Engineer, Mathematician or Computer Scientist

 

ATEC is the Army’s independent test and evaluation organization. We are a team of Civilian and Military personnel working together to provide America’s Military with the best equipment to win and return home safely. At ATEC, we have a saying: If a Soldier rides, wears, shoots, or deploys it, we test it. ATEC is at the forefront of testing and evaluating technologies of the future from autonomous aerial/ground vehicles to hypersonic weapons. Each day, top scientists and engineers test and evaluate cutting-edge equipment. Our workforce is highly technical and skilled, comprised of more than 8,500 military, civilian, and contract personnel. Engineers, scientists, technicians, researchers, and evaluators work with innovative, advanced technologies in 24 testing and research locations across the U.S. States and around the world. If you are a civilian who wants their work to make a difference, we look forward to hearing from you.

 

For more information on ATEC, salary, benefits, etc., see https://www.atecciviliancareers.com.

 

Veterans and Military Spouses will be considered along with all other candidates. If selected, you maybe required to provide additional supporting documentation.

 

The NH-03 band is equal to the GS-12 step 01 through GS-13 step 10. This position is subject to the ATEC Control Point policy for the NH-03 at $105,579 per year. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.

 

Researches the applicability of new technological developments related to functional area computing and display. Independently conducts advanced system analysis tasks to maintain or advance state of the art methods for real-time and post data computing. Establishes critical performance requirements by correlating functional area data processing requirements for missile range users and support elements with the existing capabilities of functional area systems.

 

Modifies and upgrades complex functional area software to accommodate quick-response changes in user requirements and input/output data flow. Design software tools for functional areas to improve efficiencies. Utilizes knowledge of mathematical techniques and methods to develop software for post-test processing of raw instrumentation data. Develops mathematical and physics-based models and algorithms to process instrumentation data. Utilizes system management tools to allocate computer time and storage, configure system components, control application programs, and handle data flow between computer systems, instrumentation, and display/control stations.

 

U.S. Citizens who meet the minimum qualification requirements for Engineering – 800 series:

 

Basic Education Requirement for Engineering - 0800 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.

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 engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, e.g., 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).

 

U.S. Citizens who meet the minimum qualification requirements Mathematician - 1520 series:
 

A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in mathematics; or a degree with the equivalent of a major that included at least 24 semester hours in mathematics. The total course work must have included differential and integral calculus and, in addition, four advanced mathematics courses requiring calculus or equivalent mathematics courses as a prerequisite.
 

OR
 

B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major in mathematics (including at least 24 semester hours in mathematics), as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. The total course work must have included differential and integral calculus and, in addition, four advanced mathematics courses requiring calculus or equivalent mathematics courses as a prerequisite.

 

U.S. Citizens who meet the minimum qualification requirements Computer Scientist - 1550 series:

Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in computer science or bachelor's degree (or higher degree) with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus.

 

To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience from the duties section which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: 1 Establishes critical performance requirements by correlating functional area data processing requirements, 2) design and develop complex applications and system software. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (NH-02 or GS-11).

 

** This position requires Level II certification in Acquisition Career Field, “Test & Evaluation,” or be able to obtain within 24 months of appointment.

** Position requires a Secret security clearance.

 

U.S. Citizen is required and you will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.

Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.

A trial/probationary period may be required.

You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.

Direct deposit of pay is required.

 

Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.

 

Due to COVID-19, the agency is currently in an expanded telework posture. If selected, you may be expected to temporarily telework, even if your home is located outside the local commuting area. Once employees are permitted to return to the office, you will be expected to report to the duty station listed on this announcement within a designated time frame identified by the organization. At that time, you may be eligible to request to continue to telework one or more days a pay period depending upon the terms of the organization's telework policy.