SUPV PRINCIPAL GEN MATH & STATISTICIAN/GEN ENGINEER/GEN PHYS SCIENTIST - DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY

Full Time
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Posted
Job description

Duties

  • Serves as the Commander's primary senior interface with AFRL customers, along with the MALs, to identify, understand, and document prioritized gaps and communicate customers? needs across the AFRL enterprise.
  • Ensures stakeholders understand USSF and USAF capability needs and associated technology needs in order to develop potential technology solutions addressing those needs, and to inform DAF senior leaders, and all customers, of the art of the possible.
  • Conducts regular technical progress reviews with customer leadership, including funding, personnel, and other cross-functional research/S and T/whole-of-AFRL efforts.
  • Applies expert knowledge and mastery of advanced scientific/engineering methods to provide AFRL executive leadership with assessments of the AFRL portfolio and its alignment to the highest priority needs of the DAF.
  • Strives to remove barriers to technology transfer across multiple domains: from air to space, space to air/land/sea, etc.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • U.S. Citizenship Required
  • Telework may be authorized.
  • PCS expenses if authorized will be paid IAW JTR and Air Force Regulations
  • Selectee is expected to be granted with and/or maintain the appropriate security clearance required for the position
  • The duty location for this position is located at Wright Patterson AFB, OH
  • Random drug testing may be required depending upon the position being filled.
  • Supervisory requirements may be required depending upon the position being filled.
  • Promotion potential may be authorized depending upon position being filled.
  • For additional information on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please go to https://afciviliancareers.com/find-a-job/
  • Recruitment incentives may/may not be authorized
  • The employee may be required to travel in military and/or commercial aircraft to perform temporary duty assignments
  • Work may occasionally require the employee to work outside the normal business hours
  • Males must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov
  • Disclosure of Political Appointments
  • Must file a Public Financial Disclosure Report, OGE 278, initially and on an annual basis

Qualifications

Senior Scientific Technical Managers (SSTM - DR-05) provide a continuity of technical leadership and oversight that is needed to ensure long-term stewardship of an organization's technical capabilities. Candidates are expected to have a graduate degree, significant research and development experience, and a national or international reputation in his/her field (i.e., recognized throughout the applicable community as a renowned expert).

Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least one (1) year or 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to GS-15/DR-04 in the Federal service or equivalent in an alternate pay system. Specialized experience must include professional engineering or scientific experience leading and managing scientific or technical organizations at the Directorate or Division level (or equivalent); AND experience with applying strategic principles in partnering with other organizations in government, industry, and academia.

IMPORTANT: Your resume, which captures the specialized experience requirements described above, and transcripts will determine your eligibility for referral. Applicants are required to provide separate narrative statements for the THREE categories identified below to describe concisely how your experience supports each of the following requirements. Failure to address these specific qualifications in separate narrative statements will eliminate applicants from consideration.

1. Mandatory Leading People Qualification. (Limit 1 page.)Demonstrated ability leading individuals and teams at the Division (or equivalent) level or higher for at least 12 months as a first- or second-level Supervisor, with particular emphasis on mentoring/developing team members to achieve the organization's vision and mission, managing performance, providing an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, strategically leveraging diversity, and constructively resolving conflicts.

2. Mandatory Technical Qualifications (TQs). (Limit ½ page per TQ.) TQs must provide specific examples that address relevant experience & accomplishments and clearly demonstrate technical depth & breadth related to this position. Applicants must reflect superior technical qualifications demonstrated through leadership and management in the following:
  • a) Ability to provide strategic and technical direction to lead diverse teams of scientists and engineers in the development and implementation of engagement strategies.
  • b) Ability to assist senior leadership in the development of near- and far-term scientific discovery and technical research strategies and plans.
  • c) Ability to build collaborative relationships and provide scientific & technical guidance and recommendations regarding relevant technology programs in response to critical warfighter gaps.

3. Other Desired Qualifications: (Limit 1 page).

  • a) Technical Depth and Breadth. Experience at the journeyman level or higher in at least two of the following technical areas (at least 24 months cumulatively): Science and Technology, Test and Evaluation, Product Acquisition, Product Sustainment, Intelligence, or Information Technology
  • b) Corporate Breadth and Complementary Assignment.
    • i. One or more assignment to any of following: MAJCOM/FIELDCOM/COCOM HQs; Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD); Joint Staff; SAF, Air Staff or USSF Staff; or equivalent HQ organizational level.
    • ii. One or more assignment to any positions where primary duties were outside of core Scientist & Engineer (S&E) occupational series such as those found in Program Management, Logistics, Financial Management, etc.

Education

A Baccalaureate degree in engineering or a related field AND a graduate degree (technical, scientific, or management) is required

  • General Engineering (0801) series requires: a professional engineering degree from an accredited institution is required. To be acceptable, the curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum 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.
  • General Physical Science (1301) series requires: A degree in physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics; or a combination of education and experience-education equivalent to one of the majors shown in above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
  • General Mathematics & Statistics (1501) series requires: A degree in mathematics, statistics, or actuarial science. The degree must be in a major field of study (at least at the baccalaureate level) that is appropriate for the position.

Additional information

To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a Federal job announcement includes the requirement that applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to Executive Order 14043, that requirement does not currently apply. Federal agencies may request information regarding the vaccination status of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and restriction from the workplace.


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    If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

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    Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

  • How to Apply

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    Equal Opportunity Employer. U.S. citizenship required. Must be of legal working age.

    Agency contact information

    Cassandra Conley

    Email

    cassandra.conley@us.af.mil

    Address

    EHA DHA
    550 C Street West
    JBSA Randolph AFB, TX 78150
    US

    Next steps

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  • Fair and Transparent

    The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

    • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
    • Reasonable accommodation policy
    • Financial suitability
    • Selective Service
    • New employee probationary period
    • Signature and false statements
    • Privacy Act
    • Social security number request

Required Documents

For additional information on direct hire opportunities with the Air Force please click here.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.


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