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Summary You will serve as the Principal Scientist for Maritime Synthetic Aperture Radar, a Senior Scientific Technical Manager (SSTM) position, located in the Remote Sensing Division at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory located in Washington DC. Responsibilities You will serve as the technical lead in identifying and developing new research directions in remote sensing of importance to the Navy, DoD and other government and international partners. You will develop cross-organizational teams to address the research problems, and identify and secure funding from sponsors for this research. You will conduct and lead innovative research advancing remote sensing strategies and techniques to leverage existing government and commercial systems critical to future naval power. You will extend current capabilities through development of advanced signal processing techniques for emerging and future remote sensing system strategies and capabilities. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications The applicant is to provide a separate narrative statement which describes fully, but concisely, how his/her experience supports each of the following Mandatory Technical Qualifications. Each technical qualification narrative should not exceed 2 pages. Failure to address these specific qualifications in a separate narrative statement will eliminate you from consideration: 1. Demonstrated competence in understanding, planning, and conducting research on the impact of mesoscale oceanography and ocean dynamics on radar and electro-optical remote sensing technologies. 2. Demonstrated research spanning physical oceanography, target detection and characterization, atmospheric phenomena (even for microware synthetic-aperture radar (SAR)) and derived inferences. 3. Demonstrated ability to develop cross-organizational teams to address the research problems, and identify and secure funding from sponsors for this research. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-PROF AND Physics Series 1310 (opm.gov) Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Education Degree: physics; or related degree that included at least 24 semester hours in physics. -or- Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in physics totaling at least 24 semester hours, plus appropriate experience or additional education. An advanced degree of Master's or Ph.D. in one of the educational fields listed above is highly desirable. Additional Information Senior Scientific Technical Manager (SSTM) positions are positions which exceed the NP-04 (GS-15 equivalent). SSTMs provide a continuity of technical leadership and oversight that is needed to ensure long term stewardship of an organization's technical capabilities. Typically, applicants for SSTM positions are expected to have a graduate degree, significant research or development experience, and a national or international reputation in his/her field and are recognized throughout the applicable community as a renowned expert. SSTM positions are in the competitive service. This position is not covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf