Supervisory Aerospace Engineer, AST, Aerospace Flight Systems

About the company

Serve as a Supervisory AST in Aerospace Flight Systems (Branch Chief) for the Structural Dynamics Branch (LMD) or the Mechanical Systems Design Branch (LMP) within the Materials and Structures for Extreme Environments Division. You will be responsible for technical and supervisory leadership of a team of researchers and engineers providing design and analysis for aerospace systems, including modeling, testing, and analysis.

Your tasks

• Provide administrative and technical supervision of the Structural Dynamics Branch or the Mechanical Systems Design Branch. Oversee and evaluate work in structural dynamics or the mechanical design of aerospace systems.
• Establish strategic objectives, technical priorities, and long-term plans to advance engineering capabilities and support NASA programs, projects, and mission requirements.
• Work closely with program/project managers across the mission directorates to plan workforce allocations for the branch to support critical mission goals and requirement.
• Establish guidelines and performance expectations for staff members. Review employee performance. Implement performance modifications and take corrective actions as appropriate. Recommend employees for promotions and recognition.
• Manage and advocate for laboratory facilities, engineering tools, testing capabilities, and infrastructure while maintaining a safe and healthy work environment.
• Perform a full range of supervisory duties which includes assigning and evaluating work; recommending personnel actions; taking disciplinary actions; and identifying training needs and developing employees.

Requirements

In addition to the Basic Education Requirement (in the Education section below), to qualify for this position you must meet the requirements below and have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade, which has equipped you with the particular competencies needed to successfully perform the duties of the position described above. NASA utilizes OPM-approved qualification and rating requirements specific for Aerospace Technology (AST) positions which recognizes NASA's unique aerospace work. The specific qualifications and minimum education requirements are further described below and within the education section of the job announcement. To qualify at the GS-15 level, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level: Leading technical teams in research and development of aerospace systems involving design, modeling, testing, and/or analysis; Providing expert technical guidance on structural dynamics research and/or engineering designs for aerospace flight systems during technical reviews with project leadership; Developing and implementing long-term technical strategies to advance aerospace flight systems research, design, and/or engineering capabilities. Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job. Please visit https://www.nasa.gov/careers/how-to-apply/#Artificial-Intelligence to review NASA's guidance on the use of artificial intelligent (AI) or AI-assisted tools during the application process.

This position requires education or exceptional experience Basic Education Requirement: You must have successfully completed a bachelor's degree with a major in one of the following: a) Engineering from a college or university that has ABET accredited engineering programs b) Physical Science, Mathematics, Life Science or other field of Science c) Computer Science that included 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours of course work in any combination of mathematics, statistics and computer science with at least half of those hours in mathematics and statistics courses that included differential and integral calculus; and that provided an in-depth knowledge of theoretical and practical applications of computer science, including digital computer system architecture and system software organization, the representation and transformation of information structures, and the theoretical models for such representations and transformations. If you did not complete a qualifying bachelor's degree, you may be eligible if you have obtained a graduate degree in an AST qualifying field, as listed above. Applicants who do not fully meet the basic education requirement may still be considered if they possess exceptional relevant experience, or a combination of education and experience, that clearly demonstrates significant full performance-level achievement directly related to the duties of this position. Engineering degrees earned within the United States: Engineering degrees earned within the United States must be from a college or university that has at least one ABET accredited engineering program. To find out if a school has at least one ABET accredited program, please visit http://www.abet.org. Engineering degrees earned outside the United States: Engineering degrees earned outside the United States must be recognized by a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA), often known as accords. These are non-governmental agreements among organizations that accredit academic degree programs. MRAs recognize the substantial equivalence of mature accreditation systems and programs accredited by signatory organizations within their jurisdictions. For a listing of Signatories, please visit, https://www.abet.org/global-presence/mutual-recognition-agreements/is-your-program-recognized/. Science and other related degrees earned within the United States: Science and other related degrees must have been awarded from colleges or universities that are accredited by recognized accrediting organizations. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, go to http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. Science and other related degrees earned outside the United States: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs. These education credentials must be deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/. All degrees must have been received in the year of, or any year subsequent to the original date of accreditation.