The Light Duty Vehicle Division in the Office of Rulemaking-Crashworthiness Standards provides a focal point for the development of motor vehicle safety performance improvements and promulgation of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and regulations dealing with vehicle crashworthiness, standardization of test devices, and crash data collection and analysis.
Primarily works independently in motor vehicle standards preparation, and standards implementation and maintenance. Is responsible for all technical, regulatory, and policy related issues regarding certain FMVSSs related to light duty vehicles. The incumbent is responsible for specified portions of the development and management of the routine parts of complex engineering projects.
The incumbent has technical responsibility for the interpretation and application of the findings. The incumbent provides necessary but routine analyses in support of crashworthiness and biomechanical engineering aspects of rulemaking activities.
Specifically, the incumbent performs the following duties: Program Management and Team Leader Safety Standards Planning and Engineering Analyses Safety Standards Preparation Preamble and Promulgation Safety Standards Implementation and Maintenance State-of-the-Art Update and Assessment of Safety Standards and Safety Problem The ideal candidate: This position is perfect for innovative, process driven, detail oriented, and seasoned professionals seeking a position that will provide an opportunity to utilize strong leadership skills and technical expertise in the area of vehicle safety within a great Federal agency whose focus involves public safety.
We are seeking highly qualified individuals who are willing to meet the fast-paced challenges of public service while supporting our mission to reduce the number of fatalities and injuries resulting from motor vehicle crashes. NHTSA desires someone who is a highly motivated self-starter who can effectively communicate both within the agency and with external stakeholders.
MANDATORY EDUCATION 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); (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.
<B>OR</b> 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) 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). All applicants must meet the education requirements under A or B to qualify for applying to an engineering position. Transcripts are required for this position.
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This position is with National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation.
The posted pay range is $143913 – $187093/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-09-14.
This is a Full Time position.
This position is open under the 'Fed Competitive' hiring path.
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