SummaryThis position is part of the Department of Defense (DoD), Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The incumbent will be responsible for representing MDA/QS on field visits to various Services, Commands and Program Offices to assist in the planning, development, acquisition, and execution of the quality, mission assurance, and assurance programs and processes.
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This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Acq Demo Engineering and Technical Management to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
As a General Engineer at the NH-0801-4 broadband level, some of your typical work assignments may include:
- Directing, reviewing, coordinating, and implementing broad strategies, policies and procedures for programming, planning, developing, acquisition, and execution of the quality, mission assurance, and assurance integration programs for a specific program or project. Providing administrative and technical continuity required in the development of the program and preparation and publication of appropriate MDA regulations, instructions, guidance documents, and correspondence for execution of the program.
- Providing overall planning, direction, control, and management of division activities. Establishing program criteria and standards, formulates quality, mission assurance, and assurance integration programs, and validates program requirements. Monitoring and directing major elements to division work tasks including (a) development of policies and guidance for the organization, operations and management of the division; (b) assignments and delegation of responsibility; (c) organization of sections for functional structure and technical effectiveness, and (d) direction of the technical and administrative operations of the division.
- Planning, directing and controlling broad aspects of the development and maintenance of policies and criteria by which MDA acquires/supports its Quality, Mission Assurance, and Assurance Integration Program. Coordinates activities with the Services, the Service Higher headquarters, OSD, other federal officials, Congressional representatives, and community and private sector individuals. Ensuring lessons learned are shared within the Quality, Safety, and Mission Assurance community as well as other Program/Project/ Element Offices to prevent mistakes from being repeated. Ensures MDA's Quality, Mission Assurance, and Assurance Integration programs conform with and are fully integrated to support Missile Defense System (MDS) testing.
- Serving as an expert on Quality/Mission Assurance and technical consultant to MDA program/project offices, Service higher headquarters, Military Service Major Commands, field offices and OSD on planning, development, acquisition, and execution matters. Assisting in development corporate plans, policies, and procedures on a selected basis. Available to appear before MDA panels, boards, steering groups, committees, senior MDA officials, and Congressional Committees to support, defend, and address issues pertaining to MDA's Quality, Mission Assurance, and Assurance Integration program.
- Representing MDA/QS on field visits to various Services, Commands and Program Offices to assist in the planning, development, acquisition, and execution of the quality, mission assurance, and assurance programs and processes. Serving as technical consultant on policy issues affecting program quality, mission assurance, and assurance integration and ensures that functions and operations are performed uniformly, economically and in accordance with MDA policies and procedures. Representing MDA at various industry forums or other outside activities as required.
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Conditions of employment- Must be a U.S. Citizen
- Occasional Travel
- Work Schedule: Full-time
- Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
- Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation
- May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
- Overtime: Occasionally
- Tour of Duty: Check Maxi Flex
- Recruitment Incentives: Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees based on agency policy and availability.
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
- Financial Disclosure: Required
- Telework Eligibility: This position is not telework eligible.
- This position is subject to an initial drug screening, and random testing thereafter. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position.
- Must obtain/maintain Non-critical Sensitive/Secret security clearance
- This is an acquisition position coded Practitioner in Engineering and Technical Management. Incumbent must obtain mandatory Back-to-Basics (BtB) certification within 60 months of entry into position.
- Must acquire 80 Continuous Learning Points every 24 months
QualificationsYou may qualify at the NH-04 Broadband Level, if you fulfill the following qualifications:
One year of specialized experience equivalent to the NH-03/GS-13 grade level in the Federal service as listed below and must meet 3 of the 6 specialized experience listed below to be qualified:
- Working with entry/exit criteria associated with Program milestone reviews and Software engineering development life cycle (requirements, design, implementation, and test) to include Agile/iterative software development processes.
- Evaluating software design, code, test and operational data for compliance with mission assurance and safety requirements for missile defense systems.
- Working with software architecture, systems and software engineering practices to include proficiency in model-based software development tools, Modular Open System Approach (MOSA), Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) principles, and artificial intelligence (AI) for software capability development.
- Evaluating software development activities, software development lifecycle, methodologies, reliability, reusability, metrics and programming tools.
- Leading quality and mission assurance teams, developing quality and mission assurance criteria, standards, and implementing quality and mission assurance requirements for contracts.
- Evaluating software hazard identification, analysis, and risk mitigation efforts to identify safety-critical software functions and verify the implementation of appropriate safety-critical Level of Rigor (LOR) tasks.
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.
In addition to meeting qualifications, your application package must reflect the applicable experience to meet the Individual Occupational Requirements for the 0801, series as listed below:
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf
Individual Occupational Requirements Basic Requirements:
A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's 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.
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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:
1. 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.
2. Written Test Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional 1For more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org. 2The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html. 1 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 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.
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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all inclusive.)
NOTE: Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.EducationSubstitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.
All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.
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. For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html
Additional informationOther Notes:ACQUISITION POSITION: This position requires Acquisition Workforce Level Practitioner in Engineering & Technical Management Certification prior to hiring is not essential but must be accomplished within 60 months after entry into this position.
RE-EMPLOYED ANNUITANT: This position DOES NOT meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf.
All applicants must meet qualifications and eligibility criteria by the closing date of the announcement.
Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see Who Needs to Register | Selective Service System : Selective Service System (sss.gov))
This position is subject to an initial drug screening, and random testing thereafter. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment.
You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position.
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