Summary About the Position: For this announcement DAFN255930575922, current Flexible Length Modified Renewable Term (FLMRT) employees MUST apply under the Reinstatement eligibility to be considered. This position is also being filled under announcement number DAFN255930573918 for current permanent Department of Army Civilian Employees. If you are a current permanent Department Army Civilian, you must apply under announcement number DAFN255930573918 to be considered. . Responsibilities Act as a lead to stand up the newly formed Vehicle Electronics and Architecture (VEA) branch defining roles and responsibilities, establishing clear goals, and building a team that works cohesively within the branch, as well as across other branches. Lead and motivate a team of high performing associates to assure Science and Technology (S and T) and Customer funded projects within Vehicle Electronics and Architecture (VEA) are managed and executed at the highest level of professionalism. Demonstrate technical understanding of leadership techniques and best practices to help direct reports grow and succeed, apply Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness (LOE) principles in interactions with your associates. Demonstrate an understanding of Vehicle Data and Network Architectures, Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) and hardware/software integration. Oversee and maintain close work relationships with engineering and management personnel within Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) Vehicle Electronics and Architecture (VEA) and across United States Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM). Provide continued development, maturation, and promotion of vehicle platform-based data, network architectures, data standards and interfaces, and integration and testing of software applications onto hardware to meet project specific requirements. Demonstrate systems knowledge of combat and tactical vehicle electrical and electronic systems, subsystems and their behaviors. Collaborate with technical teams internally and externally to apply Vehicle Electronics and Architecture (VEA) developed products to larger fielded system solutions beyond Research and Development (R and D). Manage a work unit of approximately 8-15 associates including assigning work to subordinates, developing employee performance standards, preparing employee performance evaluations, developing and providing training, etc. Serve as rater for functional branch associates. Provide advice, counsel, and instructions on work and administrative and personnel matters to subordinates. Administrate minor disciplinary measures such as warnings and reprimands and recommending and executing actions in more serious cases. Ensure that Individual Development Plans (IDPs) are initiated, implemented, and reviewed. Interview and select candidates for vacant positions. Implement Employee Equal Opportunity (EEO) and Sexual Harassment Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) policies and communicates support of these policies to subordinate Determine qualifications, selections, assignments, training, promotions, details, discipline, and awards to employees. Mentor subordinate employees to include career counseling, advancement, education, training, and professional development. Work to maintain a safe work environment in accordance with Safety Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and address allegations of noncompliance. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Reinstatement In order to qualify, you must meet the education and 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 Requirement 08XX Engineer Series: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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. NOTE: You MUST submit a copy of your transcripts. 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), 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) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration, by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or 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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program. 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 degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. (You MUST submit a copy of your transcripts along with a letter of reference stating that you have at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. The letter must be signed by the engineer who provided the professional engineer supervision. It must also include their name, phone number, and list their engineer credentials such as engineer education or professional certificates). NOTE: An applicant who meets the basic requirements as specified in A or B above, except as noted under B.1., may qualify for positions in any branch of engineering unless selective factors indicate otherwise. Basic Requirement for the 1301 Series-Physical Scientist: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics. OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to one of the majors, as shown in A above, that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Basic Requirement for the 1310 Series-Physicist: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in physics, or related degree that included at least 24 semester hours in physics. The courses must have included a fundamental course in general physics and, in addition, courses in any two of the following: electricity and magnetism, heat, light, mechanics, modern physics, and sound. OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major in physics totaling at least 24 semester hours, plus appropriate experience or additional education. The courses must have included a fundamental course in general physics and, in addition, courses in any two of the following: electricity and magnetism, heat, light, mechanics, modern physics, and sound. Basic Requirement for the 1320 Series-Chemist: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in the physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering that included 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by course work in mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics; OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: Course work equivalent to a major in the physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering, including at least 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Basic Requirement for the 1550 Series-Computer Scientist: A bachelor's degree (or higher) in computer science or bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 SH must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus. Please see Education section for additional education requirements. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Communications Customer Service Leadership Program Management Technical Competence Education In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: To qualify at the DB/DE-03 Category II (GS-12 Step 1, thru GS-14 Step 10 equivalent grade level): Your resume must clearly describe at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the DB/DE-02, higher-end of the Pay Band (equivalent to GS-11 grade level) in the Federal service which includes: (1) Managing and executing programs within the DoD Acquisition Lifecycle; (2) Demonstrated knowledge and familiarity with DoD 5000.02 and its application to major Acquisition Programs; (3) Communicating critical information to senior leadership through briefings and written examples; (4) Leading projects and teams towards defined productivity metrics and results in a technical environment; and (5) Using project management principles and techniques, systems engineering tools and best practices, advanced design methodologies, and risk management. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service DB/DE-02 (equivalent to the higher end of GS-11). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. NOTE: TRANSCRIPTS ARE REQUIRED even if you are a current federal employee. Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute education for experience. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S. Department of Education websites at - http://www.opm.gov/qualifications and http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html . 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/ . Additional Information Position may be filled as a TERM Appointment not-to-exceed (NTE) four (4) years. Term appointments may be extended beyond of six (6) years, up to eight (8) years. With DoD approval, Term appointments may be extended beyond eight (8) years. Current permanent Federal employees (to include permanent Army employees) applying for a Term appointment will be appointed/converted into a Term appointment with no statutory return rights back to a permanent position. Term positions may be terminated at any time at management discretion. Selectee must be informed in writing regarding the nature and consequences of accepting the appointment. The selectee must complete the Statement of Understanding - Conditions of Term Appointment or Statement of Understanding - Conditions of Temporary Appointment. Command may appoint using the Flexible Length Modified Renewable Term (FLMRT) Authority. FLMRT applicants must apply under Reinstatement eligibility. Position may be made permanent without further competition. Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. Three-year Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratory trial/probationary period may be required if not already completed. One-year supervisory probationary period may be required if not already completed. Direct deposit of pay is required. 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) Engineering & Technical Management Career Field (16) position. 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. Recruitment/Relocation incentives will not be authorized. Student Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) may or may not be authorized at agency discretion. This is a Critical Acquisition Position. Must execute, as a condition of appointment, a written agreement to remain in Federal service in the position for at least three years. In signing such agreement, the employee does not forfeit any employment rights, nor does such an agreement alter any other terms or conditions of employment.