Supervisory Materials Engineer, AST Aerospace Metallic Materials Position Available In Madison, Alabama

Supervisory Merials Engineer, AST Aerospace Metallic Merials Nional Aeronautics and Space Administrion Summary Serves as Branch Chief for the Merials Science and Metallurgy Branch (EM31) within the Merials and Processes Laborory. Leads, plans, and manages applied research and development for merials science, metallurgy, merial characterizion and failure analysis processes for aerospace systems, launch vehicles, spacecraft, equipment and facilities. Provides technical leadership and guidance to multi-discipline engineers in advanced merials concepts for metallic aerospace applicions. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 08/26/2024 to 08/30/2024 Salary $149,470

• $191,900 per year Pay scale & grade GS 15 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Marshall Space Flight Ctr Huntsville, AL Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 15 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Yes Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

MSFC-24-IMP-12513510-LC

Control number 805651700 This job is open to Internal to an agency Current federal employees of this agency. Clarificion from the agency Current Marshall Space Flight Center federal employee serving on a career, career-conditional, Schedule A for individuals with disabilities, or NASA term appointment th provides eligibility to convert to a permanent appointment or a current NASA employee on a long-term rotional assignment to the NASA Engineering and Safety Center or the NASA Safety Center. Videos Duties Plan, direct, and execute projects, manage human resources and direct costs of the Branch; provide technical leadership and guidance to team leaders and staff on requirements, goals, and objectives for aerospace engineering merials development. Manage applied research and development of merial science, characterizion, and metallic process solutions for aerospace technologies; interface with Agency stakeholders, government entities, and industry on applicion development. Oversee new and emerging technologies, such as additive manufacturing, metal recycling, alloy development, in-space welding optimizion using advanced characterizion technologies, scanning electronic and optical microscopy techniques. Provide expert technical direction and support for the Branch; collabore across the Lab, Center, and Agency in the applicion of advanced metallic merials and processes and their applicion to aerospace systems, processes, and operions. Develop resource requirements, project plans, policies, procedures, budget and integred schedules for aerospace merials programs and projects; monitor project performance and manages employee training and development to support the mission. Perform a full range of supervisory duties which includes assigning and evaluing work; recommending personnel actions; taking disciplinary actions; and identifying training needs and developing employees. Foster a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovion. Champion NASA’s commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to cree an environment th promotes a commitment to safety, integrity, and teamwork. Requirements Conditions of Employment Current Federal employees must meet qualificions, time in grade, and 90 days after competitive appointment requirements by the closing de of the announcement. If selected, you required to complete a financial disclosure stement. A one-year supervisory probionary period may be required. Qualificions In addition to the Basic Educion Requirement (in the Educion 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 qualificion and ring requirements specific for Aerospace Technology (AST) positions which recognizes NASA’s unique aerospace work. The specific qualificions and minimum educion requirements are further described below and within the educion section of the job announcement. To qualify for GS-15, you must have one year of directly reled specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level: Providing engineering advice and guidance for the development and implemention of innovive merial characterizion methods, failure analysis techniques, merial selection approaches, and merial science; Leading or participing on a team of multi-discipline engineers and scientists conducting analyses, testing, and recommending solutions for technical issues encountered in the development and use of metallic merials or reled processes for aerospace systems; Collaboring with engineers across the Agency, center, industry partners, and academia stakeholders, providing technical advice on metallic merial applicions, merial failure analysis techniques and merial characterizion approaches. Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrive description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience stements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference merial constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualificion and losing considerion for the job. NASA prohibits the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted tool in drafting applicion and assessment responses. Please to review NASA’s guidance on the use of AI tools during the applicion process.

Educion Basic Educion 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 th has ABET accredited engineering programs b) Physical Science, Mhemics, Life Science or other field of Science c) Computer Science th included 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours of course work in any combinion of mhemics, stistics and computer science with least half of those hours in mhemics and stistics courses th included differential and integral calculus; and th provided an in-depth knowledge of theoretical and practical applicions of computer science, including digital computer system architecture and system software organizion, the represention and transformion of informion structures, and the theoretical models for such representions and transformions. If you did not complete a qualifying bachelor’s degree, you may be eligible if you have obtained a gradue degree in an AST qualifying field, as listed above. Degrees in engineering technology are not considered qualifying for this position. Engineering degrees earned within the

United Stes:

Engineering degrees earned within the United Stes must be from a college or university th has least one ABET accredited engineering program. To find out if a school has least one ABET accredited program, please . Engineering degrees earned outside the

United Stes:

Engineering degrees earned outside the United Stes must be recognized by a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA), often known as accords. These are non-governmental agreements among organizions th accredit academic degree programs. MRAs recognize the substantial equivalence of mure accredition systems and programs accredited by signory organizions within their jurisdictions. For a listing of Signories, please , . Science and other reled degrees earned within the

United Stes:

Science and other reled degrees must have been awarded from colleges or universities th are accredited by recognized accrediting organizions. For a list of schools th meet this criteria, go to . Science and other reled degrees earned outside the

United Stes:

If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show th the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs. These educion credentials must be deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. For further informion, : . All degrees must have been received in the year of, or any year subsequent to the original de of accredition. Additional informion Additional selections may be made for similar positions across NASA within the local commuting area(s) of the locion(s) identified in this announcement . By applying, you agree to have your applicion shared with interested selecting official(s) within

NASA. CTAP/ICTAP

cleared for any additional selection from this announcement. If you are a current federal employee , you must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible for this position. To be eligible, you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks in a position no more than 1 grade lower than the advertised position. ( Please submit your SF-50 th shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title, series, and grade. If your eligibility for both merit promotion and/or time-in-grade cannot be determined, your applicion red ineligible).

Note:

Time-in-grade requirements also apply to applicants who have held a non-temporary, competitive service GS position in the past year. If you have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP), you must:

• Indice your eligibility when applying for a position.

The questionnaire asks you to identify your

ICTAP/CTAP

eligibility.

• Be well qualified for this position to receive considerion. Candides red in the ‘Best Qualified’ cegory are considered well-qualified. Please see ‘How You Will Be Evalued’ for more informion.
• Submit proof th you meet the requirements for

CTAP/ICTAP

as indiced in ‘Required Documents’ For additional informion about

CTAP/ICTAP

eligibility, click here

• https:// Qualified NASA term employees who have term conversion eligibility ( ) under the NASA Flexibility Act of 2004 referred and considered equally with other NASA permanent employees under internal competitive placement procedures.

Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. You evalued for this position based on how well you meet the qualificions and eligibility requirements listed in this vacancy announcement. To determine your qualificions and referral stus, we may review your resume and supporting documention and compare it against your responses to the vacancy questionnaire. Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion merials or applicion questionnaire may result in your removal from considerion. You assessed on the following competencies: Customer Service Merials Engineering Merials Science and Engineering Merials Test Engineering Metallurgy Oral Communicion Teamwork Technical Competence NASA considers paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Under NASA’s quality grouping process, applicants assessed on the position competencies and placed in one of three groups identified and defined below: Best Qualified Group

• Applicants who demonstre a superior level of all evaluion criteria. Highly Qualified Group
• Applicants who demonstre a sisfactory level of the evaluion criteria. Qualified Group
• Applicants who demonstre the basic qualificions, with general knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Candides eligible for ICTAP/CTAP, reemployment priority or priority considerion referred before other candides, as necessary. If no such candides apply or are eligible to be referred, the following candides sent to the hiring official for employment considerion: Best Qualified merit promotion candides. Highly Qualified merit promotion candides may also be referred, if additional candides are needed. Qualified candides eligible for considerion under Schedule A or VRA in accordance with veterans’ preference rules, as applicable. Qualified candides th are eligible for special hiring authorities or non-competitive hiring authorities. NASA will not ask you to disclose criminal history record informion during the applicion process or before we make a conditional/tentive offer of employment. If you apply for this position and are selected, NASA will conduct a suitability/security background investigion after you accept a tentive job offer. If you feel you are asked to disclose your criminal history before you accept a tentive offer and wish to file a complaint within 30 days, please contact: . Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have

• whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee.

You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. A complete applicion package includes a resume, required documents and completion of the vacancy announcement questionnaire.

Please see this guidance:

. Your resume should describe your specialized experience and support your answers to the vacancy announcement questionnaire. If you are using a Curriculum Vitae (CV) as a resume, it must meet all requirements listed above for a complete resume package. Please note : if any of the following types of informion are included on your resume, your applicion package disqualified: Classified or government sensitive informion. Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion, such as age, gender, religious affiliion, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents If your resume contains any of the above informion, you must redact th informion prior to the submission of your applicion.

The following documents are required:

Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript As listed in the Educion section above, this position has a basic educion requirement. To be found qualified, you must provide a copy of your college transcript th fully demonstres you meet the requirements listed in the Educion section. You may provide either an unofficial transcript or a copy of an official transcript. Failure to provide a complete copy of your college transcript th shows you have completed a required degree program or coursework will result in you being found not qualified. You may need to submit other supporting documents (Notificion of Personnel Action SF-50, licenses, certificion, veterans preference, etc.), depending on your answers to the questionnaire and job announcement description, th you may have to submit, please verify your applicion. Do not submit an OF-306 with your applicion. If you are a surplus or displaced employee (CTAP and ICTAP), submit proof th you meet the requirements for

CTAP/ICTAP.

This includes copies of your agency notice, most recent Performance Ring and most recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) noting current position, grade level, and duty locion. If you are a veteran and you are claiming veterans’ preference, you must submit a DD214, Certifice of Release from Active Duty, which shows des of service and discharge under honorable conditions. For more informion on veterans’ preference and possible other supporting documents th you may have to submit, please . Official documents are required the time of appointment for verificion of eligibility and qualificions. How to Apply Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion and have all required informion available. We encourage you to provide a complete description of your educional achievements and include both paid and non-paid work in the experience portion of your resume. If you submit a resume th does not contain the required informion, you may lose considerion. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online applicion, to include the initial online assessment and submission of the required documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: 1. To begin the applicion process, you will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion process. Once logged in to your account, click on the “Apply” link. 2. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. We strongly encourage you to utilize the USAJOBS resume builder when creing your resume. Using the resume builder will help you ensure your resume includes important informion reled to your qualificions and eligibility for this position. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. During the applicion process you can review, edit, delete and upde your informion. We’ll automically save your progress as you go, so you won’t lose any changes. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. 3. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the ‘Include Personal Informion’ section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the vacancy questionnaire which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify all required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. 4. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. NASA’s online applicion process provides step by step guidance to ensure you provide all needed informion. If you are unable to apply online, please contact for assistance. Be advised

• applicion merials faxed, emailed, and/or mailed to Marshall Space Flight Center will not be accepted for this announcement.

NASA provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you are an applicant with a disability and need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact center listed on the job vacancy announcement. The decision on granting reasonable accommodions on a case-by-case basis. Agency contact informion NASA d Services Contact Center Phone Fax 1-866-779-6772 Address Marshall Space Flight Center Marshall Space Flight Ctr Huntsville, AL 35811 US Next steps Once you submit your applicion package, you will receive an acknowledgement email. Throughout the process you will receive regular stus updes through USAJOBS. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : . If you are found qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for further considerion. Whether or not you are contacted for an interview depends upon the locion of the position and the judgment of the hiring manager. If you are selected, you notified by phone or email with a tentive job offer. If you fail to meet the conditions of employment or any other pre-employment requirements, such as missing a scheduled appointment, we may rescind a tentive job offer. An official, written job offer issued once all requirements have been verified. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents A complete applicion package includes a resume, required documents and completion of the vacancy announcement questionnaire.

Please see this guidance:

. Your resume should describe your specialized experience and support your answers to the vacancy announcement questionnaire. If you are using a Curriculum Vitae (CV) as a resume, it must meet all requirements listed above for a complete resume package. Please note : if any of the following types of informion are included on your resume, your applicion package disqualified: Classified or government sensitive informion. Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion, such as age, gender, religious affiliion, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents If your resume contains any of the above informion, you must redact th informion prior to the submission of your applicion.

The following documents are required:

Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript As listed in the Educion section above, this position has a basic educion requirement. To be found qualified, you must provide a copy of your college transcript th fully demonstres you meet the requirements listed in the Educion section. You may provide either an unofficial transcript or a copy of an official transcript. Failure to provide a complete copy of your college transcript th shows you have completed a required degree program or coursework will result in you being found not qualified. You may need to submit other supporting documents (Notificion of Personnel Action SF-50, licenses, certificion, veterans preference, etc.), depending on your answers to the questionnaire and job announcement description, th you may have to submit, please verify your applicion. Do not submit an OF-306 with your applicion. If you are a surplus or displaced employee (CTAP and ICTAP), submit proof th you meet the requirements for

CTAP/ICTAP.

This includes copies of your agency notice, most recent Performance Ring and most recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) noting current position, grade level, and duty locion. If you are a veteran and you are claiming veterans’ preference, you must submit a DD214, Certifice of Release from Active Duty, which shows des of service and discharge under honorable conditions. For more informion on veterans’ preference and possible other supporting documents th you may have to submit, please . Official documents are required the time of appointment for verificion of eligibility and qualificions. How to Apply Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion and have all required informion available. We encourage you to provide a complete description of your educional achievements and include both paid and non-paid work in the experience portion of your resume. If you submit a resume th does not contain the required informion, you may lose considerion. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online applicion, to include the initial online assessment and submission of the required documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: 1. To begin the applicion process, you will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion process. Once logged in to your account, click on the “Apply” link. 2. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. We strongly encourage you to utilize the USAJOBS resume builder when creing your resume. Using the resume builder will help you ensure your resume includes important informion reled to your qualificions and eligibility for this position. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. During the applicion process you can review, edit, delete and upde your informion. We’ll automically save your progress as you go, so you won’t lose any changes. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. 3. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the ‘Include Personal Informion’ section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the vacancy questionnaire which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify all required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. 4. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. NASA’s online applicion process provides step by step guidance to ensure you provide all needed informion. If you are unable to apply online, please contact for assistance. Be advised

• applicion merials faxed, emailed, and/or mailed to Marshall Space Flight Center will not be accepted for this announcement.

NASA provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you are an applicant with a disability and need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact center listed on the job vacancy announcement. The decision on granting reasonable accommodions on a case-by-case basis. Agency contact informion NASA d Services Contact Center Phone Fax 1-866-779-6772 Address Marshall Space Flight Center Marshall Space Flight Ctr Huntsville, AL 35811 US Next steps Once you submit your applicion package, you will receive an acknowledgement email. Throughout the process you will receive regular stus updes through USAJOBS. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : . If you are found qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for further considerion. Whether or not you are contacted for an interview depends upon the locion of the position and the judgment of the hiring manager. If you are selected, you notified by phone or email with a tentive job offer. If you fail to meet the conditions of employment or any other pre-employment requirements, such as missing a scheduled appointment, we may rescind a tentive job offer. An official, written job offer issued once all requirements have been verified. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 08/26/2024 to 08/30/2024 Salary $149,470

• $191,900 per year Pay scale & grade GS 15 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Marshall Space Flight Ctr Huntsville, AL Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 15 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Yes Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

MSFC-24-IMP-12513510-LC

Control number 805651700 ., .