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Summary You will serve as a Quality Assurance Specialist in the Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division of NAVAIRWARCENADLKE. Responsibilities You will verify product quality using sampling inspection or product inspection techniques. You will analyze quality data to determine root causes of discrepancies or deficiencies. You will develop testing methods, procedures, specifications, or criteria for quality assurance (QA) programs or projects. You will test the quality or reliability of products using analytical methods and techniques. You will assess functionality changes to a quality assurance (QA) system. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Qualifications for GS-09: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing duties such as: 1) Performing inspection duties associated with planning/monitoring and inspecting material at various manufacturing stages, installations, and reporting adverse trends and deviations from normal manufacturing performance and/or product conformance and quality; 2) Conducting Quality Assurance (QA) monitoring and inspection duties, on assigned aircraft platform interface (API) systems/equipment and verifying product quality using sampling inspection; 3) Maintaining records, reporting deficiencies, preparing technical reports and resolving discrepancies when documentation is ambiguous or not complete; 4) Setting up, calibrating, programing, and operating sophisticated computerized inspection equipment; 5) Participating in engineering and quality investigations of equipment found to cause problems in the Fleet and providing advice and assistance to equipment users, engineering personnel, other members of the investigating team. Qualifications for GS-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing duties such as: 1) Performing inspection duties associated with planning/monitoring and inspecting material at various manufacturing stages, installations, and reporting adverse trends and deviations from normal manufacturing performance and/or product conformance and quality; 2) Conducting Quality Assurance (QA) monitoring and inspection duties, on assigned aircraft platform interface (API) systems/equipment and verifying product quality using sampling inspection or, when appropriate to the characteristics involved or pertinent quality history, performs more intensive product inspection techniques; 3) Maintaining records, reporting deficiencies, preparing technical reports and resolving discrepancies when documentation is ambiguous or not complete; 4) Setting up, calibrating, programing, and operating sophisticated computerized inspection equipment including coordinating measuring machines (CMM), tensile test machines, and emission analyzers; 5) Participating in concurrent engineering efforts developing plans, requirements and procedures for assuring quality and reliability of products; 6) Participating in engineering and quality investigations of equipment found to cause problems in the Fleet and providing advice and assistance to equipment users, engineering personnel, other members of the investigating team. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Education In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience: For GS-09: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related For GS-11: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information. Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position. Vacancies filled from this announcement may be filled at any grade level listed. If selected below the full performance level, you may be noncompetitively promoted to the next higher grade level after meeting all regulatory requirements, and upon the recommendation of management. Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.