Physical Scientist

Description:

This is a Direct Hire Public Notice. Please read this Public Notice in its entirety prior to submitting your application for consideration.

This position is located within the Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS), National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) with 1 vacancy located in College Park, MD.

Requirements:

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements 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 Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS: This position requires applicants to meet a Basic Education Requirement in addition to at least one year of specialized experience in order to be found minimally qualified. You MUST meet one of the following basic education requirements:

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

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

Specialized experience: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level 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.

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 GS-13:
Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Develop Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning techniques for the post-processing and verification of environmental forecast models, including both atmospheric and marine systems, on forecast timescales of hours to years. Use Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning software and tools on high performance supercomputer systems. Prepare written and oral presentations on the use of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning techniques to post-processing and verification of environmental modeling systems. To qualify for the GS-14: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Conduct and manage projects for Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning techniques as applied to the post-processing and verification of environmental forecast models, including both atmospheric and marine systems, on forecast timescales of hours to years. Use high performance supercomputers to create and manage customized Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning software, using modern code techniques and tools. Prepare written and oral presentations on the use of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning techniques to post-processing and verification of environmental modeling systems.