Aerospace Engineer (International Program )

Provides guidance to lower-level staff to resolve difficult technical, bilateral, project, or policy interpretation issues. Monitors the level of FCAA involvement in outbound validation activity and use their knowledge of the bilateral agreements to resolve inappropriate FCAA involvement. Assists FAA stakeholders, Foreign Civil Aviation Authorities (FCAA) and applicants to establish and communicate the appropriate level of involvement of the FAA in type validation activity and to resolve differences. Applies effective written communication skills to formulate succinct and appropriate FAA positions and create documents that compel others to take a course of action, instruct others in carrying out tasks or activities, or explain the status, purpose, goals, and objectives of an issue, policy, or project. Communicate bilateral, policy, guidance, and provide instruction to others on how to apply policy and guidance, both internally and externally. Apply effective and communication skills as well as an understanding of myriads of cultures across foreign and FAA stakeholders in order to improve bilateral communications, stakeholder relationships, and organizational processes. Applies experience and comprehensive knowledge of engineering principles, theories, and concepts applicable to aerospace engineering as well as an understanding of new technologies and methodologies to solve complex problems and develop improved processes for the organization. International Program Managers use bilateral agreements, FAA policies/regulations, and risk management principles. Use effective management skills to maintain oversight of a portfolio of products or portfolio of bilateral agreements. Coordinates activity related to FCAA approvals of US outbound validation projects with the Certificate Management Aircraft Certification Office (CMACO) and domestic applicant. In addition to issuing new approvals, International Program Managers lead, prioritize, communicate and arbitrate post-type certification issues with the appropriate FAA stakeholders and foreign authorities for assigned products and certificates.Responsible for tracking, conducting, and completing all activities necessary for FAA issuance of design approvals including, but not limited to, development and coordination of new or amended type certificates, new or amended supplemental type certificates, letters of design approval, and type certificate data sheets creation and revision. Uses knowledge of aircraft products and technical understanding to identify, or work with others to identify, the appropriate FAA project team members to conduct project specific activity. 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 objectives related to type validation activity. Post-type certification activity includes, but is not limited to: Leads and coordinates discussions on continued operational safety matters related to Airworthiness Directive (AD) actions in conjunction with the FAA Operational Safety Branch. Develops and coordinates Mandatory Continuing Airworthiness Information (MCAI) worksheets, Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins (SAIB), and Alternate Methods of Compliance (AMOC). Responds to comments on proposed AD actions and other documents. Coordinates branch responses on FAA and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Safety Recommendations. The International Program Managers maintains pro-active awareness of the service and safety events related to the US registered fleet in their assigned portfolio and will be expected to coordinate, lead, and arbitrate FAA and FCAAs toward timely responses and conclusions. Frequent communications with foreign authorities to establish and maintain a close, respectful, and productive relationship. Performs other duties as assigned.

We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.

This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications. If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment. You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page). Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration. Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation. Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university. A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered. Make sure your Resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications and answers to the job questionnaire.

IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.

We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigation. A one-year probationary period may be required. The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each , in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.KSAs listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for considerationKnowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the The duty location will be an approved FAA AVS Facility. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA

Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluation process. This assessment aims to evaluate the competencies and qualifications essential for the position. You must apply online to receive consideration. Your application must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close Date for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associated with FAA registers, your application must be submitted at the time a referral list is created in order to receive consideration for positions associated with a register. RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION. We strongly encourage applicants to utilize the USAJOBS resume builder in the creation of resumes. Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following information: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualifications and include job title, employer name, start/end dates, number of hours worked per week. Education, certification or licensure: If required, education should include school/institution name, completion date, degree type and GPA. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information and failure to provide ALL of this information may result in a finding of ineligible. You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded information again when applying for future vacancies. Please see this guide, Document Upload Guide, for more information on uploading and re-using the documents in your applications.

You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. To qualify based on education, you must upload or fax a copy of your high school or college transcripts or certificates at time of application. If selected, official transcripts will be required prior to employment. Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50), upon request. Only supplemental documentation, e.g. transcripts or veteran's documentation will be accepted in combination with your on-line application. These documents must be uploaded or faxed to on or before the closing date of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number.(609) 485-8995 This position has a positive education requirement; college transcripts are required for ALL candidates newly appointed to the FAA in the 0800 (Engineering) series. College transcripts must be submitted from current FAA employees applying for internal vacancies if they have never held a position in the 0800 (Engineering) series with the FAA. College transcripts are not required from current FAA employees who are currently occupying an 0800 (Engineering) series. If selected, official transcripts are required prior to employment. If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy. If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/.