General Engineer

Summary

This position is part of the Department of War (DoW) Missile Defense Agency (MDA).

The incumbent will be responsible for: Developing integrating and implementing strategies policies and procedures for programming planning and developing the acquisition and execution of the Quality Mission Assurance and Assurance Integration functions.

Duties

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Acq Demo Business and Technical Management to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

As a General Engineer at the NHbroadband level some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Ensures lessons learned are implemented at the field to prevent repetitive mistakes and escapes within MDA components and systems. Provides technical engineering guidance to other MDA Program Offices regarding the planning and implementation of program matters.
• Represents MDA/QS on field visits to services Program Offices and private companies to assist in the planning development and implementation of the Quality Mission Assurance and Assurance Integration programs and processes.
• Provides technical engineering guidance on issues affecting program quality mission assurance and assurance integration and ensures that functions and operations are performed uniformly economically and in accordance with MDA policies and procedures.
• The physical demands of the work require considerable and strenuous physical exertion such as traverse (up and down) ladders occasional moderate/heavy lifting must not have abnormal anxiety to temporarily work in confined spaces and walking/standing for long periods of time. The work requires specific physical characteristics and abilities such as above average agility and dexterity. The work environment involves risks with a variety of potentially dangerous situations that require safety precautions that must be followed. Must be able to work around chemicals solvents dust and particulates that may be encountered inside/outside any of these manufacturing test facilities without the need of a respirator.
  

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Occasional Travel
• Work Schedule: Full-time
• Males born aftermust be registered for Selective Service
• Suitable for Federal employment determined by a background investigation
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
• Overtime: Occasionally
• Tour of Duty: Maxi Flex
• Recruitment Incentives: Certain incentives (such as Recruitment Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees based on agency policy and availability.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Financial Disclosure: Required
• Telework Eligibility: This position is not telework eligible.
• This position is subject to an initial drug screening and random testing thereafter. You may be required to sign a Drug Test Statement of Understanding if you are selected for this position.
• Employee must obtain/maintain Non-Critical Sensitive/Secret security clearance.
• This is an acquisition position coded Practitioner in Engineering and Technical Management. Incumbent must obtain mandatory Back to Basics (B2B) certification within 60 months of entry into position.
• Incumbent must acquire 80 Continuous Learning Points every 24 months

Qualifications

You may qualify at the NH -03 Broadband Level if you fulfill the following qualifications:

A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the NH-02/GS-11 grade level in the Federal service as listed below and must meet 2 of 3 specialized experience listed below to be qualified:

• Experience with manufacturing/testing complex mechanical or electrical aerospace assemblies.
• Experience with auditing processes associated with the manufacturing/testing of complex mechanical or electrical aerospace assemblies.
• Experience implementing Quality Safety or Mission Assurance practices within defense aerospace or space systems

A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable the program must: (1) lead to a bachelors 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 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)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 Boards 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)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 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 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 curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelors 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 bachelors 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.)

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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies knowledge and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.

NOTE: Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate schools definition of one year of graduate study 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements you must show that 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: information

Certain incentives (such as Recruitment Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees based on agency policy and availability.

ACQUISITION POSITION: This position requires Acquisition Workforce Level Foundational Certification prior to hiring is not essential but must be accomplished within 36 months after entry into this position.

• DAWIA (Back to Basics) Certification: NON-CAP: Position requires DoD Acquisition Engineering & Technical Management Foundational certification. Certification prior to hiring is not essential but must be accomplished within 36 months after entry into this position. Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years. Click here for more details and Resources.

RE-EMPLOYED ANNUITANT: This position DOES NOT meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found at: applicants must meet qualifications and eligibility criteria by the closing date of the announcement.

Males born aftermust be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see Who Needs to Register Selective Service System : Selective Service System ())

This position is subject to an initial drug screening and random testing thereafter. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e. start date). The selectees inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment.
You may be required to sign a Drug Test Statement of Understanding if you are selected for this position.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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