What are the responsibilities and job description for the Research Acoustician (25-16 RHW Research Acoustician) position at Reef Systems?
Research Acoustician (25-16 RHW Research Acoustician)
INTRODUCTION:
The 711th Human Performance Wing (711 HPW), headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, is the first human-centric warfare wing to consolidate human performance research, education and consultation under a single organization. Established under the Air Force Research Laboratory, the 711 HPW is comprised of the Human Effectiveness Directorate (RH) and the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM). The Wing delivers unparalleled capability to the Air Force through a combination of world class infrastructure and expertise of its workforce of military, civilian and contractor personnel encompassing 75 occupational specialties including science and engineering, occupational health and safety, medical professions, technicians, educators, and business operations and support.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES:
The Warfighter Interactions and Readiness Division (RHW) located within RH is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Research Acoustician to support our Cognition and Modeling Branch’s (RHWE) RDT&E efforts.
The contractor shall meet all requirements per the basic contract and provide professionally and technically qualified individual(s) to perform all tasks in the following paragraphs to fulfill the requirements of this task order.
Mandatory Qualifications
INTRODUCTION:
The 711th Human Performance Wing (711 HPW), headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, is the first human-centric warfare wing to consolidate human performance research, education and consultation under a single organization. Established under the Air Force Research Laboratory, the 711 HPW is comprised of the Human Effectiveness Directorate (RH) and the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM). The Wing delivers unparalleled capability to the Air Force through a combination of world class infrastructure and expertise of its workforce of military, civilian and contractor personnel encompassing 75 occupational specialties including science and engineering, occupational health and safety, medical professions, technicians, educators, and business operations and support.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES:
The Warfighter Interactions and Readiness Division (RHW) located within RH is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Research Acoustician to support our Cognition and Modeling Branch’s (RHWE) RDT&E efforts.
The contractor shall meet all requirements per the basic contract and provide professionally and technically qualified individual(s) to perform all tasks in the following paragraphs to fulfill the requirements of this task order.
Mandatory Qualifications
- The contractor employee shall possess a minimum of 5 years’ experience in digital modeling physics or engineering research.
- The contractor employee shall possess a Ph.D. in a qualifying acoustics university program, or Master of Science degree and at least three (3) years’ experience modeling and simulation in noise source and noise propagation modeling.
- The contractor employee shall have three (3) or more peer-reviewed publications in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA), Noise Control Engineering Journal (NCEJ), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Aeroacoustics, or related acoustics journals.
- The contractor employee shall have three (3) or more aircraft acoustics field data collection experiences. Some experiences with traditional manned DoD aircraft preferred, but non-traditional aircraft (e.g. rockets, electric vehicles, air taxis, or uncrewed aerial vehicles) are also preferred.
- The contractor employee shall be able to be granted a Secret Clearance, with the Contractor initiating the investigation immediately upon award.
Highly Desired Qualifications:
- Familiarity with the primary DoD, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) digital modeling tools for aircraft noise simulation in existence and under development.
- Prior experience with the digital library archive and standard formatting of DoD aircraft noise datasets, currently stored at 711 HPW/RHWE.
- Active Secret Clearance.
Tasks:
- The contractor employee shall have a signed Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) in place based on the potential access to confidential, proprietary, and/or sensitive information. The NDA shall be provided to the Government Program Manager by start of performance.
- The contractor employee shall assist with the direction of or recommend new RDT&E efforts across the physical acoustics and bioacoustics technical subject matter areas.
- The contractor employee shall conduct and evaluate technical reviews of research proposals, SOWs, and project reports at the discretion of the government representative.
- The contractor employee shall maintain or guide aircraft noise data collection capabilities and will conduct experiments to study the acoustic properties of materials and effects of sound waves in different environments including fieldwork to record and document data.
- The contractor employee shall develop and implement numerical models to simulate acoustic phenomena using software tools and analyze experimental data to draw conclusions about sound propagation and mission-related impacts.
- The contractor employee shall prepare reports, research papers, and briefings to communicate findings to both internal and external stakeholders.
- The contractor employee shall collaborate with interdisciplinary teams on projects involving acoustic measurement, material testing, and environmental assessments.
- The contractor employee shall serve as the focal point for requirements, and recommend the purchasing and maintenance of laboratory equipment used for acoustic testing and analysis.
BASE SUPPORT:
The contractor shall be provided office/laboratory space, furniture and equipment, routine office/laboratory supplies, computer hardware and software necessary to perform tasks described in this performance work statement. The government will also provide telephone service and access to a fax machine and a copier as required. All software and hardware, passwords/access to military Internet/E-mail and applicable database will be available within the scope of the contract. The contractor shall comply with local, AF and DoD policies.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Work shall be accomplished at Building 441 WPAFB, OH 45433 beginning on 5 May 2025. Temporary alternate work locations may be assigned as circumstances dictate by the Contracting Officer Representative.
Work schedule is normally Monday – Friday, 7:30 AM – 4:30 PM ET; however, there may be times when it is necessary for the contractor to work after duty hours in support of specific tasks. Although schedule may have to be flexible, it will not exceed 40 hours per week.
U.S. Citizenship:
Employee must be a U.S. citizen. For the purpose of base and network access, possession of a permanent resident card (“Green Card”) does not equate to U.S. citizenship.
TRAVEL:
Contractor may be required to travel when authorized to participate in customer business line related travel, to include meetings and conferences, to fulfill respective mission goals. Such travel will only be as directed and coordinated through the Government two weeks in advance of all contractor travel in order to obtain proper authorizations. The specific travel locations, duration, and number of trips will be upon direction of the Government without modification to the task order, as long as adequate travel funding is available in accordance with the resulting task order. When travel is identified, the contractor shall provide an estimate of all travel costs by location, broken out by item, to the Reef System’s Program Manager and Government for review prior to travel. Contractor shall be responsible for shipping equipment in support of required travel. The Contractor shall submit an estimate of shipping costs along with the travel estimate for the government approval prior to the shipping of the items.
SECURITY:
The contractor shall provide OPSEC protection for all sensitive/critical information and indicators involved in execution of this contract/Task Order, as defined by AFI 10-701 (Operations Security). 711 HPW Critical Information and Indicators are protected under the 711 HPW Operations Security Program and the 711 HPW Critical Information and Indicators List (CIIL). Contractor employees granted access to critical information and indicators shall be provided initial OPSEC training by the 711 HPW OPSEC Coordinator upon in-processing and prior to being granted access to CIIL items related to the contract/Task Order. The contractor shall also participate in 711 HPW’s annual OPSEC training and education programs, which includes periodic updates and refresher training on CIIL items applicable to the contract/Task Order. The 711 HPW OPSEC coordinator shall evaluate the OPSEC posture of AF contract activities and operations.
All documents, including papers, abstracts and posters shall be cleared by AF prior to public release.
DELIVERABLE:
Contractor Progress, Status and Management Report (PSMR).
On a monthly basis, the contractor shall provide a status report. The information will be on project status and describe the work accomplished. The contractor shall also identify any issues/problems anticipated in schedule or cost ceiling during the next reporting period.
The report shall have five sections:
- Project Title, Time Period of report, Date
- Performance: Current status of deliverables, measured against project expectations.
- Schedule: Have scheduled activities and milestones been completed on or before time, and impact of delays.
- Costs: Are there any actual or significant deviations, are significant costs adequately explained in terms of project plans? (i.e., large initial equipment purchase, followed by labor related costs.)
- Risk: Are there known or anticipated opportunities or events that will or can affect project.
Technical Report – Study/Services:
- All reports and data shall be submitted in a non-proprietary, easily transferrable format.
- All reports, data, findings and literature shall be property of the 711 HPW/RH. The contractor shall not reuse or distribute project information without the express permission of 711 HPW/RH and shall retain all 711 HPW/RH origin markings.
Point of Contact for Immediate Consideration:
Art Mata
amata@reef-sys.com
