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Exciting career opportunities for Aerospace Engineers with the FAA
Be a part of major aviation projects with worldwide impact. Promote safety in the National Airspace system by developing and implementing regulations, policy and guidance for the design, manufacturing and continued operational safety of aviation products ... from small airplanes, to balloons, handheld drones to e-VTOL air taxis, to fly-by-wire transport airplanes and helicopters. Bring your engineering expertise to our safety teams engaged in new technologies and methodologies to solve complex problems leading to global safety improvements.
The FAA is at the forefront of aviation safety, and innovation in the United States and across the world. We provide competitive salaries, great benefits, work-life balance, and impactful work with opportunities for promotion and growth.
- Alternative Work Schedules
- Telework
- 11 Paid Holidays a year
- Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB)
- Dental and Vision Benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Life Insurance
- Long-term Care Insurance
- Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) with immediate vesting on FAA match
- FERS Retirement Pension Plan
SAFETY IS OUR PASSION
EXCELLENCE IS OUR PROMISE
INTEGRITY IS OUR TOUCHSTONE
PEOPLE ARE OUR STRENGTH
INNOVATION IS OUR SIGNATURE
Electrical/Avionics Engineer Duties
I-Band Engineer
- The incumbent has responsibility for regulatory oversight of aircraft certification programs and continuing operational safety in electrical/avionics systems.; applying safety management principles using experience, advanced engineering knowledge, and risk management techniques; and, investigating and identifying safety of flight issues using risk assessment tools, and utilizing policies and procedures to mitigate unsafe conditions through the use of airworthiness directives or other continued operational safety processes.
- Responsibilities include the review and evaluation of regulatory compliance for aviation product certification projects and initiation of safety determinations for continuing airworthiness. Oversees Designated Engineering Representatives (DERs) for technical and procedural compliance to the regulations.
- As a member of an Organization Management Team (OMT), provides comprehensive oversight for Organization Designation
- Authorization (ODA) holders. In cooperation with other pertinent AIR organizations, participates in supervision of Safety Management System (SMS) of design approval holders.
- The incumbent may also work with applicants for design approvals related to Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) parts 23, 25, 27, 29, or 33 and other 14 CFR parts as assigned.
- Incumbent applies concepts applicable to the perspective discipline to accomplish assignments and to develop plans and techniques to improve programs and policies. Understands how his/her technical area interacts with or is affected by other disciplines and considers the objectives of the major subdivision and LOB/SO when developing, integrating, and implementing solutions to diverse, complex problems.
- Performs multiple, varying, and complex assignments and plans the implementation of projects/programs under limited direction of a manager, project/program manager, or more experienced engineer. May act as a contributing specialist on large work activities or as a team leader for single or small work activities. Work is reviewed periodically, typically at major milestones and at completion, for technical compliance and alignment with the requirements of the project or other work activity.
- Defines, plans, and organizes assigned resources to accomplish organizational objectives. Allocates resources to accomplish small work-activities within established schedules. Established policies/procedures provide guidance for most assignments but allow considerable discretion to select the most appropriate approach or to recommend new approaches. Assignments typically require solutions that are to be derived by interpreting and extrapolating from situations that were faced in the past.
- Provides recommendations to improve work processes. Contacts are internal and external to the organizational unit. May act as a key technical point of contact for assigned activities.
- Contributes to the preparation of management/technical reports or contractual documents and may be called upon to communicate the overall results of a project or work activity to FAA management, the aviation and aerospace industries, and other external parties. Work activities typically support and may be vital to the success of projects or activities of one or more organizational units, subdivisions, and LOB's/SO's. In some areas, the work may affect the safety and security of customers.
- Provides guidance to lower-level staff to solve difficult technical issues. Identifies and informs management of problems that require their attention. Often develops and recommends techniques to address problem situations.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Please Note:
- I-Band Salary Range: $93,351 - $144,681
Salary range includes locality pay.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- US Citizenship is required.
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- This position has a positive education requirement. Transcript(s) required.
- Successful completion of security investigation may be required.
Qualifications
Basic Requirements:
- Degree. Successful completion of a full four-year professional engineering curriculum leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in engineering in an accredited college or university. To be acceptable the curriculum must:
- be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the ABET as a professional engineering curriculum; or
- 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:
- statics, dynamics;
- strength of materials (stress-strain relationships);
- fluid mechanics, hydraulics;
- thermodynamics;
- electrical fields and circuits;
- nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties);
- any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics;
- Combination of education and experience
The FAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of political affiliation, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability or any other characteristic not bearing on job performance.
CEO: Michael P. Huerta
Revenue: Unknown / Non-Applicable
Size: 10000+ Employees
Type: Government
Website: www.faa.gov
Year Founded: 1958