Interdisciplinary Computer Engineer/Aerospace Engineer

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What General Information Do I Need To Know About This Position? Salary: $143,913 (Step 01) to $187,093 (Step 10); NOTE: First time hires to the Federal Government are typically hired at the Step 01.

This is an interdisciplinary position and is being advertised concurrently with the following announcements: Open to current or former Federal employees: USGS-RES-26-12903773-ST-KF A recruitment or relocation incentive MAY be authorized in filling this position.

BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT for all Professional Engineering Positions in the 0800 series: Applicants must meet A or B below to satisfy the basic education requirement for all Engineering positions, at all grade levels.

A.

Degree in 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: 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.

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.

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.

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.) For GS-14: In addition to the Basic Education Requirement as described above, applicants must meet the following to qualify for the GS-14 level: One year of appropriate specialized experience that provided the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.

This experience must be equivalent to at least the GS-13 level of difficulty and responsibility in the Federal service.

Examples of such experience include: experience with Earth Observation (EO) satellite operations, Landsat flight operations, satellite flight operations, spacecraft subsystems, ground system subsystems, satellite conjunction analysis, troubleshooting/resolving spacecraft/sensor/ground system anomalies, experience with Landsat series of satellites and sensors, and/or participation as a member of a satellite mission operations or development team.

Experience participating as a leader or member of national and/or international working groups related to EO satellites and imagery, presenting briefings before technical and non-technical audiences, negotiating with others to reach agreement or consensus; and/or exchanging information with the private sector or general public.

You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements for the position by the closing date of the announcement. Major Duties:

As a Flight Systems Manager within the Earth Resources Observation Science Center, some of your specific duties will include: Serving as a recognized authority and principal expert of Landsat flight and ground systems providing day to day flight and ground systems operations oversight and leadership for Landsat missions.

Directing and evaluating government and contractor performance to ensure space flight and ground operations are conducted according to standard operating procedure.

Advising and consulting with a wide range of executive leadership, program coordinators, managers, federal agency partners, and international space agency partners on flight and ground operations issues and associated impacts on Center, USGS, and national programs.

Providing technical leadership to managers regarding satellite flight dynamics and control, spacecraft bus power systems, imaging instrument payloads, space and ground communication systems, and data processing and storage systems.

Managing flight and ground mission contracts, budgets, schedules, and risks.

Works closely with USGS and NASA contracting officers to ensure mission activity is executed according to current practices, rules, and laws.

Creating task orders, statements of work, work breakdown structures, agreements (interagency, international, etc.), and provides input to contractor performance feedback.

Conditions of Employment for this Position: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.

This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service.

In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: - your performance and conduct; - the needs and interests of the agency; - whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and - whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized.

In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated.

Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.