Materials Engineer Security Clearance

Position: MATERIALS ENGINEER with Security Clearance
Duties
* You will be required to either individually develop, or lead the development of, testing procedures to resolve the most complicated, critical in-service failure modes threatening the readiness of Naval aviation.
* You will develop and modifies their engineering efforts, objectives, and methodology in the course of planning and conducting their team's work.
* You will provide engineering guidance, mentorship and technical direction to senior-level engineers locally and nationally in the understanding and proper application of new developed techniques and testing methodologies.
* You will provide mentorship to journey and senior level engineers in the proper application of advanced techniques in electron microscopy, instrumentation, aircraft crash investigation, and problem solving.
* You will coordinate technical work and liaisons with high-ranking technical officials across NAVAIR, private industry, professional associations, and academia.
* You will conduct classes, seminars and workshops to educate and train developing, journey, and senior level engineers in advanced air vehicle engineering policies, processes, procedures, methods and techniques.
* You will apply novel materials engineering and component service principles to complex problems to ensure that solutions do not create undesirable systemic conditions. Requirements Conditions of employment
* Must be a US Citizen.
* Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
* Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
* New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
* Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
* Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
* Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
* You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
* This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
* This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the

Functional Area

and Tier assigned to the position, along with Continuous Learning (CL) points, are required within established time frames. Qualifications Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:
1)

Experience with planning, coordinating, developing, refining, and conducting complex Failure Analysis and Mishap Investigations while utilizing specialized analytical equipment including:
Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM), Digital/Optical Microscopes, as well as other metallographic equipment/techniques.
2)

Experience with related engineering fields including such as mechanical, metallurgical, and aeronautical engineering
3) Experience planning, coordinating, developing analysis that then directs changes with regard to material selection, manufacturing techniques, maintenance materials and processes relevant to the results of the investigations of failed aircraft components.
4)

Experience with fixed wing, rotary wing, and/or vertical flight aircraft systems and subsystems, industrial processes, maintenance concepts, and operational plans such as to enable the incumbent to plan technical work and make final decisions to resolve problems and concerns. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: AND Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Education Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:
Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) in a…