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Qualifications:To qualify for a Mechanical Engineer, your resume and supporting documentation must support:
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:
1. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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).
AND
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. In addition to meeting the Basic Requirement above, to qualify for the GS-14 grade level, specialized experience must be at the GS-13 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment,
minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes:

• Leading complex mechanical and structural design analyses, utilizing finite element analysis (FEA) to resolve structural stress and shock design problems.
• Coordinating all project phases from initial layout and site selection to final structural code compliance and on-site engineering inspections.
• Negotiating contract proposals and technical terms with private-sector firms and DoD construction agents.
• Managing program finances and presenting budgets to senior officials.

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.
The incumbent will be designated as Non-Combat Essential (NCE). In the event of a crisis situation, the incumbent may be required to deploy via temporary reassignment or be required to stay in place to support contingency operations. This position may require deployment in support of a contingency operation where such deployment may subject the incumbent to Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) jurisdiction. The incumbent may be required to take part in readiness exercises. This position cannot be vacated during a national emergency or mobilization without seriously impairing the capability of the organization to function effectively; therefore, the position requires the incumbent to be screened from military recall. Positions identified as EE are subject to deployment to combat support situations. Deployment will be via Temporary Duty (TDY) orders. Deployment may entitle the employee to additional monetary compensation dependent upon the deployment location. Additional allocations are based on the Department of State's determination of a combat zone.Education:

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

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