About the Position: The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Armaments Center (AC) serves as the Army's technology leader for armament systems. DEVCOM AC ensures dominance of Army capabilities by researching, developing, integrating and delivering technology-enabled armament solutions to our Warfighters. AC has a long tradition as the primary research and development center for new and existing armament systems which are in use by US. service members around the world.

Duties

Manages a major DEVCOM AC engineering/scientific organization accomplishing highly complex mission-critical programs with significant impact on national defense capability. Directs accomplishment of assigned technical program responsibilities. Persuades or defends complex positions to DoD/DA management, Congressional committees, and industrial and academia officials. Leads application efforts in assigned mission areas of new evolutionary/revolutionary technologies as appropriate. Identifies, develops, and maintains the knowledges, skills and abilities needed to preserve, reinvigorate and/or redirect DEVCOM AC's in-house core competencies in assigned mission areas. Manages a large workforce through subordinate supervisory levels. Assures equitable supervisory decisions on such matters as employee performance criteria and rating techniques within the organization.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• You must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
• This position has occasional Temporary Duty (TDY) of 25% business travel requirement.
• Three-year trial/probationary period may be required.
• This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position.
• Selectee must meet position requirements for Engineering and Technical Management within 60 months of entrance on duty.
• Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act Career Field Position.
• Certification requirements may be found in the Defense Acquisition University Catalog at http://www.dau.mil/
• Information on Army Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Workforce and AAC membership may be found at https://asc.army.mil/. Individuals with questions may contact an Acquisition Career Manager (ACM) for assistance
• Selectee must execute, as condition of appointment, a written agreement to remain in Federal service in the position for at least three years.
• College/university transcripts (official/unofficial) MUST include name of applicant, name of college/university, type of degree, discipline, and date degree awarded.
• Waiver will continue to follow the current DACM waiver requirements and processes.
• Waive Critical Acquisition Position (CAP)/ Key Leadership Position (KLP): Acquisition Corps membership is no longer required for Critical Acquisition Positions (CAP) / Key Leadership Positions (KLP).
• This position requires pre-employment financial disclosure and annually thereafter in accordance with DoD Directive 5500-7-R
• A two-year supervisory probation period may be required.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying to OCONUS PositionsDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceFamily Member Preference (FMP) for Overseas EmploymentInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouse Preference (MSP) for Overseas EmploymentPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Education Requirement: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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 your transcripts. OR B. 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: 1. Professional registration or licensure- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), 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. 2. Written Test - Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration, by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. 3. 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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program. 4. 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 degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. (You MUST submit a copy of your transcripts along with a letter of reference stating that you have at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. The letter must be signed by the engineer who provided the professional engineer supervision. It must also include their name, phone number, and list their engineer credentials such as engineer education or professional certificates). NOTE: An applicant who meets the basic requirements as specified in A or B above, except as noted under B.1., may qualify for positions in any branch of engineering unless selective factors indicate otherwise. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: To qualify at the DB-04/GS-14 equivalent grade level: Your resume must clearly describe at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the DB-04 pay band or equivalent grade level (GS-14) level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as meeting all of the following experience: (1) leading an interdisciplinary professional staff engaged in acquisition life cycle Quality mission; AND (2) Performing a full range of supervisory duties; AND 3) Budget development and execution. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Interpersonal SkillsLeadershipPlanning and EvaluatingTechnical Competence

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address FN-W4MKAA US ARMY COMBAT CAPABILITIES DEV CMD DO NOT MAIL Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk