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at  US United States Army Futures Command

TRANSCRIPTS ARE REQUIRED TO MEET THE BASIC EDUCATION FOR THE APPLICABLE SERIES.

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone-no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

EDUCATION

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications.

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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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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• Responsible for the development of advances in the state-of-the-art and creation of new or substantially improved end items in the form of equipment, systems, materials, processes, procedures and techniques.
• The work involves the exploitation of basic scientific knowledge through a series of sequential phases beginning with establishment of requirements, development of concept for a completed product.
• Plan and carry out assignments for complete projects that entail a variety of complicating and interacting factors, relationships with other engineering specializations and in consideration of the complete development cycle.
• Identify the scope and extent of the investigation, analysis, and design, and defines the specific engineering requirements and design criteria.
• Work may also include responsibility for planning, organizing, directing and coordinating development programs that require diverse creative and support efforts contributed by others, such as laboratories or contractors.
• Conduct studies and analysis to determine the feasibility of various advanced engineering approaches for future programs or to resolve major controversial problems in current programs.
• Conduct studies on the feasibility of developing new products and/or theories pertaining to new applications of existing products.
• Guide and evaluate the design and development activities of contractors and others in achieving new products.
• Serve as an expert advisor for these broad and complex programs that advance the state-of-the-art.
• Assess and demonstrate the effectiveness of new concepts and ideas and evaluates technological trends to achieve significant advancements in operational characteristics.
• Explore and evaluate proposals that satisfy program and mission objectives.
• Review and assess the overall progress of the development effort to resolve technical difficulties.
• Perform modeling and simulation of Radar systems and their associated environments.
• Develop concepts for Radar systems, integration, and testing and incorporates those concepts into System of System architectures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.