general engineer- direct hire authority

2 weeks ago

Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, United States Department of the Air Force - Agency Wide Full time
Summary

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In this position you will serve as engineering staff for the AEDC Wing Commander and provide support to strategic assessments of future DoD requirements for RDT&E capability to support higher headquarters' vision and decision-making processes.

This job is open to
  • The public

    U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Duties

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  • Plans, organizes, and oversees the activities of the unit. Develops goals and objectives that integrate organization and engineering objectives.
  • Serves as a consultant and expert in engineering work involved in the application of advanced theories, concepts, and principles related to development or sustainment of systems.
  • Represents the organization with a variety of installation and functional area organizations.
  • Develops strategic plans to include integration of future test requirements across 704 TG capabilities
  • Continuously engage capability owners, asset managers, program offices, etc. to maintain awareness of current and future test requirements, workload forecasts, and test facility health assessment in order to formulate strategic plans and guide facility funding
  • Assist AEDC capability owners in preparation of strategic roadmaps that clearly describe the future vision to AEDC leadership.
  • Identification of test infrastructure capability gaps, formulation of solutions, and advocacy for capital investment projects that deliver T&E capability to close these gaps.
  • Test capability planning to include concept development and technology needs; validation of requirements; development of plans to close technical shortfalls; concept design analysis, cost estimation; and assessment of solution alternatives.
  • Act as the primarily interface to the Improvement and Modernization (I&M) needs and solutions process (includes TIPP and CTEIP) for all test infrastructure related capabilities for the Wing.
  • Develop test capabilities requirements documents as part of transition from XPR-OL to the organization responsible for capital investment
  • Develop strategies to transition new test capabilities, modeling and simulations tools, and instrumentation into all test assets and for programming solutions through the Complex's POM and Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) programs.
  • Ensure that all technical plans produced are consistent with AEDC's strategic plan and can achieve the Complex's strategic objectives.
  • Provides engineering support as required to AEDC/TD, AEDC/XPE, and AEDC/CT.
Requirements

Conditions of Employment
  • U.S. Citizenship Required
  • Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed "Unscheduled Telework"
  • Obtain and maintain a Top Secret Security clearance
  • This is a designated Drug Testing Position
  • Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft; Up to 25% Travel possible
  • A professional engineering degree at the bachelor's level from an ABET accredited institution in engineering or a closely related field is required.
  • May be required to acquire and maintain certification(s), such as Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP).
  • This position MAY be eligible for a recruitment/relocation incentive.Specifics will be discussed with the Selecting Official.
  • This position MAY be eligible for paid relocation (Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs MAY be paid). Specifics will be discussed with the Selecting Official.
  • This position MAY be eligible for a Student Loan Repayment (SLR) incentive.Specifics will be discussed with the Selecting Official.
Qualifications

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In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for Professional and Scientific 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-11 in the Federal Service. Specialized experiences includes concepts, principles, and techniques across multiple interrelated and integrated technical and test engineering disciplines; combat aircraft avionics, armament, or electronic warfare systems or related systems/subsystems; flight and laboratory air vehicle/missile test conduct, coordination and supervision, data analysis/evaluation and applicable flight test truth sources, modeling and simulation, technical report preparation, and administrative aspects of flight test programs.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  1. Knowledge of concepts, principles, and techniques across multiple interrelated and integrated technical and test engineering disciplines.
  2. Knowledge of combat aircraft avionics, armament, or electronic warfare systems or related systems/subsystems.
  3. Knowledge of flight and laboratory air vehicle/missile test conduct, coordination and supervision, data analysis/evaluation and applicable flight test truth sources, modeling and simulation, technical report preparation, and administrative aspects of flight test programs.
  4. Ability to plan and organize work, coordinate between various electronic/aerospace/mechanical engineering and test disciplines, and coordinate with other Air Force, DOD, and other domestic and foreign government agencies.
  5. Ability to research, analyze, interpret, and apply rules, regulations, and procedures to a variety of situations and to recommend timely and economical solutions.
  6. Ability to maintain good working relations and to provide technical leadership and project management oversight and communicate effectively with a broad range of personnel both orally and in writing and to use modern computer software applications in support of communications and presentations.
Position specific skills and experience desired in a potential candidate:
  • 2 years of experience in modern computer operation (Windows/Linux) desired
  • 2 years of OT or DT flight test experience desired
  • 2 years of demonstrated understanding of Electronic Warfare (EW) concepts desired
  • 2 years simulation experience desired
  • 2 years of scheduling experience desired
Education

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 experiencecollege-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 licensureCurrent 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 TestEvidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.

3. Specified academic coursesSuccessful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A.

4. Related curriculumSuccessful 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 bachelor's 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all inclusive.)

Additional information

NO 6-MONTH WAITRecently retired and/or retiring from MILITARY service ARE eligible for immediate appointment for AFTC positions. The 180-day waiting period has been waived for AFTC to hire recently retired and/or retiring service members.

Full-time Air Force Civilian Service employees enjoy the below benefits, and more
  • Paid Time-Off:
    • 11 Federal Holidays off per year
    • Vacation time (Annual Leave) accumulates based on length of employment. Starts at 13 days (104 hours) per year and up to 26 days (208 hours) per year
    • 13 sick days per year (104 hours)
  • Various Medical, Dental & Vision packages to choose from for entire family
  • Retirement:
    • Pension: Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS)
    • 401K: Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) available with up to 5% agency matching
  • Flexible work schedules and shift work may be available (depends on position)
  • Employee assistance Programs
  • Health and Wellness resources
  • Tuition Assistance & Professional Development opportunities
  • Many career enhancement and promotion opportunities
  • Benefits

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How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

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    If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

    Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
    schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

    Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
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    Equal Opportunity Employer. U.S. citizenship required. Must be of legal working age.

    Agency contact information

    Air Force Test Center Recruitment

    Email

    Address

    EHA DHA

    550 C Street West

    JBSA Randolph AFB, TX 78150

    US

    Next steps

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    • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
    • Criminal history inquiries
    • Reasonable accommodation policy
    • Financial suitability
    • Selective Service
    • New employee probationary period
    • Signature and false statements
    • Privacy Act
    • Social security number request
Required Documents

For additional information on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

How to Apply

For additional information on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here.

Click APPLY NOW to complete an application and upload resume (PDF or Word Doc) and/or additional documents (Transcripts, certifications, Vet Docs (DD214), SF-50).

To receive additional information about current and future job openings with AFCS via email notification, please register at and sign up to "Get Career Updates."

For additional information on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here.

Equal Opportunity Employer. U.S. citizenship required. Must be of legal working age.

Agency contact information

Air Force Test Center Recruitment

Email

Address

EHA DHA

550 C Street West

JBSA Randolph AFB, TX 78150

US

Next steps

For additional information on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here.

Fair & Transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
  • Reasonable accommodation policy
  • Criminal history inquiries
  • Financial suitability
  • Selective Service
  • New employee probationary period
  • Signature and false statements
  • Privacy Act
  • Social security number request

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