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Job opening: PHYSICAL SCIENTIST

Salary: $142 488 - 195 200 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Jan 24 2025
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is part of the Research and Development Directorate, Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The incumbent will be responsible for serving as a project manager who establishes and implements top level strategy, objectives, and performance measures for assigned projects, prioritizes work, and determines funding needs and allocation to include the requirement to manage spend plan activities, coordinate A&AS support, coordinate with DoD requirements managers, and review contract actions.

Duties

As a PHYSICAL SCIENTIST at the GS-1301-14/15 some of your typical work assignments may include: Work includes maintaining quality control of all contract actions under the incumbent's purview, thus ensuring documents meet federal and DTRA requirements. Is responsible for the sustained progress of the projects in accordance with scope, cost, and scheduled baseline. Represents the DTRA Nuclear Arms Control Technology program in dealings with senior management in various agency components, other government departments, and foreign representatives to establish goals, and/or to resolve conflicts. Exercises the full authority as well as the responsibility for identifying technical problems, conducting the initial exploratory investigation to determine feasible solutions, and preparation of necessary staff actions required to solve the technical and management problems. Based on direction from the Director, DTRA, the Director R&D Directorate, Director, Nuclear Technologies Department, and, Chief, Nuclear Assessments Division incumbent is responsible for developing international collaboration/demonstrations/exercises, and technology transitions for nuclear arms control technologies and related technologies. Hosts, assists, and participates in interagency and international workshops, leading technical discussions on solving major nuclear post-detonation forensic issues and coordinates joint projects with other DoD, Government agencies, and international partners. Serves as Nuclear Assessments Division technical expert and directs, develops, implements, and disseminates scientific guidance and recommendations in support of nuclear arms control, and related disciplines of nuclear weapon detonation physics effects on all environments, field and laboratory diagnostic systems, and testing/evaluation methodologies and technologies. Develops and matures complex research ideas, long-range (5-10 year) plans, and strategies within these focus areas through the examination of solutions that cover a varying range of concepts designed to bring together scientific principles from multiple disciplines. Team Lead for civilian and equivalent military personnel performing project management work in direct support to the Nuclear Assessments Division Chief and Nuclear Technologies Department Director, and Research and Development Directorate Director Agency Director. Ensures all team members are aware of, and participate in planning for the achievement of team goals and objectives.

Requirements

  • Must be a U.S. Citizenship
  • Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation. Must be able to obtain and maintain Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance.
  • Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service
  • Must consent to and pass pre-employment drug testing and be subject to periodic random drug testing thereafter
  • Overtime: Occasionally
  • Must be willing to comply with each Combatant Command (COCOM) travel medical requirement to include vaccinations.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid passport.
  • Occasionally visits a station site (some are remote) or laboratory to observe operations, experiments or exercises and there may be occasional exposure to harsh weather conditions.
  • Work Schedule: Full-time
  • May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
  • Tour of Duty: Flexible
  • Recruitment Incentives: Authorized
  • Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): GS 15 Exempt/GS 14 Non-Exempt
  • Financial Disclosure: Not Required
  • Telework Eligibility: This position is telework eligible
  • This is an Acquisition Workforce position in the Engineering and Technical Management functional area. The incumbent will be required to become certified in the Practitioner tier within 5 years.
  • The incumbent is required to acquire a minimum of 40 continuous learning points (CLPs) every fiscal year as a goal and 80 CLPs being mandatory within 2 years.
  • Work is performed primarily in an office setting with good lighting, adequate ventilation and low ambient noise levels. Some duties will be performed in conferences and meetings held locally, nationally or internationally.

Qualifications

You may qualify at the GS 15, if you fulfill the following qualifications: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service as listed below: - Extensive experience in analysis of trends, gaps, systems as well as strategy and long-range plan development and implementation. - Extensive experience (> 5 years) in briefing and providing recommendations to senior leaders, and in initiating, leading, and representing your organization at international, interagency, or DoD fora. - Knowledge and extensive experience (> 5 years) in the initiation, planning, technical direction and management, and fiscal control of procurement, operations and maintenance, or research and development efforts comprised of multiple complex projects executed by multiple performers. - Extensive experience (> 5 years) in providing direction and managing contractors' performance in accordance with contractual quality assurance and funding expenditure requirements. - Extensive experience (> 5 years) in forming and leading teams of technical or operational personnel, or experience in nuclear/chemical explosion or earthquake monitoring and detection technologies, modeling and simulation, experimentation, or artificial intelligence / machine language. You may qualify at the GS 14, if you fulfill the following qualifications: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service as listed below: - Experience (< 5 years) in briefing and providing recommendations to senior leaders, and in participating in international, interagency, or DoD fora. - Expert knowledge and extensive experience (> 5 years) in project planning, acquisition, and project management of a procurement, operations and maintenance, or, research and development portfolio comprised of several projects executed by several performers. - Experience in providing direction and managing contractors' performance in accordance with contractual quality assurance and funding expenditure requirements. - Experience in leading teams of technical or operational personnel, or experience in nuclear/chemical explosion or earthquake monitoring and detection technologies, modeling and simulation, experimentation, or artificial intelligence / machine language. 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). 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. In addition to meeting qualifications, your application package must reflect the applicable experience to meet the Individual Occupational Requirements for the 1301, series as listed below: Basic Requirements: Degree: 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 Combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors 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.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims.

All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that 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://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

  • Address Defense Threat Reduction Agency 8725 JOHN J KINGMAN ROAD MSC 6201 FT BELVOIR, VA 22060-6201 US
  • Name: DTRA Servicing Team
  • Phone: 614-692-0259
  • Email: DHRC-DDTRAHR@dla.mil

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