Aerospace Engineer - Saint AUG BEACH, FL, United States - Department of Defense

Description

Duties

• If selected at the GS-07 level, duties will be performed in a developmental capacity
• Completes classroom and on-the-job training to acquire, exercise, and maintain knowledge of the duties inherent in the performance of professional aerospace engineering duties.
• Performs aerospace engineering duties in support of a senior engineer who is responsible for one or more engineering functions, in connection with assigned products, processes, components, or systems.
• Engages in multi-functional teams to perform advanced predictive analysis, develop or assist in the development and communication of engineering findings and recommendations
• Provides technical assistance to the supervisor of record or other senior engineers in progressively responsible assignments for a segment of a complex project as well as specific engineering duties.
• Drafts project details on the basis of precedents established in related projects, devising and recommending alternative methods of analysis as a basis for solving problems.
• Attends meetings and professional conferences and exchanges information with other engineers to keep abreast of the latest engineering developments within defense acquisition

Requirements Conditions of Employment

• Must be a U.S

citizen

Security Requirements:
Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access

• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.

Selective Service Requirement:
Males born after must be registered or exempt from Selective Service
Qualifications A

Basic Requirement:
A Bachelor's Degree or higher in professional engineering
To be acceptable, the program must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; 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 A 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 professional 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), 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 Test 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.

• Specified academic courses 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 above

The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum as described in the Basic Requirements above.

• 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
B

Specialized Experience:
One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position
To qualify at the GS-07 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector
Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement

Creditable specialized experience includes:

• Applying aerospace, and/or weapons, space and support hardware systems engineering principles and practices.
• Communicating orally and writing technical reports or memoranda.
• Analyzing facts, conditions and data to draw conclusions and make recommendations

C

Education Substitution:
Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work
Education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S
Department of Education
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If using education to meet basic qualifications, YOU MUST SUBMIT A TRANSCRIPT as supplemental documentation
To qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess:1 year of graduate-level education or superior academic achievement
D

Combination:
Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualifications and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages
The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level
Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grade GS-07
E
Additional Experience and Training Provisions for Graduates of

Engineering Programs:
a) Superior academic achievement at the baccalaureate level in an engineering program is qualifying for GS-7; b) Applicants with an engineering bachelor's degree who have appropriate experience as a technician equivalent to grade GS-5 or higher may have such experience credited for grade GS-7 only on a month-for-month basis up to a maximum of 12 months; c) Successful completion of a 5-year program of study of at least 160 semester hours leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering is qualifying at GS-7
Education Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level
If the position has a minimum education requirement you MUST provide transcripts (unofficial are acceptable at the time of application) to support your educational claims
Or, if you are using education to qualify in lieu of specialized experience you MUST provide transcripts (unofficial are acceptable at the time of application) to support your educational claims
The transcripts must include your name, the name of the college or university, class/course list, completed number of credits/hours, and the date degree conferred (if applicable)
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S
Department of Education
Licenses must be current at time of application


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 school's 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
Additional information

• This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants

The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at:

Tour of Duty:
Rotating Shifts

• FLSA: Non-Exempt

Bargaining Unit:
Yes

• Selectee may be required to ser