Flight Termination Systems SME (Interdisciplinary Engineer) NH-08**-04
Full TimeAL-HUNTSVILLERTCEligibility Requirements
US Citizenship
Career Category
Engineer
Job Summary
This position provides the opportunity to serve as the Flight Termination Systems (FTS) subject matter expert (SME), within the U.S. Army Redstone Test Center (RTC) Missiles and Sensors Test Directorate (MSTD). The FTS SME will be the lead engineer responsible for the design, qualification, installation, and support of flight termination systems. The FTS SME will regularly interface with and provide mentorship to test, instrumentation, and safety engineers throughout RTC and at other DoD organizations. The FTS SME will support the Range Commanders Council and other standard defining entities, implementing safety standards for the use of flight termination systems on a variety of weapon systems and platforms at all tri-service test ranges. The FTS SME will be an expert in current and emerging flight termination technologies, and will ensure that RTC remains at the forefront of this technical problem space.
The NH-04 band is equal to the GS-14 step 1 through GS-15 step 10. However, this position is subject to the NH-04, Non-Supervisory Professional/Evaluator/Tester Analyst control point of the Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) Control Point Policy $158,009 per year includes locality.
Job Responsibilities
- Serves as the Directorate Chief's senior advising authority on the test and evaluation of telemetry and flight termination systems.
- Routinely develops, applies, and reviews innovative approaches in these technology areas.
- Mentors and develops test personnel.
- Assists the Directorate Chief and Chief Engineer in building personnel succession plans for flight termination capabilities.
- Develops, presents, and justifies appropriate recommendations regarding design, qualification, and flight testing of flight termination systems.
Job Qualification
This position requires the incumbent to be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.
This announcement uses the Direct Hiring Authority (DHA) for AcqDemo Business and Technical Management Career Path (NH) direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service.
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.
Education:
Basic Requirement for Engineering Positions:
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.
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. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions.
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:
http://www.ed.gov/about/off ices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html
Specialized Experience
In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the NH-03 (GS 13) grade level or equivalent pay band in the Federal service which includes: 1) Experience with designing and qualifying flight termination systems AND 2) Experience with field support of missile flights, AND 3) Experience developing new telemetry technologies, AND 4) Familiarity with RCC-319.
HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED. You will be evaluated based on your level of competency in the following areas:
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above. As vacancies occur, the Human Resources Office will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this flyer. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume, along with your supporting documentation. If, after reviewing your résumé and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. Veterans and Military Spouses will be considered along with all other candidates. If selected, you may be required to provide additional supporting documentation.
Required Documents:
Your complete application includes your resume and other documents which prove your qualifications and eligibility to apply.
If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.
1. Your resume:
Your resume may be submitted in any format and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete and you may not receive consideration for this position.
2. Other supporting documents:
Cover letter, optional
This position has an individual occupational requirement and/or allows for substitution of education for experience. If you meet this requirement based on education you MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your application package or you will be rated ineligible. See:
Transcripts and Licenses
NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.
Conditions of Employment
· This announcement uses the Business & Technical Management Career Path (NH) direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service.
· Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
· You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
· One year trial/probationary period may be required.
· Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
· This position requires you to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 278) or a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report(OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter.
· Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
· This is a Career Program (CP) 16 - Engineers & Scientists (Non-Construction) position.
· Incumbent must sign DD Form 2888 (Critical Acquisition Position Service Agreement) and execute, as a condition of employment, awritten tenure agreement to remain in Federal service in the position for at least three years.
· This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance.
· Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
Travel Requirements
Greater than 20% Travel
QUESTIONS or issues please send us a message with the vacancy announcement URL, position title, and location to:
usarmy.redstone.atec.mbx.rtc-recruiting@army.mil