Total 70 Science / R&D / Research job vacancies in Langley AFB, Virginia

• Provides objective, timely advice, and operational and resource assessments underpinned by analytics to inform the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process including POM development, PBR cycle, Deputy’s Management Action Group.
• Integrates analytic insights spanning policy, requirements, and resources to inform strategy, investment, force management, and operational recommendations for decision.
• Develops, oversees, and implements the Army’s Analytic Plan each Fiscal Year in accordance with DepSecDef Analytic Guidance and in support of Army Senior Leader priorities impacting the Army enterprise
• Coordinates and collaborates within and across both the Army’s and DoD’s analytic enterprise to ensure the alignment and exchange of analytic assumptions, baselines, insights and findings

As a Auditor (Performance), GS-0511-15 MP, you will perform the following duties:

• Serves as OAIE's Director of Innovation, Quality, and Resolution (IQR) reporting directly to the AIG.
• Provides oversight and direction in government-conducted performance audits and reviews.
• Supervises a team that advises AIG on the latest federal oversight practices and recommends innovative approaches for performing OAIE's oversight mission.
• Provides expert counsel to team members on unique, complex, and ambiguous areas.
• Advises senior OIG leaders on project needs or modification to ensure compliance with auditing standards, policy and procedural guidance, and other applicable professional standards and requirements.
• Sets short-term priorities and directs the development, preparation, and completion of annual quality assurance planning, Internal Audit Standards Quality Assurance Reviews, external peer reviews, and special project initiatives.

• Conducts ongoing advanced research into new and innovative approaches to audit work.
• Develops and cultivates relationships with other innovators in the Inspector General community to exchange ideas and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of OAIE audits, inspections, and other oversight activities.
• Consults with Directors and staff within OAIE to gain a better understanding of their work and to brainstorm ideas for process and quality improvements.
• Interprets changes to or new legislation or regulations for impact on OAIE work processes and advises the AIG if such changes necessitate policy or practice adjustments.
• Reviews, updates and/or rewrites OAIE-wide policies to ensure they reflect changing requirements and inform how OAIE work is conducted.

• Ensures that OAIE Quality Assurance (QA) practices are proactive.
• Builds and implements continuous QA measures into all facets of OAIE internal work processes.
• Oversees the design and implementation of processes that ensure OAIE outputs maintain the highest standards of quality.

• Leads OAIE's resolution program to ensure that appropriate and timely action is taken by NSF, grantee or contract management officials in response to all report findings and recommendations.
• Maintains expert knowledge of OMB, NSF, and OIG policies and procedures that govern the resolution and follow-up process.
• Develops and maintains professional working relationships with NSF and National Science Board officials and staff involved in the resolution and implementation process.
• Conducts regular and frequent meetings with high-level NSF officials to discern and ensure that corrective action plans are developed and implemented.

The Linguistics Program supports basic science in the domains of the structure, acquisition, and processing of human language, encompassing investigations of the phonological, morphological, semantic, and syntactic properties of human languages, their intersections with social and environmental contexts, and of language processing, including across diverse learning and interactional situations, such as first, second, or multilingual contexts. The program encourages projects that are interdisciplinary in theoretical perspective and/or methodological approach, and that address questions that cross disciplinary boundaries. Linguistics Program Directors also manage the Dynamic Language Infrastructure-Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL) program, a cross-agency program with the National Endowment for the Humanities, which supports research and infrastructure that advances the science of language documentation of endangered languages through the preparation of lexicons, grammars, databases, and the development of computational tools in support of language documentation.

The responsibilities of NSF Program Directors are dynamic and constantly evolving. Program Directors have an opportunity and responsibility to ensure NSF-funded research is at the forefront of advancing fundamental knowledge. In support of that, Program Directors are responsible for extensive interaction with academic research communities, as well as interaction with other Federal agencies that may lead to development of interagency collaborations. Within this context, Program Directors solicit, receive and review research proposals, make funding recommendations, administer awards, and undertake interaction with research communities in their fields.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

PROGRAM PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

• Maintain a healthy balance of support for all the needs of the research and education enterprise either through program, division, directorate, Foundation, or interagency activities.
• Manage program resources so as to provide optimal appropriate scientific judgment to ensure integrity and consistency in the grant/declination process without conflict of interests, and with balance among appropriate sub-fields and institutions, and participation of all qualified scientists. Incorporate cross-directorate responsibilities into program administration.
• Manage an effective, timely merit review process, with attention to increasing the size and quality of the reviewer pools and ensuring participation by women, minorities, and disabled scientists.
• Provide scientific expertise, evaluation, and advice for other programs in NSF, including international programs, other research programs, and cross-directorate programs.
• Advise and assist in the development of short- and long-range plans, establishing goals and objectives for research programs. Plan the budget for the program/programs considering past, present, and future fiscal years, allocate resources within that budget distributing scarce resources among major competitive programs, and manage post-award evaluation.
• Control waste, fraud, and abuse.

• Represent the Program, Division, Directorate, and Foundation within the scientific community, with other NSF units, with other appropriate agencies and organizations, and with the public, accurately reflecting NSF policy and positions.
• Create and maintain linkages to other NSF units and other Federal agencies in pursuit of the overall NSF mission.
• Participate in staff, panel, committee, and other meetings, providing input relevant to Program area and/or Division.
• Pursue affirmative action and EEO goals.
• Pursue and/or be responsive to assignment on special projects and temporary functional teams from across the Foundation to solve problems, improve staff communication, and effect coordination for special programs.
• Contribute ideas and effort to improving the quality of policies and NSF's performance of the overall mission. Develop policies and plans for strengthening research and education programs.
• Provide information to the community on how NSF is pursuing its mission and gather data and impressions from the community on the effectiveness of NSF's performance of its mission.
• Prepare and disseminate a variety of informational documents which may include data on progress being made toward NSF's goals, trends and opportunities papers, and budget plans.

• Duties described below are at the highest grade advertised. Duties assigned at lower grade levels will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity; duties will be commensurate with the grade of selected employee.
• Serves as the Fire Protection Engineer/Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) reporting to the Chief of Protective Services.
• Documents and implements a Center Fire Protection and Life Safety Program designed to protect human life and property from the risk of fire-related hazards.
• Interprets, adapts, and applies numerous codes, regulations, guidelines, precedents and engineering principles and practices to determine most feasible design or possible alternative solutions.
• Approves the work of civil servants, contractors and commercial partner engineers, fire department and other specialists in the planning, directing, and coordinating activities for the Fire Protection Program.
• Examines the nature and characteristics of fire phenomena and how fires originate, spread, and are detected, controlled, and extinguished. Conducts investigations into post-fire incidents and predicting fire behavior to protect life and property.
• Reviews and approves building construction and fire protection features and ensures they are in place to minimize danger to life from the effects of fire.
• Provides and maintains fire protection and life safety systems and procedures in accordance with National Fire Protection Associate requirements, the International Building Code, and the Agency Standard for Fire Protection and Life Safety.
• Serves as Contracting Officer Representative (COR)/technical representative for assigned contracts.
• Fosters a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champions NASA's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity and teamwork.

• Duties described below are at the highest grade advertised. Duties assigned at lower grade levels will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity; duties will be commensurate with the grade of selected employee.
• Lead team using technical approaches, policies, effective communication, and teamwork to achieve objectives and maintain effective relationships. Adapt to changing needs and consider complex cross-organizational implications when resolving issues.
• Direct airworthiness assessment of vehicles, operations, or processes, evaluate in-house and contract proposals of flight systems, and provide engineering dispositions. Act as primary operations interface with test teams or external partners.
• Assess and implement civil, military, international, manufacturer and NASA standards and requirements to ensure airworthiness of flight vehicles and/or mission success to meet research goals.
• Develop effective operational plans for small, moderate, and complex projects including scope definition, requirements and verification, schedule, cost and resource estimation and allocation for all project phase activities.
• Determine system performance and interface requirements to meet technical and safety objectives. Prepare risk assessments, and verify mitigation implementation through inspection, test, analysis, etc., to develop recommendations and resolve issues.
• Prepare complex integration plans and procedures for air and ground vehicles and infrastructure. Acquire and/or confirm integration readiness of equipment to ensure product support documentation and configuration management.
• Lead development and management of concept of operations, test plan and test cards. Manage command and control activities according to mission objectives including real-time decision-making and problem resolution during mission critical operations.
• Report ground and/or flight research results, and develop and deliver technical results/briefs to internal and external stakeholders.
• Foster a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champion NASA's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity, and teamwork.

• Supervises a staff of Market Analysts, Program Analysts, Material/Industrial Engineers, and Economists.
• Places exceptional emphasis on implementing and administering regulations governing the safeguarding of classified information, assuring that subordinates are trained and fully comply with the provisions of security regulations.
• Provides leadership and management to a staff of highly technical professionals responsible for coordinating, developing, and maintaining plans for the operation of Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Strategic Materials.
• Analyzes and modifies short-and-long-range plans, programs, and objectives, recommending major changes to ensure the best possible level of support to the customer, stakeholders, and organization.
• Serves as the primary focal point on numerous issues related to the identification of strategic and critical material requirements and major application areas, and development of cost effective and responsive risk mitigation plans.
• Works closely and collaborates with high level management/personnel from DLA, Military Services, Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), Joint Staff, other Department of Defense (DoD) and federal entities, US and foreign industry and governments.
• Keeps the Administrator informed on marketing factors such as changes in supply/demand, production, consumption, imports/exports, prices and stock levels and their influence on markets for stockpile materials sales program.

• As an Operations Research Analyst, you will perform the following duties which is not an all-inclusive list:
• Serve as a system analyst team member or an individual analyst.
• Plan and organize assignments, analyzing assignments to determine individual problems to be considered.
• Review reports of prior work in the field to determine what available solutions can be used.
• Participate in the statistical design of qualitative assessments tests, development of independent evaluation plans, snd subsequent analyses for assigned projects.

As a Research Civil Engineer (Highway), you will:

• Plan, conduct, and manage research studies utilizing engineering principles and knowledge in the areas of digital project delivery and asset management.
• Utilize engineering principles and knowledge of the digital transformation of infrastructure project delivery to better enable owner agency’s decision-making.
• Develop and promote research and analysis tools and methods to link project delivery and asset management, and improve the understanding of impacts and opportunities of technology (including autonomous vehicles) on the nation’s infrastructure.
• Participate in Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) asset management, digital project delivery, and digital infrastructure programs to assess needs and help advance a lifecycle approach to data management.
• Collaborate with work groups across Department of Transportation (DOT) modes as well as across other Federal agencies, such as the USDOT’s Digital Infrastructure and connected /autonomous vehicle groups.

The ideal candidate:

The ideal candidate for this position is a mid-level professional with extensive expertise and direct experience in methods, practices, data standards, and procedures related to infrastructure project delivery and lifecycle-based asset management. They have an excellent understanding of highway agency needs, challenges and opportunities as the industry undergoes a digital transformation. They also have experience in planning, conducting, managing, and "Continued under Additional Info".

This position is being filled under Direct-Hire Auth (Certain DoD Personnel), PL 118-31, Sec 1250B(i)(2), 12/22/2023

As a INTERDISCPLINARY COMPUTER ENG/OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST/COMP SCI at the GS-0854/1515/1550-14 some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Performs a broad range of assessment; analyses; or experimentation of fielded or emerging capabilities/technologies associated with Command, Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C2ISR) supporting the Joint commands with national or international responsibilities.
• Is responsible for planning and conducting assessments to include defining purpose, objectives, critical operational issues, metrics; methodology, analysis of results, and providing end-state deliverables as required by customers and sponsors.
• Leads or participates in assessment, integration, and/or interoperability project teams.

The Student Trainee Business Operations Assistant is responsible for performing various administrative support duties in their assigned organization. They may provide administrative support related to NSF's efforts to promote and fund awards through grants, cooperative agreements, and other mechanisms, or may support technical and business operations throughout NSF. Student interns will perform a combination of the following:

Administrative/Office Support

• Receives, controls, and tracks all incoming mail, correspondence, documents, congressional and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, and action items.
• Creates, maintains, and promptly distributes important documents and records to appropriate staff, including the assigned organization's telephone list, Staff Conflict of Interest (COI) list, and Emergency Contact list.
• Receives visitors and screens telephone calls for the assigned organization.
• Maintains the assigned organization's calendar, assisting management staff in tracking important activities, such as panels, committee of visitors (COVs), site visits, and staff absences.
• Assists in planning and coordinating meetings by notifying participants, reserving space, sending agendas, preparing materials, assisting management officials in preparing for meetings and presentations, providing support during meetings, taking minutes, and following up as needed.
• Establishes, organizes, and maintains office files for the assigned organization.
• Assists with preparing purchase orders and requisitions for office equipment, furniture, and printing/copying supplies for the assigned organization.
• Serves as the assigned organization's primary timekeeper by maintaining accurate, up-to-date time and attendance records for all staff.

• Assists with processing non-award actions or recommended awards and providing general administrative support for assigned programs.
• Arranges logistics for in-person panels including negotiating hotel rates, reserving room blocks, and ensuring reviewers have the required materials, such as proposals and background information.
• Provides authoritative information to Principal Investigators (PIs) on proposal submission requirements and coordinates with PIs to obtain necessary information for incomplete proposals.
• Handles PI inquiries about their request status. Refers only the most controversial, sensitive, or substantive scientific issues to other staff members, as necessary.
• Enters budget and award data into the appropriate system for funded proposals.

• You will work with the military customers of these studies to help translate their questions and problems into analytically tractable study issues.
• You will ensure that results are presented to decision-makers in a balanced, clear, meaningful manner, free from bias.
• You will plan, coordinate, and lead meetings, conferences, and in progress reviews attended by diverse organizations both inside and outside of the Marine Corps which are associated with studios being performed.
• You document research in we-written analytical reports and briefings.
• You will present results of research to subject-matter experts as well as key decision-makers.

• You will utilize fundamental concepts and techniques of operations research and applied mathematics to solve problems, identify trends, or improve programs / operations.
• You will collect and analyze data using database, spreadsheet, and statistics applications to achieve the goals of the organization.
• You will use analysis techniques such as modeling and simulation, decision analysis or design of experiments to generate reports for senior leaders in the organization.
• You will present findings to supervisors involving issues in scope, schedule, or other aspects of studies that affect the quality, timing, and relevance of the analysis.
• You will review technical reports, papers, scientific journals, and textbooks to enhance knowledge of operations research and operational testing.

This position is located in our Research & Analysis Division, Office of Transnational Issues. As a/an Intelligence Research Specialist, you will:

- Serve as the senior SME in leading projects and teams.
- Identify, guide, and balance workload and tasks among employees in accordance with established workflow, skill level and or occupational specialization.
- Train or provide expert guidance to team members in methods and techniques to accomplish tasks or projects.

• As a Supervisory Operations Research Analyst, you will perform duties to include, but not limited to the following:
• Serves as a senior operations research analyst and Division Chief, supervising a professional staff of military and civilian operations research analysts and other technical and support personnel.
• Performs the daily supervision of division personnel, to include assignment of work, reviewing and accepting their products, identifying training requirements, establishing performance objectives and performing evaluations.
• Applies professional knowledge and broad experience in operations research and systems analysis (ORSA) to the study and analysis of force structure, doctrine, materiel, and training or to the development of methodologies, models and analytic tools.
• Participates in and oversees the preparation of the final study/project report and assures that any analysis or methodology appendices prepared elsewhere are integrated into that document.
• Reviews studies/projects for analytical soundness and consistency and prepares comments and recommendations in accordance with TRAC guidance and policy for production and quality oversight.

• You will develop and review mathematical models, results, and documentation to ensure quality, complete, and timely products are provided to internal and external stakeholders for assigned program(s)/project(s).
• You will utilize a variety of analytical tools to include, but not limited to, Automated Cost Estimating Integrated Tools (ACEIT).
• You will apply various statistical and mathematical techniques to convert data and information into analytical results to advise technical, financial, and program/project managers on solving complex problems.
• You will analyze options and perform cost estimating and/or analysis for programs/projects to reflect requirement or economic changes.
• You will develop and present various detailed reports and briefs to convey results and information to management and stakeholders.
• You will plan and execute procedures for requesting, review, acceptance, storage, retrieval, update, and dissemination of cost, programmatic, and technical data.