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This position is located in theOffice of Satellite and Products Operations (OSPO),Satellite Products and Services Division (SPSD) with one vacancy located in College Park, MD.
Major Duties
As an Physical Scientist, you will perform the following duties:
- Serve on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R (GOES-R) Data Operations Support Team (DOST) and the Product Readiness and Operations (PRO) team to support the development and execution of test goals and success criteria to verify pre-launch operational readiness of the product generation and distribution systems.
- Support the roadmap and strategy for geostationary legacy product transition to GOES-R products and services, including blended and merged satellite derived geostationary products.
- Support the end to end testing and execution of various GOES-R Product Generation and Product Distribution systems.
- Collaborate with the Environmental Satellite Process Center (ESPC) Help Desk and User Services team to respond to customer inquiries and issues user notifications regarding the status and availability of NESDIS satellite products and services, with focus on GOES-R series satellite data and products.
- Prepare and present verbal briefings and written papers for management decisions to define, implement, and defend organizational policies and positions to internal and external stakeholders.
Qualifications
Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at:https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight.
BASIC REQUIREMENTS:This position requires applicants to meet a Basic Education Requirement. You MUST meet one of the following basic education requirements:
A. Education:Professional Degree: 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.
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B.Combination of education and experience:education equivalent to one of the majors 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.
Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government.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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies; knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
To qualify at the ZA-4 or GS-13/14:
Applicant must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-3 or GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Experience in satellite environmental data product processing or satellite broadcast services involving geostationary or polar orbiting satellites (or similar platforms) in an operational environment or through research and development efforts aimed at transition to an operational environment.
Pay Range
$99,172.00 - $152,352.00