Chief Propulsion Division

As a basic requirement for entry into the Senior Executive Service (SES), you must clearly articulate and describe within your five (5)-page resume evidence of progressively responsible supervisory, managerial, or professional experience which involved management of a program or organization of significant scope and complexity, normally obtained over several years by serving in positions at the GS-15 level or equivalent. Your resume must not exceed the five (5) page limit, any additional pages over the page limit will not be considered.

Your resume must provide information regarding your professional experience and accomplishments that demonstrate your ability to perform the duties of this position and meet the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs). In addition, you must provide a separate narrative response to each of the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) described below. Your narrative responses must not exceed one (1) page per MTQ, and you must upload all MTQ responses in one document. If you fail to do so, your application will be rated ineligible.

If you are currently serving under a career SES appointment, are eligible for reinstatement into the SES (this means you were previously employed as a Career SES employee and you successfully completed a one-year probationary period) or have successfully completed a SES Candidate Development Program and been certified by OPM, you MUST submit a resume and in a separate document address the MTQs. Your resume must clearly state that you are a current career SES, eligible for reinstatement, or SES CDP certified and year of certification.

Please DO NOT submit separate documents addressing the ECQs. Only your five (5) page resume and one (1) page narrative response to each MTQ will be accepted and considered. Any additional documents submitted will not be accepted.

EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS:

ECQ 1 - Leading Change: The ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. Leadership Competencies: Creativity and Innovation, External Awareness, Flexibility, Resilience, Strategic Thinking, Vision

ECQ 2 - Leading People: The ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. Leadership Competencies: Conflict Management, Leveraging Diversity, Developing Others, Team Building

ECQ 3 - Results Driven: The ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. Leadership Competencies: Accountability, Customer, Decisiveness, Entrepreneurship, Problem Solving, Technical Credibility

ECQ 4 - Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. Leadership Competencies: Financial Management, Human Capital Management, Technology Management

ECQ 5 - Building Coalitions: The ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. Leadership Competencies: Partnering, Political Savvy, Influencing/Negotiating


MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS:

MTQ 1- Demonstrated experience in leading and managing research, analysis, trade studies, and development of propulsion systems and subsystems for aeronautics and space applications such as airbreathing, combined cycle, rocket, electric aircraft and in-space electric, and advanced propulsion.

MTQ 2- Demonstrated experience in leading, directing, and/or managing a multidisciplinary research and engineering organization, including development and advocacy for new programs/projects and working with multiple stakeholders.

Your application package must be in your own words. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement, or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job. NASA prohibits the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted tool in drafting application and assessment responses. Please visit https://www.nasa.gov/careers/how-to-apply/#Artificial-Intelligence to review NASA's guidance on the use of AI tools during the application process.

RESOURCES

Additional information about the SES and ECQs can be found on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) SES Website.

When preparing your resume-based application, you are encouraged to review OPM's Guide to Senior Executive Service Qualifications. A sample 5-page resume can be found on page 30 of the reference document.