Summary This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Acq-Demo Business and Technical Management Career Path (NH) to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: Program Executive Office Simulation, Training and Instrumentation's (PEO STRI) diverse and highly qualified workforce of more than 1,000 military, civilian and contracted personnel work closely with its industry, academia, and military. Responsibilities Performs system and software engineering required to support the acquisition and life cycle management of PEO STRI systems which involves the design, integration, test, and management of complex systems composed of hardware, computers, and software. Provides technical evaluation of the contractor’s performance and is the technical lead for the Government's acquisition team. Serves as the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), provides technical guidance and clarification to contractor on Work Statement (WS), specification and Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL), and takes collective action when required. Evaluates contractors' proposals for technical content, applicability to RFP, value, and schedule impact. Serves as the technical lead on concept formulation effort by performing or managing the required engineering functions to explore and formulate material concepts for PEO STRI systems. Supports fielding and sustainment of PEO STRI systems through Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), modification reviews, and analysis by providing recommendations on these actions. Evaluates and executes Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) related to virtual, constructive, and live simulation, simulators, training systems, instrumentation, and interoperability requirements. Prepares coordinated tests plan (CTP), decision documents, and associated resource and budget estimates. Serves as technical lead on the acquisition of existing systems under the foreign military sales program. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Education Requirements (IOR) For Engineering Positions: Basic Requirement for 800 Series Computer Engineer, Electronics Engineer: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in 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. (Official Transcripts must be submitted with conferred date.) 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. (Official Transcripts must be submitted with conferred date.) 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 inclusive.) (Official Transcripts must be submitted with conferred date.) Basic Education Requirement for Operations Research Analyst- 1515. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in operations research. OR A bachelor's degree with at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics. At least 3 of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus. (Official Transcripts must be submitted with conferred date.) Basic Requirement for Computer Scientist 1550: Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in computer science or bachelor's degree (or higher degree) with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus. All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions. (Official Transcripts must be submitted with conferred date.) You must submit a copy of ALL your transcripts with the application package, which includes your bachelor's transcripts even if you have a Master's degree. In addition to the basic education requirement listed above, you must also meet the specialized experience requirement listed below: Specialized Experience: In order to qualify for this position, an applicant's resume must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the NH-02 (GS-11 equivalent) grade level in the Federal service which includes: 1) Performing system and software engineering tasks to support acquisition and life cycle management; 2) Providing technical engineering support for assigned programs involving systems engineering techniques; and 3) Monitoring project's established resource limits to ensure projects remain on target with projected milestones. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (NH-02/GS-11). Education FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been 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 You must submit a copy of ALL your transcripts with the application package, which includes your bachelor's transcripts even if you have a Master's degree. Additional Information Direct Deposit of Pay is required. This position requires you to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is a(n) Science, Engineering and Analysis Career Field position. (CP-16) Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest. Relocation and Recruitment incentive may be authorized if deemed in the best interest of the Federal Government. This position is SPECIAL-SENSITIVE (SS)/HIGH RISK requiring a Top-Secret / SCI security clearance and personnel must pass a drug screening prior to hiring and thereafter. The duties of this position meet the criteria for compliance with Federal and Department of the Army Drug Free Workplace Programs. This position is subject to a pre-employment screening, and random testing thereafter. Personnel are required to sign DA Form 5019-R (Condition of Employment for Certain Civilian Positions Identified as critical under the Department of the Army Drug-Free Federal Workplace Program). This is a DOD Demonstration Project position. Under the Defense Authorization Act, personnel management demonstration programs are operating in numerous Army activities and various other organizations supported by Army civilian personnel centers. Under the streamlined personnel operations for the demonstration projects, the familiar 15 General Schedule grade structure is replaced with broad pay bands that typically encompass a range of grades. For example, acquisition jobs in level NH-III of broad banding encompass the traditional GS-12 through GS-13 grades. Other initiatives under the demonstration projects include simplified job classification, streamlined hiring processes, and expanded developmental opportunities. Acquisition Back To Basics Certification: This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position. Selectee must meet position requirements for (FOUNDATIONAL-ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT) certification within 36 months as of entrance on duty. This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Acq-Demo Business and Technical Management Career Path (NH) to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. A one-year probationary period maybe required due to ACQ Demo DHA hiring authority requirements.