The incumbent serves as an Aerospace Engineer managing projects/programs within the AVS ODA Office. He/She is a recognized subject matter expert responsible for planning, organizing, and controlling highly complex and challenging activities necessary to meet the outcomes and mission of the AVS Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) Office. Special projects and teams are established in the ODA Office to focus on overseeing the ODA Program across AVS.
To view the complete OPM qualification standard for the Group Coverage Qualification Standard for General Engineer, Series 801, please refer to: General Engineering Series 0801 A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor’s degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; 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 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 or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) 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 Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. 3. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. 4. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor’s 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 To qualify for this position, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I, FG/GS 13. 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 is: Experience with the application of regulations and policy in managing the certification of aeronautical products to include designee/designation management and system oversight or having served as a representative of the FAA (i.e. Designated Engineering Representative or Organization Designation Authorization administrator and/or unit member) under the FAA Delegation Program. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.
Provides leadership for complex and challenging work activities for the ODA program. Work involves interaction with FAA employees and contract support staff and requires interaction with multiple stakeholders internally across AVS as well as externally with industry. Works in a team environment and must effectively collaborate, cooperate, and coordinate to meet program and project goals. Ensures open and effective communication, cooperation, and coordination with internal and external stakeholders. Identifies and resolves challenging problems or issues that often cross-organizational boundaries and impact accomplishment of strategic objectives at the AVS level. Draws on engineering experience and systems understanding to solve complex problems and create new solutions providing guidance and instruction to applicable stakeholders. Applies broad experience and comprehensive knowledge of engineering principles, theories, and concepts with a systems approach to accomplish assignments and to develop plans and techniques to improve programs and policies. Understands how their technical and program responsibilities interacts with other considering the objectives of all stakeholders across AVS and Industry when developing, integrating, and implementing solutions to diverse, complex problems. Applies safety management principles, advanced engineering knowledge, risk management techniques and a systems approach to safety oversight. Responsible for program oversight and project management as it relates to application of technical and procedural requirements of the FAA ODA Program. Plans and accomplishes highly complex and challenging projects/programs and other work assignments. Plans the implementation of projects/programs under minimal direction of a manager. Typical assignments may include: providing guidance to less experienced employees to resolve technical or procedural issues; serving as a project/program manager or team leader for significant program activities; leading other members of the work-group towards commonly shared goals; coordinating with other FAA team members and stakeholders to ensure that all concerns and possible conflicts are addressed and resolved in an effective manner; defining and developing internal AVS ODA Office policies, governance and procedures; collaborating with AVS policy offices and other stakeholders to develop recommendations for new policies, procedures, and approaches that take into consideration FAA policies, government-wide rules, regulations and external concerns. Collaborates directly with internal and external stakeholders to promote continuous improvement and effective utilization of the AVS ODA Program through recommendations that affect policy, training, communication, data management, system oversight, performance management, and safety. Promotes consistency of FAA audit functions across AVS under the ODA Program through evaluation of ODA holder oversight data and risk-based decision making, development of performance measures and analyzing of data to evaluate the effectiveness of the ODA Office and the ODA Program as it relates to safety. Predicts potential issues and proposes preventive actions often requiring the development of new approaches. Identifies and informs management of problems that require their attention. Prepares technical documents, which compels others to take action, instructs and assigns tasks to others in carrying out activities, or explain the purpose, goals, and objectives of policy/regulations. Reviews, and edits reports or contractual documents for final approval prior to external distribution. Presents briefings to obtain consensus/approval on policies. Coordinates significant technical matters with representatives of external organizations.