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Duties

This announcement will be used to fill the following positions within the NIH: As an Engineer Scientist Administrator (Program Officer), you will perform the following tasks:

Requirements

Qualifications

Please see Basic Education Requirements for Engineer Positions in the Education Section below. In addition to the Basic Education Requirements: Requirements for Applicants to the GS-12 You must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector. This experience must meet either the Direct/Independent Research or the Research Administration/Extramural sections below: Direct/Independent Research Qualifying Experience - Applicants must meet all requirements in this section: independent health-related research, as evidenced by the development of health-related engineering research projects that are competitively or internally funded; primary authorship of one of the following: a) internal (i.e., within the company or organization) research report, b) patent, or c) research publication in a peer-reviewed journal; and responsibility for significant aspects of a laboratory/research unit (e.g., establishing processes and procedures, ensuring regulatory/legal compliance, monitoring budgets). OR Research Administration/Extramural Qualifying Experience - Applicants must meet all requirements in this section: reviewed grant applications, contract proposals, or other research-related works and materials for compliance with requirements and appropriateness; applied scientific knowledge to place the proposed health-related engineering research project in its relation to the current state of research being done in the subject matter area and the organization's priorities; and responded to issues and concerns about specific applications or proposals pertaining to assigned program areas. Requirements for Applicants to the GS-13: You must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector. This experience must meet either the Direct/Independent Research or the Research Administration/Extramural sections below. Direct/Independent Research Qualifying Experience - Applicants must meet all requirements in this section: management of independent health-related engineering research projects (e.g., R01 grant, R01 equivalent grant or contract, or comparable project) with a defined budget and staff; supervised or led graduate researchers/technicians; served as primary or corresponding author on publications in refereed journals, presenting published work to scientific organizations, and/or teaching graduate-level courses in engineering or health-related disciplines; and served as a reviewer on peer-reviewed panels or journals. Typical qualifying positions include principal investigator (or equivalent), Assistant or Associate Professor, Project Manager, Senior Research Scientist, Section Chief. OR Research Administration/Extramural Qualifying Experience - Applicants must meet at least three (3) experience requirements in this section: summarized the results of the scientific or technical merit review of grant applications or contract proposals; assessed the scientific and/or technical progress of awarded grants and/or contracts to determine effectiveness of support and achievement of objectives; evaluated assigned program portfolios to identify new concepts, programs, or initiatives to support program planning and administrative functioning in relation to an organization's priorities; formulated and developed new Funding Opportunity Announcements or Program Announcements (e.g., RFAs, RFPs, or a combination of these) to achieve objectives; administered the review of grant applications, contract proposals, health-related engineering research project applications or research reports submitted in response to requests for applications, multicenter clinical trial applications, and contract proposals. Requirements for Applicants to the GS-14 You must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector. This experience must meet either the Direct/Independent Research or the Research Administration/Extramural sections below. Direct/Independent Research Qualifying Experience - Applicants must meet all requirements in this section: directing at least two health-related engineering research projects (e.g., R01 grant, R01 equivalent grant or contract, or comparable project) with separate staff and budgets. experience demonstrating extensive scientific expertise by providing leadership, guidance, and direction to researchers; coordinating committee and teaching activities and organizing and presenting sessions at national scientific meetings/conferences; and serving as an appointed member of a scientific peer review panel or editorial board, or similar private sector leadership position. Typical qualifying positions include principal investigator (or equivalent), Associate Professor, Professor, Project Manager, Senior Research Scientist, Section Chief. OR Research Administration/Extramural Qualifying Experience - Applicants must meet at least three (3) requirements in this section: organized and conducted workshops, conferences, symposia, or similar activities to foster the aims of the program, to facilitate communication among investigators, or to advise on the status of progress and emerging directions of research in the assigned program area; evaluated program activities for a portfolio of health-related engineering research projects, research programs, other grants/awards, cooperative agreements, and/or contracts in the assigned program area to support an organization's program planning and priority setting; recommended funding plans for initiatives and/or establish the criteria and standards for a review panel; managed the initial scientific and administrative review of grant applications and/or center grant, program project grant, and training grant applications; appointed and managed review panels to include identifying qualified expert Reviewers; established the evaluation criteria used to assess all applications and proposals. Preview assessment questionnaire before you apply: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12634095

Education

To qualify for an Engineer Scientist Administrator (Program Officer/Scientific Review Officer), GS-0801 position, you must have:

A. a degree in professional engineering from a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; OR
B. a degree in professional engineering that includes differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in 5 of the following 7 areas of engineering science or physics: (1) statics, dynamics; (2) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (3) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (4) thermodynamics; (5) electrical fields and circuits; (6) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (7) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics; OR
C. be registered as a professional engineer by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico; OR
D. be currently registered as an Engineering Intern (EI) or an Engineer in Training (EIT); OR
E. 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, and Puerto Rico.; OR
F. successfully completed at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum as described above; OR
G. successfully completed a curriculum that led to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology OR in an appropriate professional field, e.g., physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology AND I have at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance.

This position has an education requirement. You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts (or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed and grades). Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer. Click here for information on Foreign Education.

Contacts

• Address National Institutes of Health 6701 Rockledge Drive Bethesda, MD 20892 US
• Name: Alison OBrien
• Phone: 301-451-7343
• Email: [email protected]