Duties
The United States Space Force (USSF) at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida is searching for a Safety Engineer to support SLD 45/SEAT (NH-0803-03, GS 12/13 equivalent).
Description:
Serves as the Range Safety point of contact for assigned programs/functions including, but not limited to: launch vehicles, FTS, payloads, ground support equipment and related facilities. The engineer coordinates all Range Safety support activities. Such activities include but are not limited to: safety technical interchange meetings, formal Program Introduction, program requirement documents, statement of capability, hardware reviews, procedure reviews, anomaly/incident resolution, and launch area hazard discussions, and FAA/AST interaction.
As a systems safety engineering expert, the engineer will be assigned as the Program Lead systems Safety Engineer responsible for overall Systems Safety for assigned programs. The engineer may be assigned as a functional lead cross-programs for such functions as payloads, facilities and Flight termination systems (FTS). The engineer coordinates all range Safety support for assigned programs as necessary. In particular, the engineer must recognize when it is necessary to make use of SE equivalent engineering experts, within assigned programs.
The engineer maintains an area of specific and high level engineering expertise with unique applications to launch vehicle, payload, ground support equipment, and related facilities such as, but not limited to: Range safety systems such as flight termination systems, range tracking systems, or telemetry data transmissions; material handling equipment such as cranes or launch vehicle stands; high pressure systems including composite overwrapped pressure vessels; nondestructive examination techniques; welding techniques; explosives/pyrotechnic systems; ionizing and non-ionizing radiation sources and controls; propulsion systems, power systems; diffusion modeling for toxic propellants, explosive overpressure modeling, launch pad and facility design and siting and lightning protection. The engineer provides unique expertise to all other programs as necessary.
The engineer serves as a technical expert on the limitations of proven concepts and practices of safety engineering (and in one or more particular areas of engineering expertise) as they apply to the design, testing and operations of assigned programs. The engineer tailors the (applicable) SPFCMAN 91-710 (was AFSPCMAN or EWR 127-1) Range Safety Requirements and related standards for new and/or modified programs. The engineer must also evaluate all potential program non-compliances to determine if deviations or waivers are allowable, and under what limitations they are allowable. If non-compliances involve public safety, the engineer must justify their existence to and get approval signature from the Delta Commander. If non-compliances involve launch site or launch complex safety, then the engineer must justify their existence to and get approval and required signature.
The engineer reviews, critiques, and must ultimately approve the design of all new assigned programs to ensure systems safety design principles have been incorporated in order to protect public safety, launch area safety and launch complex safety. The engineer reviews, critiques and must eventually approve all hazardous and safety critical testing, pre-launch operations and launch operations of all new assigned programs to ensure systems safety design and operations principles have been incorporated in order to provide public safety, launch area safety and launch complex safety. Provides launch operations support as the SEA Console Operator at the MOC or Range User respective LLCC for assigned programs. The engineer provides operations support to other safety representatives as necessary, like the Pad Safety representative in the Launch EOC.
Requirements
Conditions of employment
- Must be a U.S Citizen.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
- Must exhibit a high degree of judgment, resourcefulness, originality, and the ability to foresee and adapt to the impact of changing technology and administrative processes
- Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise
- Employee may be required to work extended or other than normal duty hours to include evenings and weekends and may be subject to recall.
- The employee must meet the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) requirements applicable to the duties of the position.
- Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.
- Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 15 days per year.
- PCS / Incentives are authorized.
- This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.
- A Bachelor of Science degree in an engineering field or related science is required.
Qualifications
The 0803 series has an individual occupational requirement that must be met and can be viewed here. In addition to the above requirements you can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 4th section titled Professional and Scientific Positions.
Additional information
Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more information.
Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click here.
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
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How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:
Interviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.
Required Documents
Resume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:
- Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number
- Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended
- Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:
- Job title
- Detailed duties and accomplishments
- Employer's name and address
- Supervisor's name and phone number
- Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)
- Hours per week
- Salary, if applicable
- Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses
College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.