Aerospace Engineer (Transport Airplanes Product Policy Advisor)

Federal Aviation Administration •

Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States

Position Type: Contractor

Job Description:

The incumbent serves as Senior Product Policy Advisor (PPA) in the Aircraft Certification Service (AIR). The Senior PPA provides regulatory and policy expertise for transport category airplanes. As stewards of the entire product type, the Senior PPA maintains a comprehensive view to identify, assess, and resolve key policy issues, gaps, and risks.

Duties

The Senior PPA collaborates with other internal/external stakeholders to advance priorities, develop, and maintain AIR rulemaking, guidance, directives, and consensus standards. The Senior PPA also guides the development of new project-specific policy, provides recommendations for setting research direction and priorities, and addresses internal/external inquiries on cross-cutting product-related issues.

Serves as a subject matter expert on the views and policies for transport category airplanes, as well as with other salient FAA policies and airworthiness requirements. The incumbent plans and accomplishes highly complex and challenging projects/programs and other work activities under the minimal direction of a manager, project/program manager, or team leader. May act as a principal technical specialist, project/program manager, or team leader on significant, complex or high priority activities. Provides recommendations to the Product Policy Manager relating to policies, priorities, practices, and procedures based on comprehensive knowledge of the regulatory framework that underpins the design and certification of aircraft or related systems. Provides support in establishing safety initiatives and recommendations for setting research direction and priorities.

May represent the Product Policy Manager at meetings and interacts with other lines of business/staff offices, as well as internal and external stakeholders on issues related to the Technical Policy Branch, which requires an extremely high degree of tact and diplomacy. Often represents Product Policy Section as a principal point of contact to provide advice and guidance on the application of policies and procedures. Applies structured techniques to complex organizational initiatives, to include impact analysis, communications planning, readiness assessment, and project planning. Identifies and resolves complex and challenging problems or issues, which cross organizations, and outlines improvement goals and/or priorities.

Assignments frequently require knowledge and experience working across functional and/or organizational lines. Typical assignments may include supporting establishment of priorities for the Product Policy Section, and outreach to industry groups, foreign authorities and other FAA offices to promote the policies of the Product Policy Section. Assignments include extensive research and comprehensive understanding of engineering principles and concepts utilized in the aerospace industry, and direct responsibility for project/program management, regulatory or guidance material development, and participation in the development of industry consensus standards.

The incumbent has a lead role in drafting, reviewing, and editing reports or documents for final approval prior to external distribution. Presents briefings to obtain consensus/approval on policies. Uses broad policies and historical decisions to provide general guidance for addressing issues, many of which require the development of new or improved safety approaches. Draws on experience to solve unusual problems and may create new solutions and approaches, as the situation requires.

Provides policy guidance and instructions to others to solve difficult technical issues. Resolves all but unique technical problems without the intervention of management. Develops plans, techniques, and policies to address current or anticipated problems and issues. Works with senior management to jointly solve problems.

Work is reviewed rarely, typically through status reports and at project completion, to ensure technical compliance and alignment with the requirements of the project or other work activity. Has broad discretion to ensure alignment of organizational goals and policies, and the requirements of the projects and/or other work activities.

Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:
Requirements Conditions of Employment

US Citizenship is required.
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).
This position has a positive education requirement. Transcript(s) required.
Employee will report to an FAA facility.
This is not a remote position, a duty location must be selected.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: Successful completion of a full four-year professional engineering curriculum leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in engineering in an accredited college or university. To be acceptable the curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the ABET as a professional engineering curriculum; 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); (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics; OR,

ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENTS: Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional 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:

Professional registration: Current registration as a professional engineer by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico;
Written Test: Evidence of having successfully passed the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination, or the written test required for professional registration, which is administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico;
Specified academic courses: Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum as described in paragraph A;
Related curriculum: - Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, e.g., physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance.

Specialized Experience: In addition to the basic requirements, all applicants must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade (FV-I FG/GS-13) in the Federal government. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Specialized experience must include.

Experience establishing milestones and goals, and preparing briefing materials containing conclusions and recommendations for assigned programs

Experience influencing managers or team members to accept and implement findings and recommendations on policy/program effectiveness

Also, to view the full Individual Occupational Requirements for entry into this occupation, visit the following OPM webpage: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf

As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

Education

This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications. If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment. You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page).

Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration.

Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation.

Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university. A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.

Required Documents

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING EDUCATION:
Transcripts are not required from current FAA employees who have occupied an Engineering position in the FAA. If you are not a current FAA employee in an Engineering position or other career field with a minimum education requirement, you MUST submit a copy of your unofficial college transcript(s) or a list of courses, grades earned, completion date, and quarter and semester hours earned by the closing date of this announcement. If selected, official transcripts will be required. Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html

Current or Former Federal employee (including a current FAA employee):
You MUST submit a copy of your most recent (non-award) SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, or equivalent document that verifies tenure (block 24, code1 or 2). Failure to provide the required documentation by the closing date of this announcement will result in non-consideration for this position.

Applicants claiming eligibility for the Expanded Veterans Hiring Opportunity (EVHO), MUST submit a DD Form 214 reflecting character of service to verify eligibility by the closing date of the announcement as requested by the Human Resource Office. Eligibility for EVHO will be considered based on applicable documentation submitted by the closing date.
This position has a positive education requirement; college transcripts are required for ALL candidates newly appointed to the FAA in the 0800 (Engineering) series.

College transcripts must be submitted from current FAA employees applying for internal vacancies if they have never held a position in the 0800 (Engineering) series with the FAA.

College transcripts are not required from current FAA employees who are currently occupying an 0800 (Engineering) series.

If selected, official transcripts are required prior to employment.

If you are a current or former Federal employee (including a current FAA employee), you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.

If you are a current Federal employee and need a current copy of your SF-50, please contact your personnel office. If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/. If you are a former Federal employee, you can obtain a copy of your SF-50 by writing the National Personnel Records Center Annex, 1411 Boulder Boulevard, Valmeyer, IL 62295. Additional information is available from this link: https://www.archives.gov/st-louis/opf.

Expanded Veterans Hiring Opportunity (EVHO) are preference eligibles and veterans who are honorably discharged from the Armed Forces after completing at least three (3) years of continuous active service. Applicants claiming eligibility for EVHO, MUST submit a DD Form 214 reflecting character of service to verify eligibility by the closing date of the announcement as requested by the Human Resource Office. Eligibility for EVHO will be considered based on applicable documentation submitted by the closing date.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Salary Range: $92,964 - $144,121

Job Ident #: 796483200

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