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Senior Fixed Wing Flutter and Dynamics Engineer

You will serve as a senior Fixed Wing Flutter and Dynamics Engineer in the Loads and Dynamics Branch, Structures Division of the Air Vehicle Engineering Department.

You will evaluate the adequacy of structural dynamics analysis for fixed wing aircraft designs and modifications.

You will identify structural dynamics problems arising during development or modification of fixed wing aircraft and establish the optimal approach to solve the problems.

You will provide structural dynamics input for the planning and execution of research and development programs.

You will solve in-service aircraft structural problems under trying and immediate circumstances.

You will define the technical basis for establishing fixed wing aircraft structural dynamics operating limits.

You will evaluate design proposals/modifications and participate in contract negotiations to ensure specific structural dynamics design and test requirements are adequate and compliant with performance and fleet operational requirements.

You will approve the authorization for first and subsequent flights during the development programs of new and experimental fixed wing air vehicle designs including the establishment of safe operating limitations.

You will define and direct all structural dynamics aspects of air vehicle flight testing, landing and structural demonstrations, including the initiation of technical requirements; reviewing and approving test plans/results for acceptability.

Must be a US Citizen.

Must be determined suitable for federal employment.

Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.

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Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

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Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.

You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.

This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes.

This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

MSP/PPP applicants must currently hold the required security clearance.

Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS-13) grade level or pay band (DP-4) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience includes: 1) Evaluating adequacy of structural dynamics analysis for aircraft designs and modifications; 2) Identifying structural dynamics problems arising during development or modification of an aircraft and establishing the optimal approach to solve the problems; 3) Providing structural dynamics input for the planning and execution of research and development programs; 4) Exhibiting thorough knowledge of engineering principles and practices including aircraft structural design and analysis, test methods and data analysis; 5) Demonstrating general knowledge of aircraft structural static and fatigue strength requirements, aerodynamics, stability and control, performance, and flight control systems. 6) Solving in-service aircraft structural problems under trying and immediate circumstances.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: AND Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) 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. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.

OR 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 more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at:

OR 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, and Puerto Rico The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit:

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

OR Successful 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 one 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.