You will serve as a Physical Scientist in the Executive Directorate, Code 100400 of NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY.

Duties

You will be responsible for the evaluation of commercial potential inventions in a variety of areas in chemistry, physical sciences or computer sciences. You will help identify specific applications for each assigned invention and markets technologies to suitable companies. You will be responsible for the construction of a licensing strategies for assigned technologies for drafting, reviewing, negotiating and managing agreements for all processes in technology transfers. You will be responsible for communicating with NRL Scientists to identify technologies suitable for transfer.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position is considered Key/Emergency-Essential. You will be required to provide immediate and continuing support to ensure the success of combat operations or the availability of combat-essential systems.
• You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.

Qualifications

NP:04: In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11/13 grade level or pay band NP-03 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate most or all of the following duties: 1) Identifying, interpreting, and applying laws, rules, and regulations relevant to Federal technology transfer (e.g. patents, licensing, royalties); 2) Advising on, coordination, and analyzing complex scientific, business, or legal matters; 3) Negotiating and presenting complex scientific, administrative, or legal issues orally and in writing; 4) Working with commercial product development; 5) Preparing, negotiating, executing, and maintaining Federal Government technology transfer agreements; and 6) Reviewing inventions for commercial viability and providing recommendations for decision making and inflection points for such inventions and related intellectual property. NP: 03: In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11/13 grade level or pay band NP-03 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate most or all of the following duties: 1) Exhibiting knowledge of and skill in the identification, interpretation, and application of laws, rules, and regulations relevant to technology transfer (e.g. patents, licensing, royalties); 2) Advising on, coordinating, and analyzing complex scientific, business, or legal matters; 3) Negotiating and presenting complex scientific, administrative, or legal issues orally and in writing; 4) Using databases, information systems, or software applications; and 5) Demonstrating knowledge of commercial product development. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series General Natural Resources Management and Biological Sciences Series 0401 (opm.gov) General Engineering Series 0801 (opm.gov) General Physical Science Series, 1301 (opm.gov) Chemistry Series, 1320 (opm.gov) Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess

0401 series:

1. Degree: biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position.

   OR

2. Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

0801 series:

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
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.

1301 series:

Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics.

or

Combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

1320 series:

1. Degree: physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering that included 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by course work in mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics.

   OR

2. Combination of education and experience -- course work equivalent to a major as shown in A above, including at least 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
   
   
   For the NP-03: In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education:
   Master's or equivalent graduate degree
   or
   Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
   A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education.
   
   See Required Documents for additional information.

Contacts

• Address NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY 4555 Overlook Avenue SW Washington, DC 20375-5324 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]