Summary The position(s) covered by this vacancy announcement is in the Department of Defense (DoD) Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo). For more information please see: AcqDemo This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Acq Demo Business and Technical Management to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. Responsibilities This position is part of the Department of Defense (DoD), Missile Defense Agency (MDA). As a General Engineer at the NH-0801-4 broadband level some of your typical work assignments may include: Directs, reviews, coordinates, and implements broad strategies, policies and procedures for programming, planning, developing, acquisition, and execution of the quality, mission assurance, and integration programs for a specific program or project. Provides 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. Provides overall planning, direction, control, and management of division activities. Establishes program criteria and standards, formulates quality, mission assurance, and assurance integration programs, and validates program requirements. Monitors and directs major elements of division work tasks including (a) development of policies and guidance to 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. Plans, directs, and controls 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, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), other federal officials, Congressional representatives, and community and private sector individuals. Ensures lessons learned are shared with 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 Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) testing. Serves 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. Assists in development of 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. Represents 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 Integration Programs and processes. Serves as a 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. Represents MDA at various industry forums or other outside activities as required. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications You 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. Applicants are required to meet 3 of 4 statements in order to be qualified: Working with teams and leading integrated product teams, working groups, or special projects. Experience in quality assurance, safety, and/or mission assurance principles, practices, methods, procedures, laws, and regulations. OR Applying methods and techniques of quality disciplines in development, design, validation, and/or production/acceptance. Conducting site/field visits to various suppliers to assess quality, conduct audits, perform acceptance reviews, or pedigree reviews. Experience with government acquisition contracting regulations, practices, and procedures. 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: This position has a Basic Requirement for the 0801 series: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf 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. OR 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), 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 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: Applicants claiming eligibility under the related curriculum paragraph (4) must provide ONE of the two following documents: (a) Letter signed by the professional engineer who supervised the applicant's training plan. The letter must include the starting date and completion date of applicant's training plan and the courses, experience, and/or education completed during the training agreement; OR (b) Letter signed by a professional engineer who supervised the applicant's professional engineering work experience. The letter must include the name of the Company/Agency, dates of employment, and a description of the professional engineering duties. Please limit your resume to five pages. If more than five pages are submitted, only the first five pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. NOTE: The limit does not apply to cover letters, eligibility documents such as Standard Form (SF) 50, Military Spouse, DD Form 214, transcripts, etc. 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 Education Substitution 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. Additional Information Other Notes: ACQUISITION POSITION: This position requires Acquisition Workforce Level Practitioner in the Engineering and Technical Management category. Certification prior to hiring is not essential but must be accomplished within 24 months after entry into this position. DAWIA (Back to Basics) Certification: NON-CAP: Position requires DoD Acquisition Engineering and Technical Management, Practitioner certification within required timeframes. Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years. Click here for more details and Resources. 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))
