Computer Scientist

Summary You will serve as a Computer Scientist (EDGE).
This position will lead development of innovative land characterization and monitoring approaches over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales while investigating and applying new techniques and methodologies emphasizing machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI).

Salary:
$106,437 (Step 1)
- $138,370 (Step 10) First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.
Learn more about this agency This job is open to The public U.
S.
Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.
S.
Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was eliminated and are eligible for priority over other applicants.
Clarification from the agency This announcement is open to U.
S.
Citizens or Nationals; and Career transition eligibles (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).
Duties Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following:Leads the research, development, and application of advanced artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and geospatial analytics methods to map, characterize, and monitor land cover, land use, and ecosystem change across the United States using multi-source Earth observation data.
Collaborates and coordinates with internal and external scientists, engineers, and stakeholders.
Transitions research and technical innovations into operational production environments, supporting the development and application of national-scale land-change monitoring solutions.
Provides technical and scientific leadership in support of priority projects at the USGS EROS Center, advancing capabilities for land-change monitoring and decision support through the development of operationally relevant geospatial mapping solutions.
Communicates with external partners and stakeholders, disseminating research and applications results and other information through participation in seminars and meetings, by publishing scientific and technical reports in the open literature, participating in professional meetings, symposia, and conferences, and participating in special task forces and study groups.
Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.
Requirements Conditions of employment Must be a U.
S.
Citizen or National.
Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
Direct Deposit participation required.
Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
To learn more, visit www.dhs.gov/EVerify/.
You are required to complete training, obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority.
As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.
This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service.
In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider:your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized.
In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated.
Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Qualifications

Qualifications:
All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-10/30/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.
To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST state either full-time (or 40 hours a week) or part-time with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience.
Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience.
For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected.
Minimum Qualification

Requirements:
To qualify for this