]