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This notice is issued under the Distinguished Scholastic Achievement Appointment (DSAA) Authority for Science & Technology Reinvention Laboratory (STRL) to recruit and appoint individuals with undergraduate or graduate degrees through the doctoral level possessing distinguished scholastic achievements. As such, this notice is targeted to qualified United States citizens who are not current permanent Federal employees.
This announcement is for entry level professional scientific positions at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division (NSWC Corona). NSWC Corona is seeking candidates with qualifying Bachelor's degrees in a professional scientific discipline and a cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.5 or better. Applications can be accepted from students who expect to complete qualifying education within 9 months from the date of application.
All qualified applicants will be referred to management for selection consideration in Veterans' Preference order, followed by all qualified non-veteran applications. If there are a sufficient number of qualified applicants with veterans' preference, only those veterans will be referred to the hiring manager.
NSWC Corona is the Navy's independent assessment agent and home to three premier national laboratory and assessment centers: the Joint Warfare Assessment Lab (JWAL); the Measurement Science and Technology Lab; and the Daugherty Memorial Assessment Center (DMAC). Along with the renowned "Corona Engineers," these state-of-the-art facilities enable Corona to fulfill its unique mission for the Navy. The JWAL and DMAC are at the core of Corona's integrated approach to warfare assessment, and the Measurement Science and Technology Lab is where Corona researches and establishes the metrology and calibration standards and procedures for the Navy and Marine Corps.
Learn more about NSWC Corona at: http://www.navsea.navy.mil/nswc/corona/default.aspx
Salary by location:
Corona, CA $33,079 to $65,997
Fallbrook, CA $32,398 to $64,638
Seal Beach, CA $33,079 to $65,997
04/03/2017 to 04/04/2017
$32,398 - $65,997 per year
ND 02
Many vacancies in the following locations:
Occasional travel - Travel is dependent upon position description and availability of funding.
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Duties and responsibilities will require the application of at least one of the following professional scientific educational disciplines:
1310 – Physics Series: This series covers professional positions advising, administering, supervising or performing research or other professional and scientific work in the investigation and application of the relations between space, time, matter, and energy in the areas of mechanics, sound, optics, heat, electricity, magnetism, radiation, or atomic and nuclear phenomena.
1320 – Chemistry Series: This series covers professional positions involving work that requires full professional education and training in the field of chemistry. This work includes the investigation, analysis, and interpretation of the composition, molecular structure, and properties of substances, the transformations which they undergo, and the amounts of matter and energy included in these transformations.
1515 – Operations Research Series: This series covers professional positions that manage, supervise, lead, or perform scientific work that involves designing, developing, and adapting mathematical, statistical, econometric, and other scientific methods and techniques. The work also involves analyzing management problems and providing advice and insight about the probable effects of alternative solutions to these problems. The primary requirement of the work is competence in the rigorous methods of scientific inquiry and analysis.
1520 – Mathematics Series: This series covers professional positions that manage, supervise, lead, or perform scientific work that involves: conducting research on basic mathematical principles, methods, procedures, techniques, or relationships; or developing mathematical methods to solve a variety of scientific, engineering, economic, and/or military problems where precise specification of the relationships, rigor and economy of mathematical operations, and logical deduction are the controlling considerations.
1529 – Mathematical Statistics Series: This series covers professional positions that manage, supervise, lead, or perform scientific work that involves: designing, developing, and adapting mathematical methods and techniques to statistical processes; or research that relates to the basic theories and science of statistics.
1530 – Statistics Series: This series covers professional positions that manage, supervise, lead, or perform scientific work or provide professional consultation in applying statistical theories, techniques, and methods to gather, analyze, interpret, and/or report quantified information.
1550 - Computer Science Series: This series includes professional positions which primarily involve the application of, or research into, computer science methods and techniques to store, manipulate, transform or present information by means of computer systems. The primary requirements of the work are (a) professional competence in applying the theoretical foundations of computer science, including computer system architecture and system software organization, the representation and transformation of information structures, and the theoretical models for such representations and transformations; (b) specialized knowledge of the design characteristics, limitations, and potential applications of systems having the ability to transform information, and of broad areas of applications of computing which have common structures, processes, and techniques; and (c) knowledge of relevant mathematical and statistical sciences.
This is a public notice announcement for projected vacancies at the commands identified in this Public Notice. There may or may not be actual/projected vacancies at the time you submit your application. Please read this Public Notice in its entirety prior to submitting your application for consideration.
These positions are being filled under the Naval Sea Systems Command, Warfare Centers Distinguished Scholastic Achievement Appointment Authority. Positions may be filled as permanent with a full-time work schedule. Pay will vary by geographic location.
This position has promotion potential to the ND-04 (GS equivalency 12/13) grade level. If selected below the full performance level, incumbent may be non-competitively promoted to the next higher grade level after meeting all regulatory requirements, and upon the recommendation of management. Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.
NOTE: Notices of Results (NORs) will not be sent to applicants who apply to this announcement.
All qualifications requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your applicant package.
A security clearance is a requirement of this position. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a position offer or removal. If you possess a security clearance, please indicate the level and termination date in your resume.
Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test may be required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the applicant fails to report to the scheduled drug test appointment. Incumbents of drug testing designated positions will be subject to random testing. Drug test results will be provided to the employing activity/command.
Position may require successful completion of a physical examination.
Positions may be covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) and require additional education, training and experience. All DoD personnel filling acquisition positions have 24 months to achieve the certification standards (career field/path and level) assigned to the position. If you possess DAWIA Certification, please indicate your Certification Level and Career Field information in your resume.
In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities, as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to submit a thorough resume that directly relates to this position.
Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual for series, 1310/1320/1515/1520 /1529/1530/1550:
For the 1310 (Physics) series: Successful completion of a full four-year professional curriculum (or will complete within 9 months) leading to a bachelor's degree that includes at least 24 semester hours in physics, from an accredited college or university.
For the 1320 (Chemistry) series: Successful completion of a full four-year professional physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering curriculum (or will complete within 9 months) leading to a bachelor's degree 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, from an accredited college or university.
For the 1515 (Operations Research) series: Successful completion of a full four-year professional curriculum (or will complete within 9 months) leading to a bachelor's degree in operations research; or related bachelor's degree that included at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses and at least 3 of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus, from an accredited college or university.
For the 1520 (Mathematics) series: Successful completion of a full four-year professional curriculum (or will complete within 9 months) leading to a bachelor's degree in mathematics or a bachelor's degree in an equivalent major that included at least 24 semester hours in mathematics, from an accredited college or university.
For the 1529: (Mathematical Statistics): Successful completion of a full four-year professional curriculum (or will complete within 9 months) leading to a bachelor's degree that included 24 semester hours of mathematics and statistics, which at least 12 semester hours were in mathematics and 6 semester hours were in statistics, from an accredited college or university. Courses acceptable toward meeting the mathematics course requirement must have included at least four of the following: differential calculus, integral calculus, advanced calculus, theory of equations, vector analysis, advanced algebra, linear algebra, mathematical logic, differential equations, or any other advanced course in mathematics for which one of these was a prerequisite.
For the 1530 (Statistics) series: Successful completion of a full four-year professional curriculum (or will complete within 9 months) leading to a bachelor's degree that included 15 semester hours in statistics (or in mathematics and statistics, provided at least 6 semester hours were in statistics), and 9 additional semester hours in one or more of the following: physical or biological sciences, medicine, education, or engineering; or in the social sciences including demography, history, economics, social welfare, geography, international relations, social or cultural anthropology, health sociology, political science, public administration, psychology, etc., from an accredited college or university.
For the 1550 (Computer Science) series: Successful completion of a full four-year professional curriculum (or will complete within 9 months) leading to a bachelor's degree in computer science or a bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours were in a combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus, from an accredited college or university.
In addition to the basic entry qualification requirements above, applicants must meet the following minimum qualifications:
DISTINGUISHED SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
ND-02: Successful completion of (or will complete within 9 months) of a professional scientific curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in physics, health physics, chemistry, operations research, mathematics, statistics, computer science or other bachelor's degree appropriate to the position being filled.
Selective Placement Factors: These positions have two Selective Placement Factors (screen-out) which will be used to determine minimum qualifications for the position.
Applicants not possessing BOTH Selective Placement Factors WILL be found ineligible for the position. Possession of the selective placement factors must be verifiable via your resume AND the assessment questionnaire.
1) SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR – Educational Discipline: Successful completion of a Bachelor's degree in at least one of the following scientific disciplines (or will successfully complete within 9 months):
· Physics (1310) – Bachelor's Degree in Physics;
· Chemistry (1320) – Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry;
· Operations Research (1515) – Bachelor's Degree in Operations Research;
· Mathematics (1520) – Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics;
· Mathematical Statistics (1529) – Bachelor's Degree in Mathematical Statistics;
· Statistics (1530) – Bachelor's Degree in Statistics;
· Computer Science (1550) – Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science.
2) SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR – Grade Point Average (GPA)
· Your qualifying Bachelor's degree must reflect a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or better in one of the defined scientific curriculums above.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/group-stds/gs-prof.asp
Individual Occupational Requirements:
IOR: Physics Series:
http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/IORs/gs1300/1310.htm
IOR: Chemistry Series:
http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/IORs/gs1300/1320.htm
IOR: Operations Research Series:
IOR: Mathematics Series:
http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/IORs/gs1500/1520.htm
IOR: Mathematical Statistics series:
IOR: Statistics Series:
IOR: Computer Science Series:
http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/iors/gs1500/1550.asp
As part of the application process, you must complete and submit an occupational questionnaire. To preview this questionnaire and determine if your experience matches the required skills for this position, click the following link: View Assessment Questions
Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating and/or appointment eligibility.
For positions requiring positive education requirements, or if you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you must submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned) in your resume. See OPM's General Policies for information on crediting education.
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence when applying for further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html
This position is in the Science & Technology Reinvention Laboratory (STRL) Human Resource Management System pay band for Department of Defense laboratories.
Position is subject to the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.
This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.
Applicants eligible for veteran's preference will receive selection priority over non-veterans.
The Department of the Navy uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify.
To support your eligibility claim, you must attach all required documentation as indicated in the "Applicant Checklist - External" link located within the "Required Documents" section of the announcement. Failure to attach required documentation will result in an ineligible rating.
Military Spouse Preference (MSP): http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/Mil_Spouse_Pref_Statement.pdf
Federal Annuitant Information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf
Veteran's Preference Information: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/Vet_%20Preference_Statement.pdf
ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating of 85 or higher. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link:
http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/ICTAP_Statement.pdf
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and responses to the Occupational Questionnaire.
If, after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience, your score may be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities or you may be found ineligible/not qualified.
Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.
The documents you are required to submit vary based on what you are claiming (i.e., applying as a veteran or disabled veteran, applying as a military spouse, etc). Please review the following link to see if there are any documents you need to provide: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/ApplicantChecklist_External.pdf
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.
To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the occupational questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button at the end of the process.
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
- Complete Resume.
- Complete Assessment Questionnaire. View Occupational Questionnaire
- Other supporting documentation as required. Please see the "REQUIRED DOCUMENTS" section and review the applicant checklist link to determine if there are other documents you are required to submit.
Your complete application (resume, assessment questionnaire, and all supporting documents) must be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Tuesday, April 04, 2017. Applications received after Tuesday, April 04, 2017 may result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. If more than one resume is received, only the last resume received and processed will be reviewed.
Note: To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account: https://mydon.usajobs.gov/Account/Login select Application Status, and click on the more information link under the application status for this position. You'll be directed to the Details page in Application Manager that will display the status of your application, documentation received and processed, and any correspondence related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process so please plan appropriately.
***You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application.***
If you are unable to apply online or unable to upload your supporting documents follow the directions located at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/Application_Info_How_to_Apply_via_Fax.pdf
Note: Faxing an application package (eg. 1203-FX) will not allow you to review and track the status of your application unless you have completed the application process in USAJOBS.
This Vacancy ID is 1929696
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When the application process is complete, your application will be reviewed to determine if you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements for which you requested consideration. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and responses to the questionnaire, along with your supporting documentation to determine your level of knowledge, skill, and ability, related to the job requirements.
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