Duties

Summary

This position is in NASA's Pathways Intern Program that provides students with the opportunity to explore NASA careers and gain meaningful developmental work experience. Participants are assigned to an engineering discipline in the Research or Engineering Directorate depending on organizational needs.
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Responsibilities

• Conduct research in computer science related topics that may include the following:
• safety assurance for highly complex and autonomous aerospace systems
• novel Machine Learning-based auto-formalization techniques to the Formal Verification Systems
• formal verification methods for the analysis, design, and implementation of advanced safety-critical aerospace systems
• or new computational fluid dynamics algorithms tailored to emerging high-performance computer hardware technology

Travel Required

Occasional travel - Travel may be required for training or other work-related duties

Supervisory status
No

Promotion Potential
11

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• You must be a U. S. citizen or national
• Enrolled/accepted in an accredited educational institution
• Pursuing a master's degree or higher
• Maintain enrollment at least half time as defined by the institution
• Have and maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 2.9 on a 4.0 scale
• You will be required to undergo a pre-employment background investigation
• You will be required to sign a Pathways Participant Agreement
• You must be at least 16 at the time of appointment
• Applicants must have an expected graduation date of no earlier than one calendar year from the expected start date.
• You will be expected to start on January 19, 2021 and no later than June 2021
• Available to work at least 640 hours prior to completion of degree

Qualifications

Starting GS grade levels are determined by education level:

For GS-9: Completed 1 academic year (18 semester credit hours) of a master's or Juris Doctor program, OR
accepted into a doctorate program OR in the first year of a doctorate program (other than physical or
biological science research major).

For GS-11: Completed 1 year of doctorate-level study

Education

To be eligible for this position, you must be pursuing a master's degree or higher with a major study in one of the following:
- Computer Science
- Computer Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Mathematics

*Note: Computer Science curriculum must include 30 semester hours of course work in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science that provided in-depth knowledge of the following: (1) theoretical foundations and practical applications of computer science, including digital computer system architecture and system software organization, the representation and transformation of information structures and the theoretical models for such representations and transformations; and (2) essential mathematical and statistical techniques; of the 30 semester hours, 15 must be in any combination of statistics and mathematics which includes differential and integral calculus.

For Computer Science majors, bachelors of arts degrees are not qualifying.

Degrees in engineering technology are not qualifying for this position.

Engineering degrees must be from a college or university school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum. To find out if a degree meets this requirement, go to http://www.abet.org.

Science and other related degrees must be from colleges or universities that are accredited by recognized accrediting organizations. To see if your school meets this criteria, go to http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.

Additional information

Interns may be promoted to higher grades based on the amount of education completed and acceptable performance. However, promotions are not guaranteed.

You will only be considered for the highest grade for which you qualify.

The salary range indicated in the announcement is representative of a full-time, year-round work schedule. Your salary will be calculated based on the number of hours worked while on rotation.

You will be expected to comply with Center Pathway policies located at: https://www.nasa.gov/careers/students-and-recent-graduates

You will serve a trial period for the duration of the Intern appointment.

You may be required to perform rotational assignments in various organizations. Additionally, this position requires you to work a specific schedule such as one semester at school followed by one semester at NASA. The supervisor and Intern will agree on a formally-arranged schedule of school and work rotations. A rotation is a defined period of work or school study, usually a semester, a summer, or a quarter in length.

Interns may be considered for conversion to a term or permanent appointment within 120 days of completing degree requirements provided they:

• Successfully completed an academic course of study with a grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.9 (on a 4.0 scale);
• Complete a minimum of 640 hours of work experience before completing degree requirements;
• Meet the qualification requirements for the position to which they are converted; and
• Maintain acceptable performance.

Eligibility for conversion does not guarantee that NASA will offer conversion. At NASA, term appointments last from one to six years. If an Intern is converted to a term appointment, they may later be converted to a permanent appointment without competing.

The Intern may be converted to a term or permanent position with promotion potential to the GS-13 level.

You must meet eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

This vacancy announcement may be used to fill additional positions within 90 days of the closing date of the announcement.

PLEASE TAKE CARE IN PREPARING AND SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION. When completing the Supplemental Questions, please pay close attention to the selections and inputs you are making. Entries regarding your eligibility made in error cannot be modified after the application is submitted and you will lose consideration if you are determined to be ineligible based on the answers to the questionnaire.you will lose consideration if you are determined to be ineligible based on the answers to the questionnaire.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

We will review your resume and your answers to NASA-specific questions to ensure that you meet eligibility requirements and minimum qualifications. Your answers to the NASA-specific questions supplement your resume. Please be sure that your answers and your resume are accurate, as NASA is not authorized to alter them. If the information in your resume differs from your answers to the questions, we will use your answers to the questions to determine your eligibility and/or qualifications for this position.

[Use only if preferred majors are listed under 'Education'] If you meet the eligibility requirements and minimum qualifications, you will be further evaluated based on the preferred majors listed under 'Education.'

Veterans' preference applies in the hiring process. In order to receive preference in hiring, you must clearly identify your claim for veterans' preference when you apply. Veteran's preference will only be granted based on what is supported by the documentation you provide. For more information about Veterans' Preference, please visit this link .

Background checks and security clearance

Security clearance
Not Required

Drug test required
No

Required Documents

NASA's application process has been specifically developed to ensure that we only ask you for the information we absolutely need to evaluate your qualifications and eligibility. In order to apply for this position, you only need to submit your resume and answer a short series of NASA-specific questions. No additional documentation is accepted at the time of application. Nothing further is required until requested by the human resources office. At that point, we may ask you to submit documentation to support statements made in your resume and your answers to the NASA-specific questions. For example, we will ask you to provide academic transcripts. If you are claiming veterans' preference, we will ask you to submit proof of veterans' preference (DD214, and, if claiming 10-point preference, SF-15 plus the proof required by that form). If you fail to provide the requested documents within the stated time period, we may withdraw the job offer and/or remove you from further consideration.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education .

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.