interdisciplinary - Patuxent River, United States - USAJobs

Description

• OPNAV N98: Pentagon assignment serving as the Science and Technology Coordinator supporting the Director, Air Warfare in Arlington, VA.
• The Science and Technology Coordinator provides analysis using research tools, economics, and other quantitative techniques in the areas of procedural implementations and performance issues.
• Specific duties include support of all pre-Milestone A activities to include studies, Science and Technology, and Requirements definition.
• The coordinator will collaborate with Naval Aviation Enterprise stakeholders to facilitate working relationships.
• OPNAV N2/N6: Pentagon assignment in support of N2/N6, the Navy's primary office for resourcing such capabilities as intelligence, cyber warfare, command and control, electronic warfare, battle management, oceanography and meteorology.
• ONR Code 31:? Assignment with the Office of Naval Research in support of Code 31.
• Code 31 supports research in Mathematics, Electronics, Computer and Information Sciences and their applications in Command and Control, Communications, Cyber, Electronic Warfare, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance.
• Air Force Armament Directorate (AFLCMC/EB):? Eglin AFB assignment serving as an assistant Navy Research and Development coordinator to the Branch Chief.
• The coordinator works for the Disruptive Futures Division providing insight into current NAWCWD weapons system technologies, technological and manufacturing readiness, and applicability to specific missions of interest to the Armament Directorate.
• Specific duties include routine updates to the Branch Chief on development timelines, demonstration events, cooperative development opportunities and potential project planning.
  
  Requirements
  
  Conditions of Employment
  • Must be a US Citizen.
  • Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
  • Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
  • New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-
  • Generally, current federal employees applying for STRL jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower pay band. This requirement is called time-in-band. Time-in-band requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
  • Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
  • Males born after must be registered for Selective Service.
  • You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final secret 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.
    
    Qualifications
    
    In addition to the basic education requirements, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the DP-04 pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate some or all of the following: 1) Providing support for the execution of the processes behind Navy Science & Technology Investments; 2) Providing quantitative analysis using research tools, economics, and other quantitative techniques in the areas of procedural implementations and performance issues; 3) Supporting the development of Science & Technology roadmaps and concept developments for current and future Programs of Record; 4) Providing Science & Technology inputs and /or recommendations, and familiarity with Science & Technology products and processes; 5) Subject matter expertise in one or more area of technology as demonstrated by leadership of or participation in a basic research, applied research or advanced technology effort.
    
    Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:
    
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    1515:
    
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    1550:
    
    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:
    
    0801 :
    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.
    
    1310:
    Degree: physics; or related degree that included at least 24 semester hours in physics.
    or
    Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in physics totaling at least 24 semester hours, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
    In either A or B above, the courses must have included a fundamental course in general physics and, in addition, courses in any two of the following: electricity and magnetism, heat, light, mechanics, modern physics, and sound.
    1515:
    Degree: in operations research; or 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.
    
    1520: Degree: mathematics; or the equivalent of a major that included at least 24 semester hours in mathematics.
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    Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in mathematics (including at least 24 semester hours in mathematics), as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
    The total course work in either A or B above must have included differential and integral calculus and, in addition, four advanced mathematics courses requiring calculus or equivalent mathematics courses as a prerequisite.
    1550:
    Bachelor's degree in computer science or bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus. All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions.
    
    Additional information
    
    This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.
    
    Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.
    
    A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.
    
    Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at:
    
    Temporary promotions may be extended up to 5 years at the discretion of management and in accordance with applicable regulations.
    
    Temporary actions taken under this announcement may be terminated at any time before the established not-to-exceed date.
    
    ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link:
    
    Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.
    
    A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized.
    
    Additional rotational assignments that might become available may be filled by applicants to this ad.? These could include opportunities at other Naval Warfare Centers, other DoD Laboratories, Navy Program Offices, OUSD(R&E), and DoD Test ranges.? If you have an interest in an NSTEP assignment you are encouraged to apply, even if these specific positions are not necessarily of interest.??