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John F. Kennedy Space Center · Posted today
About the Role
Positions advertised are in various organizations at Kennedy Space Center. NASA may fill positions in any of the following series and at any grade level listed in this announcement (GS-0801, 0819, 0830, 0850, 0855, 0861 at the GS-11/12/13/14/15 levels).
What You'll Do
- →Duties described below are at the highest grade advertised.
- →Duties assigned at lower grade levels will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity; duties will be commensurate with the grade of selected employee.
- →Directs technical efforts across organizational boundaries and provides authoritative guidance to senior officials on highly complex engineering matters.
- →Conducts and oversees advanced engineering analysis, design, test, and evaluation on mission-critical systems.
- →Applies expert judgment to resolve complex technical problems and recommends optimal solutions.
- →Advises executive leadership and program managers on complex technical and programmatic matters.
- →Represents the organization in high-level technical forums, boards, and reviews at the agency and interagency levels.
- →Develops and approves engineering standards, technical policies, and requirements documents at the program or enterprise level.
- →Authors technical reports and assessments that inform senior leadership decisions.
- →Provides technical mentorship and discipline leadership across experience levels.
- →Serves as a functional area expert supporting long-term organizational technical capability and engineering workforce development.
- →Represents the organization in technical exchanges with contractors, partner agencies, and external entities.
- →Leads formal technical reviews and integrated product teams requiring senior-level engineering expertise.
- →For supervisory positions, you will perform a full range of supervisory duties which includes assigning and evaluating work; recommending personnel actions; taking disciplinary actions; and identifying training needs and developing employees.
Requirements
- ✓If you did not complete a qualifying bachelor's degree, you may be eligible if you have obtained a graduate degree in an AST qualifying field, as listed above.
- ✓Degrees in engineering technology are not considered qualifying for this position.
- ✓Engineering degrees earned within the United States: Engineering degrees earned within the United States must be from a college or university that has at least one ABET accredited engineering program.
- ✓To find out if a school has at least one ABET accredited program, please visit http://www.abet.org.
- ✓Engineering degrees earned outside the United States: Engineering degrees earned outside the United States must be recognized by a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA), often known as accords.
- ✓These are non-governmental agreements among organizations that accredit academic degree programs.
- ✓MRAs recognize the substantial equivalence of mature accreditation systems and programs accredited by signatory organizations within their jurisdictions.
- ✓For a listing of Signatories, please visit, https://www.abet.org/global-presence/mutual-recognition-agreements/is-your-program-recognized/.
- ✓Science and other related degrees earned within the United States: Science and other related degrees must have been awarded from colleges or universities that are accredited by recognized accrediting organizations.
- ✓For a list of schools that meet this criteria, go to http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓Science and other related degrees earned outside the United States: 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.
- ✓These education credentials must be 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://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
- ✓All degrees must have been received in the year of, or any year subsequent to the original date of accreditation.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 48e2560b-9661-4e19-994b-c76dd2f2b00a
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