Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below to view Eligibilities being considered and other IMPORTANT information. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as the Chief Technology Officer for 53d Wing (53 WG) operational test and evaluation and weapons system evaluation program (WSEP).

Duties

Employs scientific and analytical techniques to direct, oversee, and champion organizational Synthetic Environment (Modeling and Simulation) transition, governance, and application of emerging tools, techniques and analysis. Direct, oversee, and champion organizational data-centric transition, governance, and application of emerging tools techniques, reviews, evaluates and analysis. Direct, oversee, and champion organizational science and technology initiatives. Directs Modeling and Simulation implementation and data capture processes for the wing, providing input on wing policy, processes, procedures, products, and communications directives and guidance for optimizing all wing test and evaluation, engineering, and operations research activity. Efforts implement/enable test direction and resourcing intent of HHQ DOD, service component, MAJCOM, and center echelons.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Males must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov
• If authorized, PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at: https://afciviliancareers.com/regulatory/
• This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
• Disclosure of Political Appointments
• Advance in hire may be authorized if there is demonstrable proof provided on your resume
• Recruitment Incentive may be authorized for this position
• Relocation Incentive may be authorized for this position
• Leave accrual may be authorized upon request
• Requires a (1) full four-year course in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor’s degree in the appropriate field of engineering or science; or (2) acceptable course work and technical experience (Cont'd)
• as described in the Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Professional and Scientific positions and the Individual Occupational Requirements, OPM Qualification Standards for General Schedule.
• APDP Test and Evaluation Practitioner Certification is required. This is a Critical Acquisition Position. Unless specifically waived by the appropriate Component official (i.e., the Director of Acquisition Career Management for (Cont'd)
• the Component, the Service Acquisition Executive, or the Service Secretary), or if the employee is "grandfathered" under 10 U.S.C. 1736 (c) (1), the selectee must execute, as a condition of appointment, a written agreement to (Cont'd)
• remain in Federal service in this position for at least three years. In signing such agreement, the employee does not forfeit any employment rights, nor does such agreement alter any other terms or conditions of employment.
• APDP Program Management Practitioner and/or Engineering and Technical Management Practitioner Certification is highly desired.
• Requires a TS/SCI clearance and access to Special Access Programs. Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance.
• Flight test expertise (developmental or operational) is highly desired.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Professional and Scientific Positions Series 0801/1515. BASIC REQUIREMENT: GS-0801: 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. NOTE: You must submit a copy of transcripts with your application. OR 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)1 , 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: You must submit a copy of transcripts with your application. GS-1515: Degree in operations research; or 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. Click here to view occupational requirements for this position. NOTE: You must submit a copy of transcripts with your application. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-13, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes knowledge of operational test and evaluation sufficient to serve as an Air Force authority on a wide range of electronics, electro-optical, mechanical, and/or aerospace-systems, subsystems, and equipment test and evaluation. Mastery knowledge in Modeling and Simulation Systems to provide whole-of-service recommendations which result in significant changes to important areas of Air Force wide aircraft and weapons systems enabling new and emerging operational test and evaluation programs. Possesses a thorough understanding of the relationship of testing to the DoD acquisition process, extensive expertise and background in the testing of strategic and tactical weapon systems, and a thorough understanding of their concepts of employment sufficient to provide expert consultation to the development community, the Air Staff, OSD, and contractor organizations. FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-13 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-14 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks. NOTE: Applicants applying as VEOA candidates who are current GS civil service employees or are prior GS civil service employees within the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements. See Education Section for KSAs PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

1. Knowledge of Air Force and DoD acquisition policies, structure, concepts, principles, practices, regulations, and issues that impact on the operational requirements development process and the role of test and evaluation.

2. Knowledge of a broad range of test and evaluation methodologies and practices including mission-level evaluation, test scope, and cost planning, test design and conduct, applications of M&S, model based system engineering, instrumentation, communication systems, data collection/reduction/analysis, and test reporting.

3. Ability to research, analyze, and solve problems which are unique and very difficult to define and require unconventional approaches or the application and adaptation of sophisticated engineering and analytical techniques.

4. Knowledge of military aircraft systems and related fields such as flight controls, avionics and other electrical subsystems, low observables systems design, manufacturing, and maintenance, propulsion systems, aircrew and human machine interfaces, radar fundamentals and advanced electromagnetics theory, combat mission planning, weapons employment, tactics, techniques, and procedures development, and adversary threat capabilities.

5. Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing and negotiate complex issues at levels including flag officer level officials through technical and administrative staff.

6. Minimum 5 years of technical experience with skill in designing tests, to include application of the Synthetic Environment, and accomplishing data analysis using computer scripts or other computational mathematical techniques, to include experience with Design of Experiments concepts and statistical principles.

IF USING EDUCATION TO QUALIFY: If position has a positive degree requirement or education forms the basis for qualifications, you MUST submit transcriptswith the application. Official transcripts are not required at the time of application; however, if position has a positive degree requirement, qualifying based on education alone or in combination with experience, transcripts must be verified prior to appointment. An accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education must accredit education. Click here to check accreditation.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

Contacts

• Address ACC - Eglin AFB 310 W. Van Matre Avenue, Suite 102 Eglin AFB, FL 32542 US
• Name: Total Force Service Center
• Phone: 1-800-525-0102
• Email: [email protected]