PHYSICIST/OCEANOGRAPHER/MATHEMATICIAN

About the role

You will serve as a PHYSICIST/OCEANOGRAPHER/MATHEMATICIAN in the OCEAN PROJECTS DEPARTMENT (N9) of NAVOCEANO BAY ST LOUIS.

Responsibilities

• Help You will serve as a senior level expert in resolving acoustic numerical modeling problems and validating ambient noise, transmission loss, and reverberation measurements
• You will represent the Division at high-level meetings where he or she defends the results of Division work and presents controversial proposals describing new plans and initiatives.
• You will prepare comprehensive written reports and provides succinct oral briefings on work performed by the division.
• You will perform as the Senior NAVOCEANO Representative (SNR) on T-AGS ships.
• You will serve as Party Chief on foreign vessels and leads teams of other scientists and engineers during field operations for the collection of data and information supporting Division objectives.

Requirements

• Conditions of employment Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
• To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov.
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• MSP/PPP applicants must currently hold the required security clearance.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time
• You will be required to perform occasional sea duty.

Qualifications

• (For GS -1310-13) In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
• Your resume must demonstrate the following speciallized experience: Experience identifying ambient noise data, determining the cause of the noise, and certifying the data for Navy use.
• Experience presenting data findings to leadership, detailing key data points found by junior scientists.
• Experience identifying boundary value problems and finding a solution.

Additional Qualifications

• (For GS -1310-12) In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
• Your resume must demonstrate the following speciallized experience: Experience reading wave propagations to analyze incoming transmission loss, ambient noise, and reverberation instruments.
• Experience in assisting senior level physicists in assessing how current mathematical boundary value solutions match real-world physical acoustic data in shallow and deep water.
• Experience drafting written reports detailing the results of physical acoustic instruments.

Education

• Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:
• Applicants must possess Physics Series 1310 Basic Requirements: Degree: physics; or related degree that included at least 24 semester hours in physics. or Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in physics totaling at least 24 semester hours, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
• or Combination of education and experience -- course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
• Applicants who qualify on the basis of major study in biology or geology must have had at least 6 semester hours in the major directly concerned with marine science or 6 semester hours in oceanography; applicants who qualify on the basis of other physical sciences or engineering must have had differential and integral calculus and at least 6 semester hours in physics.
• Applicants who qualify on the basis of a major in mathematics (including at least 24 semester hours in mathematics), as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.