Location Based Services Lead

US National Institute of Standards and Technology; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

NIST seeks a Location-Based Services Lead to direct advanced research and development in indoor Location-Based Services and Positioning, Navigation, and Timing technologies for public safety communications. The role directs research supporting indoor mapping, positioning, tracking, and navigation for first responders.

This interdisciplinary position can be covered by 0855 and 1301 series and requires solid expertise in PNT, GNSS, and related data analysis.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree from ABET-accredited program or equivalent
• Education+experience options: FE exam or PE licensure or 60 semester hours in physical sciences/engineering
• Experience with PNT technologies and indoor positioning desirable

Responsibilities

• Direct R&D in indoor LBS and PNT for public safety communications
• Lead research supporting indoor mapping, positioning, tracking, and navigation for first responders

Skills

PNT technologies

GNSS

Indoor positioning

Tracking technologies

Data analysis

Education

ABET-accredited program

FE exam or equivalent

Professional Engineer license

60 semester hours in physical sciences/engineering

Related curriculum in STEM

Job description

NIST is seeking a Location-Based Services Lead to direct advanced research and development involving indoor Location-Based Services (LBS) and Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) technologies for public safety communications. The position leads research supporting indoor mapping, positioning, tracking, and navigation for first responders. This notice is issued under direct-hire authority to recruit new talent to occupations for which NIST has a severe shortage of candidates.

This is an interdisciplinary position that can be covered by the following Occupational Series: 0855 and 1301.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING:

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 nd techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:

• 1. 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.
• 2. 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.
• 3. 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.
• 4. 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.)

BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCE:

A. Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics.

OR

B. Combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

AND

In addition to the basic requirements above, applicants must possess 1 year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level (ZP-III at NIST). Specialized experience is defined as experience performing research, development, testing, analysis, or implementation activities related to Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) technologies, such as Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), navigation and localization systems, indoor positioning and tracking technologies, or the analysis of navigation or location-based data.

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.

The qualification requirements in this vacancy announcement are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook.

If requesting reconsideration of your qualification determination, please refer to the following site: Applicant Reconsideration