An official website of the United States government
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is seeking a technical expert to advance the shared understanding of how to best implement the opportunities presented by Artificial Intelligence. The role will provide technical expertise in developing solutions for real-world, large-scale problems using Artificial Intelligence at the USPTO.
Learn more about this agency09/23/2019 to 11/08/2019
$127,914 - $176,900 per year
SL 00
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - Occasional Travel will be necessary.
Yes—Relocation and Recruitment Incentives may be authorized.
Permanent
Full-time - The USPTO is open to a flexible duty station for this position . Travel to headquarters will be required and agreed upon between the agency and the selectee.
Competitive
00
Yes
No
OCIO-2019-0010
546501200
The primary role of the Senior Level Artificial Intelligence Expert will be to provide leadership and expertise in bridging the gap between areas of opportunity for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Research Scientist(s) developing proof of concepts to Software Engineer(s) putting AI into production by possessing deep understanding of trends and strategies for identifying solutions to meet mission critical business areas of opportunity. The Senior Level for AI will also be responsible for the following:
Candidates must provide evidence that is related to the skills and abilities outlined under the Specialized Experience. Specialized experience must have been at a sufficiently high level of difficulty to clearly show that the candidate possesses the required qualifications set forth below.
The Specialized Experience for this position is:
1. Proven leadership roles and skills related to Artificial Intelligence implementation with professional experience in applied implementation of Natural Language Processing (NLP), Expert Systems Evolutionary Computation, Robotic Process Automation, voice recognition, gaming theory, image search, video surveillance, predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, natural language processing, aggregating, extracting, and analyzing complex big data (complex information such as human speech or unstructured text); deep learning algorithms, and neural network feedback loops.
2. Proven experience in applications of AI in decision augmentation.
3. Ability to lead in fast paced and dynamic environment.
4. Proven public sector and/or corporate experience leadership with major deep learning initiatives that resulted in measurable improvements with a sound Al strategy aligned with an overall (digital) business strategy.
Candidates must provide evidence that is related to the skills and abilities outlined under the Professional Technical Qualifications (PTQ). Experience must have been at a sufficiently high level of difficulty to clearly show that the candidate possesses the required professional/technical qualifications set forth below.
Professional Technical Qualifications: Applicants must clearly demonstrate in their application materials that they possess technical attributes in the Professional/Technical Qualifications (PTQs).
The Professional Technical Qualifications (PTQs) for this position are:
1. Demonstrated senior level experience leading organizational change management to drive large, cross-functional artificial intelligence programs involving coordination with multiple stakeholders at various levels of the organization.
2. Demonstrated senior level experience defining and articulating enterprise data management, strategic vision and translating it into implementable steps for intelligence operationalization.
3. Demonstrated senior level experience defining and articulating enterprise architecture, strategic vision and translating it into implementable steps for artificial intelligence operationalization.
4. Demonstrated experience using various technologies of artificial intelligence within an organization
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.
A strongly preferred candidate would have an educational level of PhD and/or Masters or at minimum a bachelors in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Math, Engineering, or other technical related field.
Probationary Period - If selected, you will be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
This is a Non Bargaining Unit position. This is a Public Trust position and has a risk level designation of "high".
Background Investigation - If selected for this position, you may be required to complete a Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306), which includes a fingerprint and credit check, to determine your suitability for Federal employment and to authorize a background investigation
The USPTO participates in E-Verify. For more information on E-Verify, please visit http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/gc_1185221678150.shtm
All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choice.
Relocation expenses and or Recruitment incentives may be authorized.
More than one selection may be made from this announcement if additional identical vacancies in the same title, series, grade, and unit occur within 90 days from the date the certificate was issued.
The Ethics in Government Act of 1978, as amended, requires senior officials in the executive, legislative and judicial branches to file public reports of their finances as well as other interests outside the Government. If selected for this position you will be required to file a Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 278). You will need to provide the information annually. The OGE 278 is available to the public. The primary purpose of disclosure is to assist agencies in identifying potential conflicts of interest between a filer's official duties and the filer's private financial interests and affiliations.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
In order to be considered for this position, you must demonstrate in your application package that you meet the key requirements for the job, answer the Professional Technical Qualifications (PTQs), and submit a detailed resume that supports your answers to the PTQs and specialized experience.
Your responses to the PTQs, specialized experience and resume will be evaluated by a Human Resources Specialist and/or a rating and ranking panel. The highly qualified candidates will be submitted to the Selecting Official for further review and consideration.
Falsifying your background, education, and/or experience is cause for not hiring you or for changing your scored responses to questions you've answered, which may affect your overall final score. Please note that a complete application is required for consideration. (Please review the "Required Documents" section of this job announcement to see what must be included in a complete application).
A complete application consists of:
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.
The Office of Human Resources strongly encourages applicants applying for positions to read the vacancy announcement in its entirety before submitting application materials for this position.
You must submit your application so that it will be received by the closing date of the vacancy announcement. All applications must be submitted online. Submit only the documents requested. Additional documents will not be reviewed by the rating panel.
FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT CALL: Carolyn Schad at 571-272-7003; TTD#: (800) 828-1120 or Relay System Electronic submission must be received by 11:59pm Eastern time on the closing date of the vacancy announcement. United States Patent and Trademark Office programs are accessible to people with disabilities. This document will be converted to an appropriate alternative form for applicants with disabilities. Requests for this or other assistance and accommodation should be directed to the contact above.
Failure to follow instructions in the announcement will result in your application not receiving consideration.
Candidates are evaluated by an executive rating panel based on the degree to which they meet the Specialized Expierence, PTQs, considering the applicant's education, work-related experience, training, awards, and professional recognition.
You will receive notification through USAJOBS at each of the following points during the application process: (1) application received; (2) applicant assessed for qualifications; (3) applicant referred or not referred; and (4) selected or not selected
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/546501200. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
Learn more about
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is seeking a technical expert to advance the shared understanding of how to best implement the opportunities presented by Artificial Intelligence. The role will provide technical expertise in developing solutions for real-world, large-scale problems using Artificial Intelligence at the USPTO.
