Public Notice for Industrial Engineer
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Salary$54k – $174k
LocationMay be filled in various FAA duty locations, United States
Work modeon-site
Typefull-time
DepartmentFAA Organizations Nationwide
Company size10,000+ people
PostedApr 14, 2026 · 6mo ago
Verified live2h ago
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Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited program OR combination of education and experience demonstrating knowledge of engineering sciences
Professional registration as Engineer Intern, Engineer in Training, or Professional Engineer
Successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or equivalent written test
At least 60 semester hours of physical, mathematical, and engineering science courses including specified engineering topics
Bachelor's degree in a related scientific field (engineering technology, physics, chemistry, etc.) plus 1 year of professional engineering experience under supervision
For FV-H level: one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-G (GS-5/7/9) level in industrial engineering or related functions
For FV-I level: one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-H (GS-11/12) level in facility layout and process optimization
For FV-J level: one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I (GS-13) level in designing supply chain or production facilities and leading improvement projects
For FV-K level: one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-J (GS-14) level overseeing engineering teams and developing policy
3 years of graduate education leading to a PhD or equivalent doctoral degree may substitute for specialized experience
Experience with DMAIC, LEAN, Six Sigma for process improvement
Experience evaluating facility layout, manpower, equipment, and work quality
We are not accepting applications from noncitizens
Skills
DMAIC
LEAN
Six Sigma
Summary
Direct hiring authority for the 0896 series is being used to fill this position. Public Notices serve as a resume repository, and positions may or may not be filled from this announcement.
Duties
The incumbent will perform professional industrial engineering duties/responsibilities concerned with the planning, design, analysis, improvement, and installation of integrated systems of employees, materials, and equipment to produce a product or render a service. This requires the application of specialized professional knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, and social sciences together with the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design to specify, predict, and evaluate the results obtained from such systems.
Requirements
We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.
Qualifications
Reference U.S. OPM Individual Occupational Requirements for Professional Engineering Positions https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf in conjunction with the Group Qualification Standard for Professional & Scientific Positions https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-PROF.
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); © 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:
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).
AND
TO QUALIFY AT THE FV-G (FG/GS-5/7/9) LEVEL: You must meet the Basic Requirements as stated above.
TO QUALIFY AT THE FV-H (FG/GS-11/12) LEVEL: In addition to the above Basic Requirements, you must demonstrate in your application you possess one year of *Specialized Experience equivalent to FV-G (FG/GS-5/7/9) level.
Specialized Experience may include but is not limited to: Experience in utilizing fundamental techniques, procedures, and methods in evaluating industrial operations or service organizations; planning, scheduling, and executing reviews involving analysis of data, processes, procedures, manpower, equipment, materials, and work quality.
OR
Education Substitution: 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, gained from an accredited college or university. The education should provide the knowledge and skills required to do the work of the position.
OR
Combination of education and experience may be qualifying for this position.
TO QUALIFY AT THE FV-I (FG/GS-13) LEVEL: In addition to the above Basic Requirements, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of *Specialized Experience equivalent to the FV-H (FG/GS-11/12) level.
Specialized Experiencemay include but is not limited to: Experience evaluating facility layout and organizing personnel and facilities within varied industrial/non-industrial organizations; and applying appropriate scientific methods and techniques, such as time and motion studies, work sampling, work simplification, queuing theory or simulation to an objective determination of optimum allocation of personnel and other resources.
TO QUALIFY AT THE FV-J (FG/GS-14) LEVEL: In addition to the above Basic Requirements, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of *Specialized Experience equivalent to the FV-I (FG/GS-13) level.
Specialized Experience may include but is not limited to: Experience designing and justifying facility layouts for supply chain, aircraft repair/overhaul, business operations or production environments; leading projects involved in evaluating operational activities such as equipment configuration, processes, manpower, costing, scheduling and implementation; identifying critical workload factors, collecting historical and quantitative data on work volume and related work-hours; and utilizing tools/techniques to improve a process i.e., DMAIC process, LEAN and Six Sigma, experience with improving transactional and manufacturing processes.
TO QUALIFY AT THE FV-K (FG/GS-15) LEVEL: In addition to the above Basic Requirements, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of *Specialized Experience equivalent to the FV-J (FG/GS-14) level.
Specialized Experience may include but is not limited to: Experience overseeing professional engineers involved in the design of supply chain, manufacturing, aircraft maintenance facilities; developing, issuing and advising on agency policy, guidance and professional engineering standards; providing expert engineering advice or consultation regarding priorities for integrating systems of mechanical equipment, machinery, employees and equipment.
*Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that are typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.
Applicants should include examples of Specialized Experience in their work history. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
Education
This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications. If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment. You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page).
Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration.
Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation.
Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university. A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered.
How you will be evaluated
IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.
Required documents
Transcripts and other documentation will be accepted in combination with your online application. These documents must be uploaded to your application on or before the closing date of this announcement.
This position has a positive education requirement; college transcripts are required for ALL candidates newly appointed to the FAA in the 0800 (Engineering) series.
College transcripts must be submitted from current FAA employees applying for internal vacancies if they have never held a position in the 0800 (Engineering) series with the FAA.
College transcripts are not required from current FAA employees who are currently occupying an 0800 (Engineering) series.
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