The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) mission is to minimize the environmental impacts of fossil fuels while working toward net-zero emissions. FECM is a Headquarters (HQ) organization that also encompasses the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), one of the 17 laboratories in the DOE system and the only one that is government-owned, government operated (GOGO).

Duties

This position is in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Operations. This Office provides effective corporate management of strategic planning; emergency management; procurement advisory services; artificial intelligence (AI), budget formulation and execution; communications; strategic human capital planning and workforce management; information technology (IT) and cyber security; and environment, security, safety, and health. The incumbent serves as the Senior Advisor for AI and Emerging Technologies, reporting to the DAS for Operations, performing a variety of extremely complex assignments and work of unique difficulty concerning national programs, and/or policy issues within DOE. As the Senior Advisor for Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies you will: Serve as a subject matter expert, with experience and expertise in R&D data, data management, data science, AI, and advanced computing (including High Performance Computing (HPC) and emerging technology). Review FECM Strategic Vision, other strategies, and operations and ensure alignment of AI strategies and implementation with the objectives of the FECM mission. Advise on program objectives, long range plans and advise on the required financial, administrative, and personnel resources needed to achieve AI-related and/or AI-supported objectives in the programs. Lead the development and execution of the FECM AI agenda and plan, including leadership of the network and resources required. Advise on direction and short-, mid-, and long-term investments in AI infrastructure, technologies and tools, operations, and procedures to maximize the use and impact of AI in FECM. Consider Congressional, regulator, tribal, public and stakeholder perspectives in developing solutions/recommendations. Serve as a senior technical expert representing FECM with high-level government representatives, both domestically and internationally, Congress, private industry, academic institutions, and the public.

Requirements

Qualifications

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: Candidates must have one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower equivalent grade or specialized experience obtained in the private sector related to the duties of this SL position. Your application and resume should demonstrate that you possess each of the following Specialized Experience Qualifications (SEQs) listed below to assist reviewing officials in determining the best qualified candidates to be referred to the selecting official. FAILURE TO MEET OR ADDRESS ANY ONE OF THE SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS WILL ELIMINATE A CANDIDATE FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION. The SEQs for this position are: Demonstrated expert-level knowledge of current and emerging technologies involving artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), data management, research and development (R&D) data, data science, and advanced (and high performance) computing. Demonstrated experience evaluating new and emerging technologies (i.e., AI, ML, data management, data science, R&D data, and advanced computing) for potential development and/or application to R&D (or other) activities to accelerate progress towards current and future organizational goals AND providing technical guidance and assistance to organizational leadership on programmatic planning and the execution of strategies to invest in new technology infrastructure and tool. Demonstrated knowledge of executive orders, policy, regulation, and other guidance relating to AI and other emerging technologies; risk management strategies for the advancement and use of AI and other emerging technologies; and requisite governance and oversight processes to achieve compliance and mitigate risks. "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service Programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Basic Education Requirement for the 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. 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 section above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described above. 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.) You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement. The Department of Energy uses an application tracking system to evaluate the responses you provide in the applicant assessment questionnaire to determine if you meet the eligibility requirements and minimum qualifications necessary for this position. Then the Subject Matter Expert (SME) or Panel will conduct a quality review of your application and supporting documentation to determine if your qualifications meet the criteria for referral to the selecting official. Career Transition Assistance Programs: To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet the eligibility criteria; and 2) be rated "well-qualified" by the SME/panel.

Education

You must provide a copy of your unofficial transcript(s). Be sure to include those transcripts directly applicable for meeting the education requirements. Failure to provide proof of education will result in non-consideration for this position. Official transcripts will be required prior to entrance-on-duty for individuals selected.

Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see Department of Education.

Contacts

• Address Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management - Headquarters P.O. Box 5088 Oak Ridge, TN 37831 US
• Name: Christina Nanney
• Email: [email protected]