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Public Notice - Research Physical Scientist/Physicist (Direct Hire)
Langley Research Center · Posted 12 days ago
About the Role
Positions to be filled are in various organizations at the following NASA Centers - Langley Research Center and Glenn Research Center. NASA may fill positions in any of the following series and at any grade level listed in this announcement (GS-1301, 1310 at the GS-11/12/13/14/15). These positions focus on research in the physical sciences and related scientific disciplines.
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.
- →Leads and conducts advanced research, experimentation, modeling, and analytical studies on mission-critical physical and measurement systems.
- →Formulates research hypotheses, develops rigorous experimental designs, applies advanced scientific and remote-sensing techniques, and interprets highly complex observational and remotely sensed data to derive defensible conclusions.
- →Directs multidisciplinary scientific research across organizational boundaries and provides authoritative guidance to senior officials on complex physical science investigations and emerging scientific phenomena.
- →Disseminates and communicates research findings and emerging science and technology trends through publications, technical products, presentations, and briefings to inform executive leadership and programmatic decisions.
- →Represents the organization in scientific forums, research panels, and technical reviews at the agency and interagency levels.
- →Develops and approves research standards, scientific protocols, technical specifications, measurement requirements, validation approaches, and analytical methodologies for program- or enterprise-level investigations.
- →Advances measurement systems, instrumentation, algorithms, and analytical techniques through performance assessment, field demonstration, and validation.
- →Authors high-impact technical reports, scientific assessments, and publications that inform strategic decisions and future research directions.
- →Provides scientific mentorship and fosters development of researchers across experience levels.
- →Serves as a recognized authority in the physical sciences, advancing organizational research capability and long-term scientific workforce development.
- →Represents the organization in research collaborations with contractors, academia, partner agencies, and external scientific bodies.
- →Leads scientific reviews, study teams, and investigative groups requiring senior-level physical science expertise.
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: 991b65dd-219b-47bd-ab4c-337b7e4122e4
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