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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) - General Engineer (Arlington, VA)




Job Title: General Engineer - SV-0801-J
Department: Department Of Homeland Security
Agency: Transportation Security Administration
Job Announcement Number: HQ-OSC-TA62-12-498710
SALARY RANGE:     $88,648.00 to $137,402.00 / Per Year
OPEN PERIOD: Thursday, June 21, 2012 to Friday, July 13, 2012
SERIES & GRADE: SV-0801-J
POSITION INFORMATION: Full Time - Permanent
PROMOTION POTENTIAL: J
DUTY LOCATIONS: 1 vacancy(s) in the following locations: Arlington, VA, US
WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED: Open to all U.S. Citizens.

The salary listed includes Locality Pay of 24.22%.

This position is located in Arlington, VA.

JOB SUMMARY:


Do you desire to protect American interests and secure our Nation while building a meaningful and rewarding career? If so, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is calling. DHS components work collectively to prevent terrorism, secure borders, enforce and administer immigration laws, safeguard cyberspace and ensure resilience to disasters. The vitality and magnitude of this mission is achieved by a diverse workforce spanning hundreds of occupations. Make an impact; join DHS.
Securing Travel, Protecting People - At the Transportation Security Administration, you will serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting America's transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce. For additional information about our agency please visit http://www.tsa.gov/join/index.shtm

KEY REQUIREMENTS


You must possess U.S. Citizenship or be a U.S. National.
You must complete a favorable Background Investigation (BI).
You must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.


DUTIES:


If you are selected for this position, you will serve as a General Engineer in the Requirements and Systems Engineering Branch of the Mission Analysis Division of the Office of Security Capabilities (OSC), Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).  You will be responsible for leading the TSA Mission Analysis Division Systems Engineering effort to conceptualize, design, and integrate the next generation of commercial aviation security screening systems for deployment at the nation's airports. You will lead a group of subject matter experts and coordinates and collaborates on technical efforts with DHS Science and Technology, TSA program offices, external stakeholders, and contract support personnel.

Duties include:

    Conducting studies and analyses to determine the feasibility of various advanced engineering approaches for future programs or to resolve major controversial problems in current programs.
    Facilitating requirements documentation, including coordination within OSC and across TSA as necessary and compliance with management directives and regulations for requirements and acquisition.
    Communicating information on complex engineering products and collaborating with OSC Program Offices, other branches within Mission Analysis, the Office of Security Operations, and other stakeholders to ensure effective collaboration between the Requirements and Systems Engineering Branch and other internal TSA organizations.
    Planning and executing highly complex engineering projects in a manner that is consistent with the strategic objectives of TSA's risk-based security initiatives.
    Leading and managing the development of a large scale open network architecture for integrating network-enabled Transportation Security Equipment (TSE).
    Leading initiatives in support of the development of a risk framework to improve the analysis of mission requirements, gaps, and needed capabilities in order to support risk-based security.



QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:


Basic Requirements for all Engineer Positions (must meet A or B):


A. Bachelor's or higher degree in professional engineering. To be acceptable, the curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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); 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 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:

1. Professional Registration - Current registration as a professional engineer 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 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. Applicants who have passed the EIT examination and have completed all the requirements for either (a) a bachelor's degree in engineering technology (BET) from an accredited college of university that included 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences, or (b) a BET from a program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) may be rated eligible for certain engineering positions at GS-5. Eligibility is limited to positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of the engineering technology program. Applicants for positions that involve highly technical research, development, or similar functions requiring an advanced level of competence in basic science must meet the basic requirements in paragraph A. Because of the diversity in kind and quality of BET programs, graduates of other BET programs are required to complete at least 1 year of additional education or highly technical work experience of such nature as to provide reasonable assurance of the possession of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for professional engineering competence. The adequacy of this background must be demonstrated by passing the EIT examination.

3. 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.

4. 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. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)

NOTE: You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your education claims. Refer to the Required Documents section of his announcement for details. All materials must be submitted by the vacancy announcement closing date.


TSA will only accept online applications via USAJobs. To view the full description and apply online, please visit http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/319733000

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