A successful candidate in this position will serve as a General Engineer/Physical Scientist in the Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs; Stockpile Services Division (NA-122.1) and is responsible for prioritizing, planning, and implementing digital thread/digital engineering initiatives within the NNSA Product Realization Integrated Digital Enterprise (PRIDE) Program.

Duties

As a General Engineer/Physical Scientist you will: Ensure the comprehensive planning and execution of ~100 person SAFe Agile Release Train business process transformation and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Digital Thread/Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) application delivery to maximize business outcomes and benefits to our partners and stakeholders. Incumbent will also ensure the SAFe-based operating model evolves to meet the needs of the organization and team. Utilize knowledge of the product development lifecycle to identify and pursue risks and opportunities that can be resolved with digital thread, digital engineering tools, and model-based business process transformation investments. Apply skill and experience in leading business process redesign and organizational change initiatives, including training, communication, leadership engagement and user adoption strategies, particularly in a multi-site environment. Utilize knowledge of the how manufacturing production organizations convert product design into manufactured product to identify and pursue risks and opportunities that can be resolved with digital thread, digital engineering tool, and model-based business process transformation investments. Utilize knowledge of the how customer requirements drive lower level requirements, system functional design, system physical design, and product Verification & Validation (V&V) plans leading to product qualification and certification to identify and pursue risks and opportunities that can be resolved with digital thread, digital engineering tool, and model-based business process transformation investments.

Requirements

Qualifications

Note: Educational transcripts must be submitted with your application package. Specialized Experience Statement: A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower NNSA pay band or GS grade level in the Federal service i.e., NN-02 or GS-11. Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience conducting at least 3 of the following activities: 1. Delivering nuclear weapons or other high-risk systems 2. Implementing state-of-the-art software for product design and production 3. Deploying enterprise digital engineering tools, such as product definition management systems, requirements management systems, and data integration systems 4. Negotiating mutual-win digital solutions across a diverse spectrum of stakeholders, such as NNSA's nuclear weapon labs, plants, and sites 5. Communicating program strategic goals, priorities, accomplishments, and hurdles to technical and non-technical audiences, across varying organizational levels, from implementation teams to senior leadership Your application and resume should demonstrate that you possess the following competencies. Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather, you must describe in your application how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the KSAs identified below. Cite specific examples of employment or experience contained in your resume and describe how this experience has prepared you to successfully perform the duties of this position. DO NOT write "see resume" in your application! Change ManagementDesignInformation Technology Program ManagementManufacturingSystems Engineering "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. You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

0801/1301:
To qualify for the (0801) Engineering series, you must possess:
A degree in professional engineering. The curriculum must: 1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology as a professional engineering curriculum; 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.

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A combination of education and experience- for more information, please refer to the OPM Qualification Standards at Professional Engineering Qualifications (https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/all-professional-engineeringpositions-0800/).

To qualify for the (1301) Physical Science series, you must possess:
A degree in 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.

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A combination of education and experience. For more information, please refer to the OPM Qualification Standards at Physical Science Qualifications (https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/general-physical-science-series-1301/)

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

EDUCATION: Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants who have completed part or all of their education outside of the U.S. must have their foreign education evaluated by an accredited organization to ensure that the foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the U.S. A written evaluation of any foreign education must be provided with your application in response to this vacancy announcement or be received by the closing date of this announcement. Failure to provide this evaluation will result in you being found unqualified for the position. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education, see the Department of Education website, and for a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, visit The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services.

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
**If you are selected, official transcripts will be required.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Applicants who have completed part or all of their education outside of the U.S. must have their foreign education evaluated by an accredited organization to ensure that the foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the U.S. A written evaluation of any foreign education must be provided with your application in response to this vacancy announcement or be received by the closing date of this announcement. Failure to provide this evaluation will result in you being found unqualified for the position. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education, see the Department of Education website, and for a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, visit The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services. Please Note: If your foreign education has already been accepted by an accredited U.S. educational institution as part of a degree program with that institution, you do not need to provide an evaluation of foreign education but must submit a copy of the transcripts listing the degree from the U.S. accredited institution that accepted your foreign education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Contacts

• Address Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs 24600 20th St SE Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5507 US
• Name: Anne Burghardt
• Email: [email protected]