To find additional information on "What Is DHA" and to view and/or apply to current DHA opportunities listed on Air Force Civilian Service's "Direct Hire Job Board", please click here. The primary purpose of this position is to perform as the supervisor of a team of matrixed instrumentation engineers and senior technicians who design, validate and support instrumentation systems used for data acquisition and telemetry in aerospace weapon system test and evaluation programs.

Duties

For additional information on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here. Leads and conducts instrumentation operations by coordinating activities of functional and support organizations to accomplish the design, development and sustainment of instrumentation systems in support of flight test operations Performs as a senior instrumentation specialist and interfaces directly with other Air Force Agencies, contractors, project managers and engineers at technical planning meetings and conferences. Advises test and evaluation program engineers and data analysts of current instrumentation technical and operational capabilities and limitations Develops cost and resource estimates to support applicable flight test programs and operations Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets and adjusts short/long-term priorities, and prepares schedules for completion of work Recruits, develops, motivates, and retains quality team members and takes timely/appropriate personnel actions, communicates mission and organizational goals

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Telework may be authorized.
• If authorized, PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at: https://afciviliancareers.com/regulatory/
• Security clearance requirements are based upon actual position being filled.
• Locations are not negotiable. The actual duty locations available may be located on the Air Force Civilian Service website.
• Random drug testing may be required depending upon the position being filled.
• Supervisory requirements may be required depending upon the position being filled.
• Promotion potential may be authorized depending upon position being filled.
• For additional information on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please go to https://afciviliancareers.com/find-a-job/
• Full/part-time employees occupying direct childcare positions are eligible for discounts IAW DAF AFSVC/CC Memo, 30 Sep 22; first child 100% / each additional child 25%. Other assigned CYP and FCC personnel are eligible for 25% discount.
• Obtain and maintain a Top Security clearance
• Position requires a professional engineering degree at the bachelor's level from an ABET accredited institution. Advanced degrees are preferred.
• This is a designated drug testing position.
• Must submit to and pass physical exam.
• Extensive professional knowledge of advanced electronics, mechanical and aerospace engineering concepts, principles and techniques, as they relate to instrumentation systems.

Qualifications

For additional information on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here. In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Administrative and Management positions located here SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower broadband NH-02 or equivalent to the next lower grade GS-05 thru GS-11 in the Federal Service. Desired Skills: 5 years of Instrumentation Operations experience desired 2 years of Instrumentation Modification experience including T-2 Mod Processes and Airworthiness desired Strong verbal and written communication skills required Demonstrated leadership ability through experience, mentoring and continuous self-improvement desired KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES: Knowledge of all aspects of flight test data acquisition, processing and analysis, including knowledge of methods and equipment (types of transducers, signal conditioning) used to measure physical phenomena and digital data buses on aircraft. Knowledge of aircraft construction, flight instruments, aircraft electrical and aeronautical systems, along with knowledge of flight test operations, products, services, needs and goals as they pertain to aircraft instrumentation operations support. Knowledge of design, integration, validation, and operational support and sustainment of airborne instrumentation systems. Knowledge of planning, coordinating, cost estimating, preparing equipment specifications and tracking of schedule for airborne data systems. Strong ability to coordinate between various technical and support service disciplines, and to coordinate with peers, management and other agencies. Strong ability to provide supervision, training and technical leadership to subordinate personnel.

Education

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Individual Occupational Requirements

Basic Requirements: A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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.

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)1 , 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)

Contacts

• Address Edwards AFB 5 N Seller Avenue Bldg 3000, Rm 120 Edwards AFB, CA 93524 US
• Name: Air Force Test Center Recruitment
• Email: [email protected]