Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis Engineer, DR-1501,1515,1520,1529, 1530, 0854, 0858-02, 711 HPW/RHBBA

Job Overview

This announcement will be accepting candidate submission’s until 30 Nov 22

The 711 Human Performance Wing (HPW) advances human performance in air, space, and cyberspace through research, education, and consultation. The Wing supports the most critical Air Force resource - the operational military forces. The Bioanalytics Section needs to fill the DR-1501,1515,1520, 1529, 1530, 0854, 0858-02, Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis Engineer

 Duties include; but are not limited to:

• Construct aerospace medical models and entities of varying complexity in simulation environments currently being utilized by end users and the medical standards community within the USAF.
• Provide government oversight and direction to contractor modeling and simulation efforts within the organization.
• Provide dynamic scripting techniques to produce modeled entity behaviors.
• Collaborate with research leads and customer stakeholders to identify research and development requirements, develop relevant technical approaches, and identify execution strategies.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts such as medical providers, researchers, engineers, and program managers to identify requirements for system implementation in models and simulations.
• Coordinate with team members to contribute to execution of analysis of studies, analyze results, and prepare and present study findings.
• Collaborate with agile simulation software development teams to build and enhance modeling, simulation, analysis solutions and determine how to integrate approaches into various USAF platforms for wargaming and simulation.
• Ensure application of modeling, simulation, and analysis best practices for all analysis efforts.

Telework

No, this position is not eligible for telework opportunities

Remote Work (CONUS)

No, this position is not approved for remote work.

Required Qualifications

• Flexible Length and Renewable Term Technical Appointments. This appointment type is used to appoint individuals who are not currently DoD civilian employees into any scientific, technical, engineering, and mathematic positions, including technicians, for a period of more than one year but not more than six years.
• US Citizen
• Recruitment incentives may/may not be authorized
• Specialized Experience Statement: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade of position being advertised, or equivalent in other pay systems
• Security Clearance:  Ability to obtain and maintain Special Sensitive security clearance
• Must meet OPM Qualification Standards for 1501,1515,1520 or 1529, 0858, 0854:
• General Mathematics and Statistics Series 1501* (opm.gov)
• Operations Research Series 1515 (opm.gov)
• Mathematics Series 1520 (opm.gov)
• Mathematical Statistics Series 1529 (opm.gov)
• all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf (opm.gov)
• This is an Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP) positions, requires Level 2 (practitioner) certification. The selectee will have 24 months to meet APDP requirements or waiver must be obtained

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement:  To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a Federal job announcement includes the requirement that applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to Executive Order 14043, that requirement does not currently apply. Federal agencies may request information regarding the vaccination status of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, travel restrictions, screening testing, and restriction from the workplace.

Desired Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in software development or related field including activities such as Model Verification and Validation (V&V), development of model support documentation to include user manuals and architecture documents, and model library management. 
• Have knowledge of and demonstrated ability in Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) principles, Systems Modeling (SYSML) and tools as applied within a systems approach to analysis, problem-solving, and solution design and implementation.
• Strong software development skills and the ability to apply them to develop technical solutions to unique operational USAF problems. Have knowledge of and demonstrated ability in common programming languages such as MATLAB, Java, C++, python and other similar languages.
• Ability to analyze alternatives and apply judgement in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
• Understanding of Air Force Medical Service operating and training systems is recommended, but not required. Knowledge of field medical treatment and/or en route care via aeromedical patient transport is highly desired.

(Req #96249)

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1530