Job Description:

The Office of Aerospace Medicine (AAM) develops and manages medical programs in support of Aviation Safety. This position is an Engineering Research Psychologist team member within the Aerospace Medical Research Division, Aeromedical Protection and Survival Laboratory, Aeromedical Engineering Research Sciences Section (AAM-632), which participates on the Cabin Safety Research Team (CSRT).

Duties

Performs multiple, varying, and complex assignments under the limited direction of a manager, project/ program manager, team coordinator, more experienced engineering research psychologists, or more experienced technical specialists. May act as a contributing Engineering Psychologist on large work activities or as a team leader for single or small work activities.

The principal investigator conducts aircraft cabin safety research studies involving the identification and development of equipment and techniques designed to minimize the risk of injury during and after aircraft accidents, incidents, and related emergency aircraft evacuations. Supports all aspects of research project planning including evaluation of research objectives, literature review, experimental protocol development, specifying required equipment, instrumentation, determining data to be collected and the means of collecting the data, selecting procedures to analyze the data, Statement of Work preparation for human subject contracts, and preparation of applications for submission to the CAMI Institutional Review Board (IRB) on use of human subjects.

Applies experience and advanced technical knowledge of human factors research and civil aircraft cabin safety requirements to accomplish assignments and develop plans and techniques to improve programs and policies. Understands how the technical area interacts with other disciplines and considers the objectives of AVS and AAM when developing, integrating, and implementing solutions. Assignments include performing psychological research using methods and techniques including qualitative and quantitative methods for assessment and analysis and using inferential statistical methods; performing scientific and technical research studies, various other extensive research; and shared responsibility for project/program management. Defines, plans, and organizes assigned resources to accomplish organizational objectives. Allocates resources to accomplish small work-activities within established schedules.

Supports research and training activities including test equipment/facility preparation and collection of data from human subjects during surveys and performance tests conducted. Most tests and training activities are conducted using CAMIs unique research facilities including Water Survival Research Tank; B-747 Aircraft Environment Research Facility; Flexible Cabin Simulator, and B-727 Aviation Fire Research Laboratory; Wind and Waves Research Facility. Because of the nature of the facilities and tests conducted, these activities require mobility, eyesight, hearing, and swimming skills. A pre-employment physical is required.

Familiar with statistical procedures and underlying statistical assumptions, uses statistical procedures that are appropriate for different kinds of research data, and uses standard software packages, such as Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), to analyze research data obtained from studies. Interpret results of statistical analyses based on data derived.

Prepares technical reports, memoranda, journal articles, presentation slides, and other types of scientific documentation of research results for publication. Prepares tables, graphs, figures that represent results of data analyses.

Technical subject matter expert on a variety of cabin safety research topics. Participates in Industry/Professional organizations for sharing technical information or developing Safety Standards.

Contributes to the preparation of management/technical reports or contractual documents and may communicate the results to FAA management, the aviation and aerospace industries, and other external parties.

The work activities of this position support and are vital to the success of projects or activities of one or more organizational units, subdivisions, and LOBs/SOs. The work of this position may affect the safety and security of customers.

Job Requirements:

Requirements Conditions of Employment

US Citizenship is required.
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).
This position has a positive education requirement. Transcript(s) required.
A one-year probationary period may be required.
Successful completion of a security investigation may be required.
Please refer to Required Documents and Additional Information.

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENT:

Degree: Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree that included a major field of study or specific course requirements in Psychology. (Transcripts Required)

AND

IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE BASIC REQUIREMENT:

To qualify for this position at the FV-I (FG/GS 13) level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-H (FG/GS 10-12) level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position to be filled.

Specialized Experienceincludes: Experience conducting research studies related to general experimental psychology, or applied psychology, or human factors/engineering psychology; examining scientific literature to find articles related to the research study and summarizing them in a literature review; planning research study protocol, preparing data collection methodology, and executing protocol to collect research data; assembling research data, collecting data, and entering research data into digital files; preparing tables/graphs displaying research results; preparing reports and presentation materials documenting the research question and protocol, statistical analyses, results, and recommendations concerning findings; and presenting results of research studies to others.

Applicants should provide examples of specialized experience in their work history.

AND

QUALITY RANKING FACTOR (QRF): Well-qualified candidates will have experience in conducting applied scientific and technical research studies with human subjects using specialized test apparatus, data collection equipment, and facilities.

Education

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.

KSA INFORMATION:

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.or more information.

In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, 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.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) and Other Factors 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 consideration.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

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.

Required Documents

Standard form (SF) 50 or DD 214 (member 4 copy) required to determine area of consideration. Transcripts are required, please see below. Supplemental documentation will be accepted in combination with your online application. These documents must be uploaded to your USAJOBS application or emailed to 9-AMC-AHF-S210@faa.gov on or before the closing date of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number.

Applicants claiming eligibility for the Expanded Veterans Hiring Opportunity (EVHO), MUST submit a DD Form 214 reflecting character of service to verify eligibility by the closing date of the announcement as requested by the Human Resource Office. Eligibility for EVHO will be considered based on applicable documentation submitted by the closing date.
This position has a positive education requirement; college transcripts are required for ALL candidates newly appointed to the FAA in the 180 series.

College transcripts must be submitted from current FAA employees applying for internal vacancies if they have never held a position in the 180 series with the FAA.

College transcripts are not required from current FAA employees who are currently occupying a 180 series.

If selected, official transcripts are required prior to employment.

If you are a current or former Federal employee (including a current 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 a current Federal employee and need a current copy of your SF-50, please contact your personnel office. If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/. If you are a former Federal employee, you can obtain a copy of your SF-50 by writing the National Personnel Records Center Annex, 1411 Boulder Boulevard, Valmeyer, IL 62295. Additional information is available from this link: https://www.archives.gov/st-louis/opf.

Expanded Veterans Hiring Opportunity (EVHO) are preference eligibles and veterans who are honorably discharged from the Armed Forces after completing at least three (3) years of continuous active service. Applicants claiming eligibility for EVHO, MUST submit a DD Form 214 reflecting character of service to verify eligibility by the closing date of the announcement as requested by the Human Resource Office. Eligibility for EVHO will be considered based on applicable documentation submitted by the closing date.

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.

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