General Engineer (Account Manager), NH-0801-03

Eligibility Requirements

US Citizenship

Career Category

Engineer

Job Summary

Job Responsibilities

• Serves as a general engineer in the Redstone Test Center (RTC), Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) with responsibility for planning, coordinating, reviewing, evaluating, and providing expert engineering/technical advice relative to all aspects of the overall test and evaluation effort associated with one or several specific aviation, sensor or missile weapons systems, subsystems, components, and associated equipment or materiel

• Represents RTC during the initial planning and design phase of the development test program to determine test design requirements and the ability of the RTC to meet the requirements to determine modifications required by RTC to accommodate the Aviation, Missile, Sensor or associated test program.

• Participates in the development and implementation of research and development and life cycle test plans and specifications which describe the number and types of tests (e.g., missile flight, static, environmental, dynamics, component, system, etc.) and hardware requirements for Aviation, Missile and component testing. Develops schedules for planning of the various test programs to ensure the most economical and technically sound approach for satisfying program objectives, to minimize duplicate tests, and to meet major program milestones for Aviation, Missile, Sensor and associated components.

• Coordinates customer test portfolios through recommendation to, and coordination with RTC functional test directorates, and various test agencies, and review of test program documentation (test requests, procedures, safety analyses, etc.). Determines and communicates the requirements for, and coordinates the utilization of test resources (funding, manpower, test hardware, and facilities) needed to test Army Aviation, Missile, Sensor and associated components

Job Qualification

• 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).
  
  Education:
  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.

Specialized Experience

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.

Conditions of Employment

• Conditions of Employment:

1. Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
2. This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance.
3. Two year trial/probationary period may be required.
4. Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
5. This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position. The employee must meet DoDI 5000.66 requirements applicable to the duties of the position.
6. Reasonable accommodation is available to qualified employees with disabilities.
7. Incumbent must submit an annual Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450.
8. This announcement uses the Direct Hire 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.
9. The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) is participating in an alternate personnel system known as the Acquisition Demonstration Project (AcqDemo). Among other features, the Demonstration Project replaced GS grade levels with occupational families and pay bands. The band NH-03 is equal to the former GS-12 Step 01 through GS-13 step 10. ATEC uses salary control points to allow for differentiation in the level of positions within the same broadband. Therefore, the salary for this position will be set no higher than $127,170, including locality.
10. Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
11. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
12. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
13. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
14. This is a Career Program (CP) 16 position.
15. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
16. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
17. When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction/ for more information.
18. Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations.
19. 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 agency's telework policy.
20. Information may be requested regarding the vaccination status of selectees for the purposes of implementing workplace safety protocols. For more information, visit https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/faq/vaccinations/.
21. This position is located at Redstone Test Center (RTC), Test Integration Program Directorate with duty location of Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.
22. Redstone Test Center's mission is to provide Superior Technical Expertise and State-of-the-Art Facilities and Capabilities to Plan, Conduct, Analyze, and Report the Results of Tests on Aviation, Missile, and Sensors Systems, Subsystems and Components.

Travel Requirements

Up to 10% Travel

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