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Position Title: Director Defense Microelectronics Activity
Agency: Defense Microelectronics Activity
Announcement Number: WTKC206025240182SES Opens in new window
Open Period: Monday, August 3, 2020 to Friday, November 6, 2020

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This position has requirements which must be met prior to employment, and conditions for continued employment. Your answers to the questions in this section will indicate your understanding of, or possession of, these requirements and conditions.

1. This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Top Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment. A pre-employment and recurring comprehensive background investigation that includes, but is not limited to, contact with all references, employers, co-workers, personal associates, and a review of your driving record, credit history, criminal history, and military service are required. Are you willing to undergo pre-employment and recurring investigations to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance as required?

A. Yes

B. No

2. The duties of this position meet the criteria for compliance with Federal and Department of Defense Drug Free Workplace Programs. Detection of the presence of drugs is warranted. This position is subject to a pre-employment screening, and random testing thereafter, to include testing based on reasonable suspicion and testing due to direct involvement with an on-duty accident. Are you willing to refrain from the use of illegal drugs and submit to a pre-employment drug screening and random testing thereafter to obtain and maintain employment in this position?

A. Yes

B. No

3. This position requires the possession of a Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Engineering Level III certification, or the ability to obtain one within 24 months from the beginning of employment. I possess, or have the ability to obtain a DAWIA Engineering Level III certification within 24 months from the start of employment. (DAWIA Engineering Level III certification requirements are available at the following website: https://icatalog.dau.edu/onlinecatalog/CareerLvl.aspx?lvl=3&cfld=12).

A. Yes

B. No

4. Financial Disclosure Statement OGE Form 278 is used to assist agencies and employees to avoid conflicts between duties and financial interest. This position requires pre-employment financial disclosure and annually thereafter in accordance with DoD Directive 5500-7-R. Are you willing to disclose your financial affiliations prior to employment and annually thereafter to obtain and maintain employment in this position?

A. Yes

B. No

5. Senior Executives are required to sign a mobility agreement as a condition of employment. You will be required to relocate based on talent and management needs and for the
duration of employment in this or successor positions. Your preference, career objectives, and compelling personal needs may be considered, but are not binding on management. Future assignments will be to a position at the same permanent grade or higher grade dependent upon eligibility. Are you able and willing to accept a position that requires you to be mobile and relocate to assigned area world-wide to support the mission?

A. Yes

B. No

6. This position is designated as a Key Position. The incumbent is required to perform the duties and requirements of the position in the event of a crisis until relieved by proper authority. I will subscribe to the above listed requirements of this Key Position.

A. Yes

B. No

Thank you for your interest in the Director Defense Microelectronics Activity position with Department of Defense. Your resume, ECQs, TQ(s) and the responses you provide to this assessment questionnaire will be used to determine if you are among the best qualified for this position. Your responses are subject to verification. Please review your responses for accuracy before you submit your application.

1. Select the one statement that best describes the education that you possess that demonstrates your ability to perform the work of Director, Defense Microelectronics Activity at the ES-00 Tier 1 grade level or equivalent pay band in the Federal Service.

A. I have a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor’s degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)

B. I have a combination of education and 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. I am currently registered as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensed 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. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts, AND proof of registration as an Engineer Intern (EI) or Engineer in Training (EIT) or copy of your Professional Engineer (PE) license.)

C. I have a combination of education and 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. I have successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration, by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts, AND proof of passing the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or other written test required for professional registration.)

D. I have a combination of education and 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. I have successfully completed at least 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences that included the courses specified in A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)

E. I have a combination of education and 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. I have successfully completed 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, and have 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.) (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)

F. My education and/or experience is not reflected in the above statement.

Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).

2. To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must provide a separate narrative response to each of the Mandatory Technical Qualifications outlined in this announcement. Failure to address these qualifications in a separate narrative response will eliminate you from consideration.
Does your application package include a separate narrative response to the Mandatory Technical Qualifications?

A. Yes

B. No

3. If you are not a current or former SES Career employee (appointed under Title 5 U.S.C. 3393), or a graduate of an approved SES Candidate Development Program, you must also include a separate narrative response to each of the Executive Core Qualifications. Failure to address these qualifications in a separate narrative response will eliminate you from consideration:
Please select the response that best describes your application package:

A. I have submitted a separate narrative response to the Executive Core Qualifications.

B. I am a current OR former SES Career employee, appointed under Title 5 U.S.C. 3393; therefore, I am not required to provide a separate narrative response to the Executive Core Qualifications. My application package DOES include a copy of my SES Career appointment SF50, as required.

C. I am a graduate of an approved SES Candidate Development Program and am not required to provide a separate narrative response to the Executive Core Qualifications. My application package DOES include my OPM Certificate of Eligibility, as required.

D. My application package does NOT meet the requirements for addressing the Executive Core Qualifications.

4. Your responses to the Announcement and Assessment Questionnaires, along with your resume and all supporting documentation are subject to evaluation and verification to ensure accuracy. Please take this opportunity to review your responses to ensure their accuracy.

A. Yes, I verify that all of my responses to this questionnaire are true and accurate. I accept that if my supporting documentation and/or later steps in the selection process do not support one or more of my responses to the questionnaire that my application may be rated lower and/or I may be removed from further consideration.

B. No. I do not accept this agreement and/or I no longer wish to be considered for this position.

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