Aerospace Engineer (Training Portfolio Manger)

The Aerospace Engineer serve within Aircraft Certification Service (AIR) as the Training Portfolio Manager. He/She plans and accomplishes highly complex/challenging projects/programs and other work activities under the minimal direction of a manager or other experienced engineer.

Qualifications:

Basic Requirements: Successful completion of a full four-year professional engineering curriculum leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in engineering in an accredited college or university. To be acceptable the curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the 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); (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics; OR,

Alternative Requirements: 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:

• Professional registration: Current registration as a professional engineer by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico;
• 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;
• 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;
• 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.

Specialized Experience: In addition to the basic requirements, all applicants must demonstrate at least 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade (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 includes:

• Experience converting procedural requirements into functional design to provide reliable and accurate course development; AND
• Experience as an Aerospace Engineer in the certification, continued operational safety, and/or designee management of aircraft

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or priority grouping and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

Responsibilities:

The incumbent applies experience and comprehensive knowledge of engineering principles, theories, and concepts to coordinate improved technical aerospace engineering training and development concerning the certification, continued operational safety, and/or designee management of aircraft. Assignments frequently require knowledge and experience working across functional and/or organizational lines.

Typical assignments may include:
• Develops and coordinates Aerospace Engineer training policy.
• Analyzes, evaluates, and defines sensitive, complex technical training requirements for the operational Aerospace Engineer work force and designees.
• Validates currency of existing courses in respective curriculums; determines content gaps in curriculum and assesses effectiveness of the curriculum through various methods that may include interviews, surveys, and other assessment tools.
• Collaborates and coordinates with FAA LOBs, AVS service units, industry, international, academia, and bargaining units on areas of common interest pertaining to training of Aerospace Engineers.
• Acts as focal point within AIR for all things pertaining to Aerospace Engineer technical training.
• Recommends strategies for closing curriculum gaps through internal training development or acquisition from internal and/or external content sources; recommends new projects and participate in training needs analysis teams.
• Ensures alignment of curriculum with AIR business objectives, policy changes, workforce competency models, career paths, innovative technologies, and hiring trends.
• Tracks and interprets workforce data such as relevant position descriptions, job analysis tools, competency models, and other relevant data for trends that may impact curriculum development.
• Collaborates with training developers and stakeholders in reviewing AIR training programs to provide recommendations and inform future course development or revision.

The incumbent serves as a principal technical specialist, and plans and accomplishes highly complex and challenging projects/programs and other work activities under the minimal direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced engineer.

Broad policies and objectives provide general guidance for addressing issues, but allow considerable discretion to develop new and innovative approaches. The incumbent draws on his/her experience to solve unusual problems and may create new solutions and policy interpretations as the situation requires.

Resolves all but unique technical problems without the intervention of management or a more experienced engineer. Develops plans, techniques, and policies to address current or anticipated problems and issues. Work is reviewed rarely, typically through status reports and at project completion, to ensure technical compliance and alignment with the requirements of the project or other work activity.