GENERAL ENGINEER

About this role

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS-12/13) grade level or pay band (DP-04) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: (1) Developing project planning objectives for engineering development of current and long-range programs along with maintaining knowledge of current arid future capabilities, problems, and demands upon the system(s) to provide overall technical planning; (2) Directing the development of contract engineering specifications which define system requirements and parameters, as well as specifying the criteria for evaluation of engineering portions of contractor proposals; (3) Evaluating technological developments and their applicability to the assigned program and recommending appropriate technical changes throughout the design process; (4) Conducting periodic system design reviews with representatives from all agency operating groups and contractor personnel, along with ensuring all technical and engineering requirements of the program are met including quality assurance reliability, maintainability, system compatibility, and safety engineering; and (5) Managing and coordinating the technical planning, budgeting, scheduling, and evaluation aspects of proposed and authorized in-service aircraft and aircraft equipment product improvement efforts.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf 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.