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BASIC REQUIREMENTS 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 exp. -- 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)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. 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 req. 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 PE exp. 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 exp. e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive). QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE FG/GS-5: You must meet Basic Requirements as stated above. QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE FG/GS-7: In addition to the above Basic Requirements, you must have 1 year of graduate-level education or superior academic achievement or at least 1-year (52 weeks) of Specialized Experience* equivalent to the FG-5 grade level. Specialized Experience may include but not limited to: applying basic aerospace engineering theories, concepts, and principles. QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE FG/GS-9: In addition to the above Basic Requirements, you must have 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree; or at least 1-year (52 weeks) of Specialized Experience* equivalent to the FG-7 grade level. Specialized Experience may include but not limited to: conducting engineering studies of airplane systems; collecting and analyzing data relative to aircraft performance; and participating in projects in special projects concerning performance-reliability of aerospace vehicles or equipment. QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE FG/GS-11: In addition to the above Basic Requirements, you must have 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; or at least 1-year (52 weeks) of Specialized Experience* equivalent to the FG-9 grade level. Specialized Experience may include but not limited to: participating in aerospace vehicle design and analysis; providing engineering assistance to resolve problems and restoration of less-complex aircraft systems and related equipment; and analyzing system malfunctions, deficiencies, and providing input on recommendations for improvements. QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE FG/GS-12: In addition to the above Basic Requirements, you must demonstrate in your application you possess at least 1-year (52 weeks) of Specialized Experience* equivalent to the FG-11 level. Specialized Experience may include but not limited to: collecting information and data in performing analyses of flight deck systems; implementing new procedures or requirements concerning aircraft operations or safety; and performing computational and statistical techniques for modeling. QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE FG/GS-13: In addition to the above Basic Requirements, you must demonstrate in your application you possess at least 1-year (52 weeks) of Specialized Experience* equivalent to the FG-12 grade level. Specialized Experience may include but are not limited to: experience in airborne system software development, verification, configuration management; experience in the design, test, or certification of aircraft avionics and/or electrical systems, such as power generation and distribution, communication and navigation systems, automatic flight controls, air data systems, lightning protection, electronic systems integration, system safety analysis, and airborne electronic hardware. QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE FG/GS-14: In addition to the Basic Requirements, you must demonstrate in your application you possess at least 1-year (52 weeks) of Specialized Experience* equivalent to the FG-13 grade level. Specialized Experience may include but are not limited to: designing, directing, and evaluating research efforts required to develop and substantiate data used in developing/refining standards and criteria for aircraft operations, flight dynamics, flight mechanics, aircraft systems and other aeronautical issues; and conducting wake turbulence analyses. QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE FG/GS-15: In addition to the Basic Requirements, you must demonstrate in your application you possess at least 1-year (52 weeks) of Specialized Experience* equivalent to the FG-14 grade level. Specialist Experience may include but are not limited to: managing and directing the work performed by engineers, technical, & administrative personnel, leading safety and flight test risk management studies/projects, etc.; utilizing analytical tools in identifying trends in flight safety; and managing resources to improve or maintain the quality and effectiveness of assigned aerospace engineering programs. *Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that are typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Applicants should include examples of Specialized Experience in their work history. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
The Incumbent may perform professional engineering duties/responsibilities in planning, research, development, design, test and evaluation, analysis, production, fabrication, operation, type certification, and/or maintenance of aerospace vehicles or integrally associated equipment. Position opportunities also may include responsibilities in investigating phenomena encountered in aerospace flight, monitoring and analyzing unknown or unfamiliar aerospace vehicles, piloting aerospace vehicles, developing aviation safety standards and regulations, as well as staff/team leadership and guidance related to aerospace engineering programs. The work requires application of scientific and engineering principles in the field of aeronautics and astronautics, such as aerodynamics, aeroacoustics, astrodynamics, computational fluid dynamics, fluid mechanics, flight dynamics, flight structures, thermodynamics, flight propulsion, and energy conversion. Reference U.S. OPM Individual Occupational Requirements for Professional Engineering Positions https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf in conjunction with the Group Qualification Standard for Professional & Scientific Positions https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-PROF.