You will serve as a Research Physicist in the Precise Time (PT) Department, Clock Development Division, of NAVOBSERV.

Duties

You will have expertise in experimental atomic, molecular or optical physics, or expertise in a similar field. You will have expertise with diode lasers, narrow-linewidth lasers, and/or optical frequency combs. You will have knowledge of atomic clocks. You will have knowledge of quantum physics. You will have ability to contribute to development of operational optical clocks.

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
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• 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 may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

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-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: GS-13 Experience with Frequency and Time Standards without technical supervision, incumbent will conduct research into new types of frequency standards, including their acquisition, construction, development, maintenance, and evaluation. Experience with experimental atomic physics, laser, and optical technology, and high-precision measurements are the most important. Experience assisting with development, improvement, and implementation of procedures for the through processing of data used in the evaluation and operation of standards and their associated time scales. Experience with professional knowledge of research on the physics and science that provide the foundation of atomic clocks, frequency standards and time keeping technology, and must be familiar with current progress in the field, nationally and internationally. Experience with the development of complete and adequate research design for specific problem, based on use of sounds professional judgment in selecting and adapting from available possible methods and techniques those best suited to the immediate problem. 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 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: GS-12 Experience through progressively more responsible assignments. Experience with working under gradually decreasing supervisory controls until such time as the incumbent is fully qualified to assume the full range of duties and responsibilities. Conduct research into new types of frequency standards, including their acquisition, construction, development, maintenance, and evaluation. Excellent oral and written communication. 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 Physics Series 1310 (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

Basic Requirements:

1. Degree: physics; or related degree that included at least 24 semester hours in physics.

   or

2. Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in physics totaling at least 24 semester hours, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

In either A or B above, the courses must have included a fundamental course in general physics and, in addition, courses in any two of the following: electricity and magnetism, heat, light, mechanics, modern physics, and sound.

Contacts

• Address NAVOBSERV 3450 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20392-5420 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]