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Public Notice - Research Engineering (Direct Hire)
Langley Research Center · Posted 12 days ago
About the Role
Positions advertised are located in various organizations at Langley Research Center (LaRC) and Glenn Research Center (GRC) and focus on research and development in engineering and related technical disciplines. NASA may fill positions in the GS-0801, 0806, 0830, 0850, 0854, 0855, 0861, and 0893 series at the GS-11/12/13/14/15 grade 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.
- →Lead and conduct engineering research, experimentation, modeling, and analytical studies to advance scientific understanding and NASA research objectives.
- →Formulate research hypotheses, develop methodologies, analyze observational and experimental data, and draw evidence-based conclusions from engineering investigations.
- →Lead multidisciplinary research activities and provide technical guidance and recommendations on scientific and engineering investigations.
- →Develop research standards, study protocols, measurement requirements, analytical methods, and validation approaches supporting research investigations.
- →Advance measurement systems, instrumentation, algorithms, and analytical techniques through research, testing, performance assessment, demonstration, and validation.
- →Communicate research findings and emerging science and technology through publications, technical products, presentations, briefings, scientific forums, and technical reviews.
- →Lead or participate in research collaborations with NASA organizations, contractors, other agencies, academia, and external partners to advance research objectives.
- →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.
- ✓Applicants who do not fully meet the basic education requirement may still be considered if they possess exceptional relevant experience, or a combination of education and experience, that clearly demonstrates significant full performance-level achievement directly related to the duties of 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: 773ebcd8-9abd-4e81-9b5d-d3518cacbae4
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