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This position is located within the Telecommunications and Information Technology Planning Division at the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, located at the U.S. Department of Commerce Laboratories in Boulder, Colorado.
This position will be filled under the DOC Alternative Personnel System (CAPS). This system replaced the Federal GS pay plan and structure. Under CAPS, positions are classified by career, pay plan, and pay band. The ZP-III is equivalent to the GS-11/12.
09/20/2018 to 10/12/2018
$66,577 - $103,739 per year
ZP 3
1 vacancy in the following location:
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Not required
No
Permanent - Full-Time/Permanent
Full-time - Competitive: Career or Career Conditional
Competitive
3
No
No
NTIA-ITS-2018-0013
511503700
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales.
Federal employees whose job, agency or department was eliminated and are eligible for priority over other applicants.
Current or former employees of a base management agency.
Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference
Military spouses relocating under PCS orders or whose spouse is 100% disabled or died while on active duty.
Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members.
Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A.
Native Americans or Alaskan Natives with a tribal affiliation.
Individuals who have served at least 2 years with the Peace Corps or 1 year with AmeriCorps VISTA.
Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed in another hiring path.
* Status Candidates - Current Federal employees with competitive status or Former Federal employees with reinstatement eligibility; * CTAP/ICTAP eligibles; * Veterans under VRA, VEOA or 30% Disabled and certain Military Spouses; * Individuals with Disabilities (Schedule A); * Peace Corps, Vista (AmeriCorps) eligibles; * Those eligible under an OPM interchange agreement or other special appointing authority; *Land Management Employees
Duties for this position:
• Study and assess the performance of telecommunication system technologies, using digital signal processing.
• Develop digital signal processing algorithms that facilitate informed decisions on future telecommunication systems.
• Perform multimedia user experience (UX) evaluation, quality of experience (QoE) testing, processing of audio & video (e.g., recording, editing, coding), and simulating networks.
• Develop complex computer programs and perform complex data analyses in several programming languages, by coding innovative algorithms, and analyzing telecommunication system requirements to establish functional
requirements.
• Write, debug, and troubleshoot software in MATLAB®.
• Software development tasks involving a wide range of programming skills such as web programming, algorithm optimization, and user interface design.
• Technical report writing, delivering oral presentations, and contributing to international standards.
• Collaborating with industry, academia, or international experts in such forums as the Video Quality Experts Group (VQEG).
Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute education for experience. For additional information, U.S. Department of Education website at - https://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/ or to see if your college or university is accredited, go to the ABET accredited institution website at - http://www.abet.org.
You are not required to submit official documents at this time; copies are sufficient.
To qualify for the ZP-III (GS-11):
Specialized experience: In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements, applicants must also possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the ZP-II (GS-09) in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. For this position, specialized experience is experience with:
OR
Education: PhD or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree if related.
OR
A combination of education and experience. NOTE: Only graduate education in excess of two years is qualifying for combination.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.
To qualify for the 0855 series:
BASIC REQUIREMENTS: This position requires applicants to meet a Basic Education Requirement in addition to at least one year of specialized experience, OR substitution of education for experience, OR a combination of education and experience (if applicable) in order to be found minimally qualified. You MUST meet one of the following basic education requirements:
A. Degree: Professional engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor’s degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) 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: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.
OR
B. Combination of education and experience: college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:
*The closing date has been extended to 10/12/18*
This position is also being announced concurrently using Direct Hiring Authority (DHA) vacancy number: NTIA-ITS-2018-0015. Applicants who wish to be considered under DHA and MAP must apply to both vacancies separately.
CTAP and ICTAP candidates will be eligible if it is determined that they have exceeded the minimum qualifications for the position by attaining at least a rating of 85 out of 100. Information about CTAP eligibility is on the Office of Personnel Management's Career Transition Resources website at: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
CTAP applicants MUST submit the following documents:
ICTAP applicants MUST submit the following documents:
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
We will review your resume, optional cover letter and supporting documentation to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for the position.
Veteran’s Preference does not apply to direct hire recruitment procedures.
Any selections made under this notice will be processed as new appointments to the civil service. Current Federal employees would, therefore, be given new appointments to the civil service.
FOR CTAP AND ICTAP APPLICANTS:
We will review your resume, optional cover letter and supporting documentation (transcripts if applicable) to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for the position. If you meet the minimum qualifications stated in the vacancy announcement, we will compare your resume, optional cover letter and supporting documentation to your responses on the scored occupational questionnaire that you completed as part of the application. However, your resume or optional cover letter must support your responses to the occupational questions, or your score will be lowered. The best-qualified candidates will be identified for referral to the hiring manager and may be invited for an interview.
The scored occupational questionnaire will evaluate you on the following competencies; please do not provide a separate written response:
A complete application consists of the following:
You are not required to submit official documents at this time; copies are sufficient.
Foreign Education: Education that has been completed in a foreign college or university may be used to meet the job requirements. In order to receive credit in the examination for your foreign education, you must have your foreign education evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education credentials. Such education must be declared as the equivalent of similar undergraduate or graduate work in a U.S. institution. For additional information please go to the following websites: Recognition of Foreign Qualifications - https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html, National Association of Credential Evaluations Services - http://www.naces.org/ or Association of International Credential Evaluators - http://aice-eval.org/. You must provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing along with your application. Failure to provide such documentation will result in lost consideration.
Failure to provide such documentation when requested will result in lost consideration.
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.
Your complete application, including required documents, must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the closing date of this announcement.
To apply on-line, you must complete and submit an application by accessing the USAJOBS website at http://www.usajobs.gov/. To begin, click the Apply Online button near the bottom of this screen and follow the prompts to register into your USAJOBS account, answer the questions, and submit all required documents. To return to your saved application, log in to your USAJOBS account at http://www.usajobs.gov/ and click on “Application Status.” Click on the position title, and then select Apply Online to continue.
If you have problems completing your on-line application, including problems submitting your supporting documents, please contact the Help Desk by e-mail at mgshelp@monster.com or by phone at 866.656.6831. The help desk is available Monday – Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET.
For instructions on submitting your application in another format please contact: Haley Clements
After the closing date of the announcement, your package will be reviewed to determine if you meet the minimum qualification requirements. Best qualified candidates will be forwarded to the selecting official for consideration and may be interviewed. You will be notified of your application status through USAJOBS at four points during the hiring process, as applicable. You may check the status of your application at any time after the announcement closes by accessing the USAJOBS website at http://usajobs.gov/ and clicking on “Track Your Online Application.” The four points of notification are:
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