About the Position: Serves as Supervisory Branch Chief within Ground Vehicle Robotics (GVR) providing leadership, supervision, and program support for the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC), located in Warren, MI. This position is also being filled under announcement number DAFN245592764199. Flexible Length Modified Renewable Term (FLMRT) employees must apply under announcement number DAFN245592764199 if you wish to be considered.

Duties

Serve as first-line supervisor, leader, and mentor to 8-15 associates. Act as technical lead on robotic programs and system integration including the integration of autonomy software, robotic control software, safety, networking, hardware selections, payload selections, configuration management, and testing. Serve as technical lead on robotics program engineering functions such as programming robotic vehicles, Robotic Operating System (ROS), safety testing of autonomous systems, operational objectives, architectures, control, and operator experience. Provide technical leadership to the teams for integration field support, rapid integration and testing and solider operational experiment design. Provide support to the customer(s) and industry in the execution of design reviews, demonstrations and testing events. Attend technical conferences and meetings with representatives of other organizations, other government agencies and private industry to discuss engineering plans and problems, and coordinate operations. Participate in technical teams in developing robotic system integration, projects, and plans. Participate in working group meetings and Integration Production Team (ITP) meetings, to provide technical expertise and recommend solutions to address any issues that come up. Assist in writing and preparing the Scopes of Work (SOW) and technical requirements for Ground Vehicle Robotics (GVR) solicitation, source selection, programs of records, etc. Demonstrate strong knowledge of project management, understanding of overall program schedules, and systems engineering. Conduct, monitor, and coordinate research, design, development, integration, test, and engineering activities related to software in support of assigned program(s). Develop infrastructure development plans and evaluate DevSecOps lifecycle to support agile software development processes as applicable per program guidelines.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position. Selectee must meet the Department of Defense Instruction (DODI) 5000.66 requirements for the position.
• Must obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance.
• This is a Critical Acquisition Position (CAP). Must sign DD Form 2888 (Critical Acquisition Position Service Agreement) and execute, as a condition of employment, a written three-year tenure agreement.
• Temporary Travel Duty (TDY) for business may be required up to 20% of the time.
• Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450 is required upon entering the position and annually, in accordance with DoD Directive 5500-7-R, Joint Ethics Regulation, dated 17-Nov-2011.
• This position requires Practitioner Level II Certification must be met within 60 months (5 years).
• Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratory (STRL) positions may require a three-year probationary period if not previously completed.
• Position may require a one-year Supervisory probationary period if not previously met.

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 on Time-Limited Assignments In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience 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 08XX Engineer Series: 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. Basic Requirement for the 1301 Series-Physical Scientist: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher 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. OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to one of the majors, as shown in A above, that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Basic Requirement for the 1310 Series-Physicist: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in physics, or related degree that included at least 24 semester hours in physics. 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. OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major in physics totaling at least 24 semester hours, plus appropriate experience or additional education. 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. Basic Requirement for the 1320 Series-Chemist: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in the physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering that included 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by course work in mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics; OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: Course work equivalent to a major in the physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering, including at least 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Basic Requirement for the 1550 Series-Computer Scientist: A bachelor's degree (or higher) in computer science or bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 SH must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus. Please see Education section for additional education requirements. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: CommunicationsCustomer ServiceLeadershipProgram ManagementTechnical Competence

Education

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

Specialized Experience: To qualify at the DB/DE-03 Category II (GS-12 Step 1, thru GS-14 Step 10 equivalent grade level): Your resume must clearly describe at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the DB/DE-02, higher-end of the Pay Band (equivalent to GS-11 grade level) in the Federal service which includes: (1) Managing and executing programs within the DoD Acquisition Lifecycle; (2) Demonstrated knowledge and familiarity with DoD 5000.02 and its application to major Acquisition Programs; (3) Communicating critical information to senior leadership through briefings and written examples; (4) Leading projects and teams towards defined productivity metrics and results in a technical environment; and (5) Using project management principles and techniques, systems engineering tools and best practices, advanced design methodologies, and risk management.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service DB/DE-02 (equivalent to the higher end of GS-11).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

***NOTE: TRANSCRIPTS ARE REQUIRED even if you are a current federal employee.***

Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute education for experience. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S. Department of Education websites at - http://www.opm.gov/qualifications and http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html .

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-W4GHAA US ARMY COMBAT CAPABILITIES DEV CMD DO NOT MAIL Warren, MI 48397 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
• Email: [email protected]