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Summary This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies.

Applications will not be accepted through this flyer.

Interested applicants must follow the directions in the How to Apply section of this flyer to be considered.

There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer.

Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

Responsibilities You will establish and execute Project Management Plans for the ARMADA unmanned surface platform.

You will lead the design, testing, integration, and production support of the wireless communication/data-link system installed on the ARMADA unmanned surface platform.

You will facilitate effective communication across the program to ensure all relevant information is collected, centralized, tracked, and distributed across the program.

You will interface with the ARMADA sponsor, other collaborating warfare centers, contract partners, and end customers.

You will support periodic sponsor and team meetings, certification panels, design reviews, local configuration control boards, working groups, and integrated product teams.

You will interface and communicate directly with the CORVUS Project Manager regarding discussions among various stakeholders in resolving issues, preparing documentation, as well as answering action items and data calls.

You will provide technical oversight and direction to contractors and field activities related to the assigned tasking and systems.

You will coordinate technical efforts to address system integration and interoperability.

You will assist the CORVUS Project Manager in weekly and monthly status reports of budget, schedule, risks, and resources.

You will assist the CORVUS Program Manager with proposals, statements of work, and Work Acceptance documents with cost and schedule inputs.

Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-03 (GS-09/11 equivalent) pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional engineer leading, planning, or executing engineering projects.

Examples of specialized experience may include: leading teams on fast-paced engineering projects with multiple stakeholders; utilizing knowledge of engineering/scientific concepts and technology to advance engineering project goals; adapting theory and/or good scientific practices to overcome engineering project obstacles.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf (opm.gov) 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 FOR THE 0801 - General Engineering series: A.

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 B.

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: http://www.nspe.org OR C.

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: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html.

OR D.

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 E.

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.

This training plan or experience must be well documented and provided at time of application.

Additional Information The selectee for this position serves as an Engineer in the Special Technology Integration Branch; Asymmetric Systems Division; Weapons Control & Integration Department of Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division.

You will serve as ARMADA Project Lead.

This position is part of the Warfare Centers Personnel Demonstration Project.

ND-04 is equivalent to GS-12/13.

This announcement uses the STRL-Bachelor's Degree direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service.

The Secretary of Defense has ordered a department-wide hiring freeze subject to certain limited exceptions.

This position is subject to the DoD hiring freeze.

Offers of employment related to this vacancy announcement will not be executed until the position has an approved exemption.

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Several vacancies may be filled.

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: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf.

Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority.

However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below.

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