General engineer Jobs in Washington, DC

Summary

This is a Direct Hire Public Notice. Please read this Public Notice in its entirety prior to submitting your application for consideration.

This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS) Assistant Chief Information Officer - Satellites (ACIO-S) with one vacancy in Silver Spring MD.

Duties

As a General Engineer you will perform the following duties :

• Lead a team of engineers and scientists in preformulation and formulation phases of new satellite systems and instruments acquisition projects. Research and manage satellite projects into an operational environment. Develop and oversee the implementation of designs specifications and other standards for the production of hardware and software and the results of science and engineering studies.
• Oversee the development acquisition integration installation and acceptance of small-scale satellite flight projects. Manage the development of pre-formulation budgets and plans for new satellite projects. Define project concepts and system performance specifications for those projects.
• Provide technical direction for the development implementation and management of an integrated sound and effective program that is responsive to identify national and agency needs for global environmental data from satellites.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT :

Requirements

Conditions of employment

This position will be filled under the DOC Alternative Personnel Systems (CAPS). This system replace the Federal GS pay plan and structure. Under CAPS positions are classified by career pay plan and pay band.

The ZP-5 is equivalent to the GS-15.

Key Requirements :

Additional Considerations :

As a condition of employment for accepting this position for those required to serve a 1-year probationary period we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public determining if your employment advances the public interest we may consider :

Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification in writing that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Managements website located at : REQUIREMENTS : This position requires applicants to meet a Basic Education Requirement in addition to at least one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience in order to be found minimally qualified. Transcripts must be submitted with your application package. You MUST meet one of the following basic education requirements :

To qualify for the 0801 series :

EDUCATION :

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 :

Note : An applicant who meets the basic requirements as specified in A or B above except as noted under B.1. may qualify for positions in any branch of engineering unless selective factors indicate otherwise.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE : Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies / knowledge skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government.

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.

To qualify at the ZP-5 or GS-15 level :

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE : In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above applicants must also possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZP-4 or GS-14 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following :

Education

Substitution of education for specialized experience is not applicable to this vacancy.

This position has a positive Education Requirement. You are required to provide all unofficial transcripts (undergraduate graduate etc.) by the closing date of this announcement or you will be disqualified from further consideration. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript you must submit an official course description from the college / university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken. We may only consider documentation provided prior to the closing date of the announcement. Please see degree and experience requirements in the Qualifications section.

Note : An official college transcript will be required before you can report to duty.

Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated visit : OPM Foreign Education Evaluation

Additional information

ICTAP and CTAP Candidates : Eligible for selection priority if it is determined that the applicant is well qualified. Information about ICTAP eligibility is on OPMs Career Transition Resources website at : Employee Guide to Career Transition.

CTAP applicants MUST submit the following documents :

ICTAP applicants MUST submit the following documents :

NOAA uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities please visit : FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

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.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits.

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Required Experience :

IC

Key Skills

Electrical Engineering,Construction Experience,Data Collection,Mediation Experience,Military Experience,Renovation,Ftp,Calculus,Natural Language Processing,Budgeting,Differential Equations,DoD Experience

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Yearly Salary Salary : 169279 - 197200