Aerospace Engineer; Cabin Safety
Listed on 2026-03-03
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Engineering
Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics, Systems Engineer
Serves as an Aerospace Engineer (Cabin Safety Specialist) in Aircraft Certification Service (AIR). Plans and accomplishes highly complex and challenging projects, programs and other work activities under minimal direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced engineer.
To qualify for this position, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I, FG/GS 13.
To view the complete OPM qualification standard for the Group Coverage Qualification Standard for General Engineer, Series 801, please refer to:
General Engineering Series 0801
Basic Requirements:Degree in 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.
- (2) Include differential and integral calculus and courses in at least 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).
- (g) Any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.
Experience:
Experience with the application or development of aircraft certification standards, policies, and procedures used in the design and certification of an aircraft or aircraft system (e.g., 14 CFR parts 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 29, 33, 35; advisory circulars; policy memorandums).
Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.
Interview:If the Agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed. If the selection list is shortened to a best qualified list through a comparative process, then the best qualified list shall be considered to be the selection list.
DutyLocation:
The duty location will be an approved FAA AVS Facility.
Selection:Selection may be made from this announcement or from ACT-AVS-26-AIR
624-97295.
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