Aerospace Engineer (Continued Operational Safety)

To view the complete OPM qualification standard for the Group Coverage Qualification Standard for General Engineer, Series 801, please refer to: General Engineering Series 0801 Basic Requirements: Degree in Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor¿s degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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. To qualify for this position, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to 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 is: Experience in type certification and/or continued airworthiness of certificated aircraft Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. Interview: If the Agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed. If the selection list is shortened to a best qualified list through a comparative process, then the best qualified list shall be considered to be the selection list.

Applies experience and comprehensive knowledge of engineering principles, theories, and concepts applicable to the Continued Operational Safety (COS) Programs, as well as an understanding of new technologies and methodologies, to solve complex problems and to develop improved technical processes for the organization. Assignments frequently require knowledge and experience working across functional and/or organizational lines. Typical assignment includes responsibility for overseeing and/or accomplishing COS work activities and project/program management as follows: Managing Continuing Airworthiness Program: Applies broad technical, organizational, data management and team leadership skills to lead COS oversight of assigned domestic make/model products, military projects such as the cockpit door for transport category airplane and from identification of potential safety issues through closure; Support management in ensuring the Compliance and Airworthiness Division, AIR-700, meet the COS program and process requirements and metrics; Identifies gaps in program metrics and processes, and recommends program improvements to address those gaps; Leads and/or participates on teams to conduct organizational improvement, implement new processes, procedures, conduct audits, maintenance of confidence, or other activity to achieve organizational performance objectives related to COS activity; Leads or steers major team activities associated with major COS related agreements with design approval holders or foreign authorities; and serves as focal point for development and maintenance of those agreements; Advises management on implementation of COS processes within and across branches, staffing requirements to implement COS related programs and teams; Monitors and provides briefings to the workforce to ensure adherence to established COS procedures and working agreements; Oversees workforce compliance to COS processes and continually looks for opportunities to improve these processes; Advises engineering workforce on the application of risk and causal analyses; Responsible for overseeing assigned engineering workforce and design approval holders or foreign authorities in their duties to acquire and review operational data for potential safety issues; Develop, implement and continuously improve COS databases used for tracking and monitoring status of open COS and safety items; Coordinates safety issues with other COS Program Managers for potential impact on other products. Interoffice Coordination: Collaborates and coordinates with other COS Program Managers in refining and standardizing COS processes; Advises management and staff and the technical writing staff on status and processing of planned AD actions and safety recommendations through each state of the process, making schedule and privatization recommendations, independently or in accordance with guidance from the Corrective Action Review Board (CARB) and management; Serves as representative on COS related local and service wide teams when requested; Monitors incoming and the processing of alternative method of compliance (AMOC) requests to ensure appropriate, compliant and timely responses and issuance by cognizant engineer and Aircraft Evaluation Group inspectors and manager or designee. Administrative: Supports national status reports on AIR's COS activities such as planned AD's, open COS event reports and safety recommendations; Schedules and facilitates COS decision-making meetings including CARB meetings; Schedules and attends Partnership Meetings with appropriate division branches and design approval holders; Responsible for generating and updating briefing papers in response to accidents and incidents; Maintains database of briefing papers for assigned aircraft, engine, or propeller model; Assists other AIR personnel responsible for accident investigation coordination action as a liaison between on the scene personnel and managers and technical specialist.