Interdisciplinary

Summary This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Mission Support Positions (STRL) to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: This is a Flexible Renewable TERM appointment NTE 2 years which may be extended or renewed indefinitely. Contingent to specific conditions there may be an opportunity to be converted to a career-conditional or career appointment at a later date. Learn more about this agency Help Overview Accepting applications Open & closing dates 04/05/2024 to 04/19/2024 Salary $44,709 - $179,462 per year Pay scale & grade DB 2 - 3 Help Location 1 vacancy in the following location: Natick, MA Remote job No Telework eligible Yes-as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less - Business travel for this position is approximately 25% of the time Relocation expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Term - 2 years May be made permanent at a later date Work schedule Full-time - Service Competitive Promotion potential 3 Job family (Series) 0801 General Engineering 0806 Materials Engineering 0830 Mechanical Engineering 0850 Electrical Engineering 0861 Aerospace Engineering 0893 Chemical Engineering 1301 General Physical Science 1515 Operations Research Supervisory status No Security clearance Secret Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Moderate Risk Trust determination process National security Announcement number DAFNHL Control number Help This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Help Duties Serve as a Project Officer in the Program Manager - Special Operation Forces (PM-SOF) team in one or more of the following areas: ballistics, body armor, tactical military headgear, protective eyewear, and/or comparable areas. Develop and test a system that meets a specific set of Special Operations requirements through a process that yields timely, affordable, high-quality products that meet the needs of the warfighter. Responsible for advancing the state of the art and creating new or substantially improved end items in the form of equipment, systems, materials, processes, procedures, and techniques. Responsible for planning, organizing, and directing broad exploratory, advanced engineering development, and production engineering studies and projects to provide novel systems of all types. Interpret test data of personal protective equipment (PPE) against broad applications of research objectives and/or specific programmatic performance requirements using a variety of tools including statistical methods. Produce technical requirements for PPE items and material systems to include generating documentation for procurement and contracting activities associated with design, development, production, and manufacturing for end item use. Routinely present data findings to military customers and fellow team members to integrate project plans and fulfill program requirements that involve cost, schedule, and performance. Help Requirements Conditions of Employment Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation. Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. Three-year trial period may be required. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position. Selectees must meet position requirements for certification at Foundational Level (for DB-02) within 3 years of entrance on duty in the Acquisition Career Field Engineering and Technical Management. Financial Disclosure Statement OGE Form 450 required. Position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment. Selectees must meet position requirements for certification at Practitioner Level at DB-03 grade within 5 years of entrance on duty in the Acquisition Career Field Engineering and Technical Management. Qualifications In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirement - Engineering: 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 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: 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 Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. 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. 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. Related curriculum 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 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.) Basic Requirement - Physical Scientist: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics. OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to one of the majors, as shown in A above, that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Basic Requirement - Operations Research Analyst: Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in operations research; or a degree with at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics. At least 3 of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus. In addition to meeting ONE of the Basic Requirements above, you must also meet the one of the requirements listed below. Specialized Experience Requirements for DB-02 (at the GS-9/11 level): Experience: One year of specialized experience typical of work performed at the GS-07 level which includes 1) Supporting the creation, development, testing, and/or modifying of new materials, processes, procedures, and techniques pertaining to projects/systems. 2) Supporting or assisting in design of equipment, projects, or systems. 3) Supporting or assisting in developmental or operational testing, evaluations, training instruction of equipment . click apply for full job details