Flight System Manager

Flight Systems Manager

Summary : What General Information Do I Need To Know About This Position? Salary : $142,488 (Step 01) to $185,234 (Step 10); NOTE : First time hires to the Federal Government are typically hired at the Step 01. This is an interdisciplinary position and is being advertised concurrently with the following announcements : Open to current or former Federal employees : USGS-RES-26-12830709-ST-KF A recruitment or relocation incentive MAY be authorized in filling this position.

Responsibilities : As a Flight Systems Manager within the Earth Resources Observation Science Center some of your specific duties will include :

• Serving as a recognized authority and principal expert of Landsat flight and ground systems providing day to day flight and ground systems operations oversight and leadership for Landsat missions.
• Directing and evaluating government and contractor performance to ensure space flight and ground operations are conducted according to standard operating procedure.
• Advising and consulting with a wide range of executive leadership, program coordinators, managers, federal agency partners, and international space agency partners on flight and ground operations issues and associated impacts on Center, USGS, and national programs.
• Providing technical leadership to managers regarding satellite flight dynamics and control, spacecraft bus power systems, imaging instrument payloads, space and ground communication systems, and data processing and storage systems.
• Managing flight and ground mission contracts, budgets, schedules, and risks. Works closely with USGS and NASA contracting officers to ensure mission activity is executed according to current practices, rules, and laws.
• Creating task orders, statements of work, work breakdown structures, agreements (interagency, international, etc.), and provides input to contractor performance feedback.

Requirements : Conditions of Employment Key Requirements :

Are There Any Special Requirements For This Position? Prior to appointment, the selectee will be required to take and pass, at Federal expense, a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use. From thereon, the individual may be subject to random drug testing. If selected for this position, you may be required to file one or more financial statements upon reporting and annually, some of which may be subject to public disclosure. Because this position requires travel for official business, the selectee will be required to apply for a charge card within 30 calendar days of appointment. Individuals who have delinquent account balances from a previous Government charge card will be required to satisfy their existing obligation before a new card can be issued. A background investigation will be required for this position. Continued employment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet these requirements will be grounds for termination. Throughout the recruitment and hiring process we will be communicating with you via email; therefore, it is imperative that the email address you provide when applying for this vacancy remains active. Should your email address change, please notify the point of contact identified in the vacancy announcement as soon as possible so that we can update our system.

Qualifications : Basic Education Requirement for all Professional Engineering Positions in the 0800 series : Applicants must meet A or B below to satisfy the basic education requirement for all Engineering positions, at all grade levels.

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.

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.

For GS-14 : In addition to the Basic Education Requirement as described above, applicants must meet the following to qualify for the GS-14 level : One year of appropriate specialized experience that provided the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience must be equivalent to at least the GS-13 level of difficulty and responsibility in the Federal service. Examples of such experience include : experience with Earth Observation (EO) satellite operations, Landsat flight operations, satellite flight operations, spacecraft subsystems, ground system subsystems, satellite conjunction analysis, troubleshooting / resolving spacecraft / sensor / ground system anomalies, experience with Landsat series of satellites and sensors, and / or participation as a member of a satellite mission operations or development team. Experience participating as a leader or member of national and / or international working groups related to EO satellites and imagery, presenting briefings before technical and non-technical audiences, negotiating with others to reach agreement or consensus; and / or exchanging information with the private sector or general public.

You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements for the position by the closing date of the announcement.

Education 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.

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 : https : / / www.usgs.gov / human-capital / how-foreign-education-evaluated-federal-jobs

Conditions of Employment for this Position : As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.

Additional Information : Other Information : Applicants who include vulgar, offensive, or inappropriate language or information in their application package will be ineligible for further consideration for this position. Under Executive Order 11935, only United States citizens and nationals (residents of American Samoa and Swains Island) may compete for civil service jobs. Agencies are permitted to hire non-citizens only in very limited circumstances where there are no qualified citizens available for the position. USGS employees are subject to Title 43, USC Section 31(a) and may not : (a) have any personal, private, direct or