The Department of Commerce ranked top 5 in the 2023 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government amongst large agencies for the 12th year in a row! The ranking showcases the Department's continued commitment to increasing our employee engagement, employee satisfaction, and positive perceptions towards diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion. This notice is issued under direct-hire authority to recruit new talent to occupations for which NIST has a severe shortage of candidates.

Duties

As a Computer Scientist, you will collaborate with a team of research software engineers to provide front-end development support for the Engineering Laboratory's research projects. You will play a key role in building and maintaining software tools that facilitate scientific research. Key Responsibilities: Develop software tools using team-standard languages and frameworks, including Python, Java, MATLAB, R, and HTML/CSS. Collaborate with project managers to manage tasks and contribute technical insights. Write user-focused documentation and implement testing processes for software tools. Engage with stakeholders to gather and define technical requirements. Work with APIs and SQL databases to support data-driven applications. Collaborate closely with other team members to ensure seamless software development and integration.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Suitable for Federal employment
• Bargaining Unit Position: No

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: A. Bachelor's degree in computer science. OR B. A bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus. All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions. NOTE: Applicants should have sufficient knowledge to understand the fundamental concepts and techniques of computer science. Courses designed to provide an introduction to computer science techniques and methodologies, to problems of system design, and to other specialized fields are acceptable. Courses or experience in teaching elementary, business, or shop mathematics are not acceptable. In addition to the basic requirements, applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 (ZP-II at NIST). Specialized experience is defined as experience in software engineering. OR Master's or equivalent graduate degree. OR Combination of specialized experience and graduate-level education. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The qualification requirements in this vacancy announcement are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook. Applicant Reconsideration

Education

This position has an education requirement. Transcripts must be submitted to validate that the education requirement has been met. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. However, an official copy will be required before a final offer of employment.

Use of foreign education for qualifications. An accredited organization must evaluate education completed outside of the U.S. to ensure that it is comparable to education received in accredited institutions in the U.S. Click here to view a listing of accredited organizations from the Department of Education's website. A copy of the foreign education evaluation (containing the results with course-by-course listing) is required with your application.

Contacts

• Address Engineering Laboratory 100 Bureau Drive Building 226/Room B216 Mail Stop 8600 Gaithersburg, MD 20899 US
• Name: Evelyn Carter-Hopkins
• Email: [email protected]