Supv. Computer Scientist, ZP-1550-V, Supv. Electrical Engineer, ZP-0850-V (GS-15 Equiv.)

DutiesSummary

The candidate selected will serves as Manager of the Multimodal Information Group, within the Information Technology Laboratory

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Responsibilities

The incumbent will serve as Manager of the Multimodal Information Group, Information Access Division, Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology. The incumbent will be responsible for leading and managing all projects and activities within the Multimodal Information Group. The incumbent will be responsible for planning, budgeting and executing plans, and directing the staff of the Group. The incumbent serves as an expert scientific advisor to NIST management and staff, other government agencies, universities, professional societies, and industry on the application of measurement science to advance multimodal and multi-lingual technologies focused human language technologies operating on speech, image, and video data, including: speech segmentation & transcription, speaker and language recognition, machine translation, event and object detection, media forensics, biometrics, data science, forensics. The incumbent will lead a group that contributes to research and development of measurement and evaluation methods to facilitate the use of technologies that provide easier access to multimedia and multi-lingual information and that improve human-computer interface modalities. This is achieved by:

• facilitating the development of standards, measurement and evaluation methodologies;
• conducting and managing evaluations of advanced multimodal human language technologies;
• providing leadership and expertise in development of national and international standards;
• developing metrics and data resources to support research, development, and evaluation of multimodal, multilingual technologies;
• developing breakthrough improvements in measurement accuracy and quality assessment; and
• developing prototypes and testing for advanced multimodal, multilingual technologies.
Travel Required

Occasional travel - Occasional travel may be required to attend conferences and meetings.

Supervisory status

Yes

Promotion Potential

05

• Job family (Series)

  1550 Computer Science

  0850 Electrical Engineering

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• Requirements

  RequirementsConditions of Employment
  • You must be a U.S. citizen
  • You must be registered for Selective Service if applicable (www.sss.gov)
  • You must be suitable for Federal Employment
  • This position requires the submission of a Financial Disclosure Form OGE450

  Applicants must meet requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

  Qualifications

  Basic Requirements:

  For Computer Scientist ZP-1550-V:

  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or bachelor’s degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus. All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions.

  In addition to the basic requirements, applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of the specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-14 (ZP-IV at NIST). Specialized experience is defined as experience in leading a team of technical staff to carry out interdisciplinary collaborations with industry, academia, and government agencies to accelerate research development and adoption of standards and testing tools in topic areas such as Human Language Technology, Biometrics Technology, Identification and Verification Technology, Multimedia Technology, Data Science, and Video/Image authentication.

  For Electrical Engineer ZP-0850-V:

  Basic Requirements:

  A. Degree: 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:

  • Professional registration or licensure - Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.
  • Written Test - Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
  • Specified academic courses - Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A.
  • Related curriculum - Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor’s degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)

  In addition to the basic requirements, applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of the specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-14 (ZP-IV at NIST). Specialized experience is defined as experience in leading a team of technical staff to carry out interdisciplinary collaborations with industry, academia, and government agencies to accelerate research development and adoption of standards and testing tools in topic areas such as Human Language Technology, Biometrics Technology, Identification and Verification Technology, Multimedia Technology, Data Science, and Video/Image authentication.

  
  

  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.
  
  Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcement are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains Federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the OPM website located at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/

  Applicants may request reconsideration of their qualifications determination within three business days from the date their applicant status was changed. Applicants should email the Agency Contact listed in this vacancy announcement with their written request listing the announcement number; explaining why the original determination was improper; what factors were not considered; and, should provide any other pertinent information that would enable reevaluation.

  Education

  This position has an education requirement. You must submit a copy of your transcripts to document that you have met the education requirement. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required prior to the final offer of employment.

  Foreign education: Individuals educated in whole or in part in foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for a U.S. equivalency evaluation of course work and degree. View a listing of these accredited organizations from the Department of Education's website. Provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing.

  Additional information

  This notice is issued under direct-hire authority to recruit new talent to occupations for which NIST has a severe shortage of candidates.

  A one to three year probationary period may be required.
  
  A supervisory probationary period may be required.

  This position is covered by an Alternative Personnel Management System (APMS). This system replaces the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and grade with career paths and pay bands. For information regarding how the pay bands correspond to the General Schedule, click here.

  
  
  How You Will Be Evaluated

  You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

  Applications will be evaluated against the basic qualifications. Your resume must contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make a qualification determination. Please ensure that your resume contains specific information such as position titles, beginning and ending dates of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, salary, duties performed for each position, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should provide the position series and grade level/pay band. Please also include in your resume a list of all publications and patents/patent applications on which you are a named inventor and provide the title and patent/patent application number for each. Qualified candidates will be considered in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management Direct Hire Guidelines. Veterans' Preference does not apply to the direct hire recruitment procedures. Selections made under this notice will be processed as new appointments to the civil service. You may not be considered for the position if any part of the application is incomplete. Your application may not receive appropriate consideration without the required supporting documentation.

  
  
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  Other

  Drug test required

  No

• Required Documents

  Required Documents

  What documents do I need to submit? In addition to your resume, you must submit a copy of your transcripts to document that you have met the education requirement. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required prior to the final offer of employment.
  How do I submit my documents: You may submit required and/or supplemental documents through any ONE of the following methods:

  • Upload your file(s);
  • Download from your USAJOBS account;
  • Fax using the on-line fax cover sheet;

  All required supporting documentation mentioned in this vacancy announcement, and all vacancy applications submitted electronically or via fax must be submitted and received by 11:59 pm ET on the closing date of this announcement. You are not required to submit official documents at this time; copies are sufficient.
  

  Are you CTAP or ICTAP Eligible? If you are a Federal employee claiming special priority selection rights under DOC's Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or your Agency's Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP), you must meet the threshold of "well qualified" for the position to receive priority consideration. DoC defines well qualified as receiving an overall score of "85". In order to be eligible and considered under CTAP or ICTAP procedures, you must submit proof that you meet the requirements of 5CFR 330.605 (a) for CTAP and 5 CFR 330.704 for ICTAP. This includes a copy of your agency's notice, a copy of your most recent Performance Rating and a copy of your most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, noting current position, grade level, and the duty location. Please annotate your application to reflect that you are applying as a CTAP or ICTAP eligible. If you are determined eligible for CTAP and ICTAP consideration, you may be required to respond to job-related questions in order to assess your “well qualified” status. Responses to the questions must be reflected in your resume. If the your responses are not supported by information in your resume, they may be modified and, as a result, your score may be lowered.

  For more information about CTAP and ICTAP, please refer to the following web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/#ctap.

  Please review the information on the following link to determine if there are any documents you need to provide - https://www.nist.gov/careers/information-new-employees/applying-jobs-required-forms

  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.

• Benefits

  Benefits

  A career with the U.S. Government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Learn more about federal benefits.

  NIST offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, life insurance, health benefits, and participation in the Federal Employee Retirement System. NIST also offers a broad array of work-life flexibilities and services to employees such as flexible work schedules, teleworking transit subsidies, on-site child care, fitness center, credit union, employee assistance programs, and free parking. Learn more about NIST's work life programs by clicking here.

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• Federal employees - Competitive service

  Current or former competitive service federal employees.

• Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)

  Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.

• Military spouses
• Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista
• The public

  U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

• Veterans

* All qualified U.S. citizens; * Current Federal employees serving under a career or career- conditional appointment in the competitive service; * CTAP/ICTAP eligible; * National Service (Peace Corps & VISTA); * Applicants eligible under special hiring authorities (i.e., Appointment of certain military spouses, Schedule A).