Senior Aerospace Engineer
The incumbent serves as a Senior Aerospace Engineer for large work activities. The incumbent has the responsibility for organizing, planning and conducting type certification projects and continued airworthiness activities of aircraft and aviation products under the minimal direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced engineer. He/She assures compliance of aircraft and products with the Code of Federal Regulations (CFRs) and non-US regulations governed by bilateral agreements. These compliance activities involve advanced systems and technologies which require substantial departure from previous certification methodology.Applies experience and comprehensive knowledge of engineering principles, theories, and concepts applicable to aircraft electrical or avionics systems, as well as an understanding of new technologies and methodologies, to solve complex problems and to develop improved technical processes for the organization. Considers the objectives of the major subdivisions and LOBs/SOs when developing, integrating and implementing solutions to diverse, complex problems. Assignments frequently require knowledge and experience working across functional and/or organizational lines. Typically assignments may include compliance oversight of applicant/ODA system design and integration; input into AlR's research:
and direct responsibility for project/program management of complex and/or high profile projects. Provides briefings or technical presentations to manufactures, professional organizations or foreign governments. The incumbent's expertise is relied on with the industry, AIR Designees, and the FAA to provide oversight to ensure airworthiness of FAA certified aircraft.Defines organizes, and assigns resources to accomplish organizational objectives. Allocates resources to accomplish large work activities within established schedules. Contacts are internal and external. Often represents FAA as a senior technical point of contact on projects, programs and other work activities communicates results to all levels internally (within an LOB/SO or across LOBs/SOs and externally. Plays a lead role in drafting, reviewing, and editing reports or documents for final approval prior to external distribution. Present briefings to obtain consensus/approval on policies and technical issues. Coordinates significant technical matters with representatives of external organizations.Provides input to the section manager to assist in the assignment of projects and identification of training needed for the technical staff. Trains develops and advises employees in program specialties. Prepares and conducts briefings in these areas for the purpose of training and developing other certification and continued operational safety specialists.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. The work activities typically impact directly on the objectives of one or more major subdivisions, LOB's/SO's and may impact on the objectives of the FAA. 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 for J-Band:
In addition to the basic/alternative qualification requirements identified above, all applicants must demonstrate one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade (FV-I or FG/GS-12/13). Specialized experience is experience which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position and that is typically in or directly related to work of the position to be filled. Applicants must include examples of their experience in the design, modification and/or determination of airworthiness of aircraft mechanical systems, cabin safety, aircraft electrical and/or avionics systems in their work history, to receive consideration for this specialty. Examples of SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE include:
Experience conducting type certification projects and continued airworthiness activities of aircraft aviation products, such as 1) Electrical systems, such as:
power generation, distribution, circuit protection, storage (i.e. batteries), etc OR 2) Avionics systems, such as:
electronic hardware or software for communication, navigation, surveillance, displays, warnings, etc.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
and direct responsibility for project/program management of complex and/or high profile projects. Provides briefings or technical presentations to manufactures, professional organizations or foreign governments. The incumbent's expertise is relied on with the industry, AIR Designees, and the FAA to provide oversight to ensure airworthiness of FAA certified aircraft.Defines organizes, and assigns resources to accomplish organizational objectives. Allocates resources to accomplish large work activities within established schedules. Contacts are internal and external. Often represents FAA as a senior technical point of contact on projects, programs and other work activities communicates results to all levels internally (within an LOB/SO or across LOBs/SOs and externally. Plays a lead role in drafting, reviewing, and editing reports or documents for final approval prior to external distribution. Present briefings to obtain consensus/approval on policies and technical issues. Coordinates significant technical matters with representatives of external organizations.Provides input to the section manager to assist in the assignment of projects and identification of training needed for the technical staff. Trains develops and advises employees in program specialties. Prepares and conducts briefings in these areas for the purpose of training and developing other certification and continued operational safety specialists.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. The work activities typically impact directly on the objectives of one or more major subdivisions, LOB's/SO's and may impact on the objectives of the FAA. 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 for J-Band:
In addition to the basic/alternative qualification requirements identified above, all applicants must demonstrate one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade (FV-I or FG/GS-12/13). Specialized experience is experience which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position and that is typically in or directly related to work of the position to be filled. Applicants must include examples of their experience in the design, modification and/or determination of airworthiness of aircraft mechanical systems, cabin safety, aircraft electrical and/or avionics systems in their work history, to receive consideration for this specialty. Examples of SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE include:
Experience conducting type certification projects and continued airworthiness activities of aircraft aviation products, such as 1) Electrical systems, such as:
power generation, distribution, circuit protection, storage (i.e. batteries), etc OR 2) Avionics systems, such as:
electronic hardware or software for communication, navigation, surveillance, displays, warnings, etc.
- Department:
0861 Aerospace Engineering - Salary Range:
$104,959 to $162,716 per year
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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