A brief description is provided for each of the following six MOBIS labor category types offered:

• Program Manager 
• Senior Scientist/Engineer
• Staff Scientist/Engineer
• Associate Scientist/Engineer
• Engineering Assistant
• Administrative Assistant

For each labor category type, there are five levels depending on the education and experience of the proposed individual. The descriptions provided include representative job duties and responsibilities, as well as typical education and work experience associated with each labor category type. The nominal academic credentials and years of experience required at each level is also provided. Education may be substituted for experience, and conversely, experience may be substituted for education in accordance with the following guidelines:  

* Multiple degrees at the same level are the equivalent of 2 additional years of experience

Regardless, OptiMetrics reserves the right to assign individual employees to labor categories as it sees fit.  Resumes will be provided to the contracting agency upon request.

Program Manager

Representative Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall technical, business, and financial management of programs and projects
• Oversees program budgets, schedules, and performance
• Supervises and directs technical staff
• Holds primary responsibility for program progress
• Ensures availability and effective use of company resources to achieve customer requirements and goals
• Serves as OptiMetrics' single technical point of contact for the customer
• Prepares and communicates program status, progress and results
• Develops technical approaches for solving complex problems
• Provides expertise at highest government and corporate levels

Typical Education and Experience

The Program Manager must have education, professional training, and education in areas relevant to the specific needs of the program, including, but not limited to, the following disciplines: Computer Science, Business Administration, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgy, Meteorology, Operations Research, Physics, Software Engineering, and Spectroscopy. In addition, the Program Manager should be recognized for superior, high-level private, corporate or government achievement and have experience:

• as technical program leader, manager, and administrator for contract programs.
• as principal point of contact with customer program officials and representatives for technical and program issues.
• supervising program and project operations, including monitoring and reporting progress.
• developing procedures, planning and directing execution of all aspects of the program.
• interacting, communicating and advising at highest government and corporate levels.
• in at least one technical specialty functional or operational area related to the effort.
• demonstrating technical achievement at highest government and corporate levels including the ability to identify, evaluate, and propose original and practicable methods to resolve complex problems.

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Senior Scientist/Engineer

Representative Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Gathers and organizes information on problems or procedures including current operating procedures
• Analyzes data, develops information, and evaluates available solutions or alternate methods of proceeding
• Coordinates with customers and trains users to ensure smooth implementation and functional performance of new systems, procedures, or organizations
• Develops and implements operational tests and assessments
• Develops and maintains functional and operating documentation
• Plans study of work problems and procedures, such as organizational change, communications, information flow, decision making processes, control processes, operational effectiveness, or cost analyses
• Organizes and documents study findings and prepares recommendations for new system implementation, procedures, or organizational changes
• Oversees and manages projects and programs
• Provides specialized knowledge in specific functional or operational areas, or analysis methods or disciplines

Typical Education and Experience

The Senior Scientist/Engineer must have education, professional training, and education in areas relevant to the specific needs of the program, including, but not limited to, the following disciplines: Computer Science, Business Administration, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgy, Meteorology, Operations Research, Physics, Software Engineering, and Spectroscopy. In addition, the Senior Scientist/Engineer should have experience:

• performing analyses of systems, operations, and management problems.
• experience in analysis tools and techniques, such as modeling and simulation, operations research techniques, functional decomposition, surveys, business process reengineering, and policy analysis.
• formulating problem statements for application of analytical methods, conceiving and formulating solutions, and developing analysis methods and approaches.
• experience in wide range of applications and uses of analysis methods, such as requirements analyses, system and sub-system definition, program and process analyses, evaluations, cost-benefit tradeoff analyses and planning.
• managing projects, contracts, funds and resources.
• specialized experience in one or more functional or operational areas and expertise in related government, military, and commercial applications.
• specialized experience and expertise in analysis of specific program systems, or specific analysis practices or disciplines.
• experience in management processes providing sophisticated planning, scheduling, performance tracking and risk management.
• experience in management structures leading to delivery of end-item products and the application of repeatable processes, modern development methodologies and techniques such as simulations, war gaming, prototyping and systems demonstrations.

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Staff Scientist/Engineer

Representative Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Designs and implements advanced methods, theories, and research techniques in the investigation of complex systems design requirements and problems and their solutions
• Applies engineering experience to perform system integration, configuration management, quality assurance testing, or acquisition and resource management
• Analyzes, designs, develops, implements, tests, or evaluates system components related to engineering or functional requirements of operational systems, support systems, or management information systems
• Organizes and documents study findings and prepares recommendations for implementation
• Contributes specialized knowledge in specific engineering processes, methods, or disciplines

Typical Education and Experience

The Staff Scientist/Engineer must have education, professional training, and education in areas relevant to the specific needs of the program, including, but not limited to, the following disciplines: Computer Science, Business Administration, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgy, Meteorology, Operations Research, Physics, Software Engineering, and Spectroscopy. In addition, the Staff Scientist/Engineer should have experience:

• applying engineering principles in the investigation, analysis, planning, design, development, implementation, testing or evaluation of system.
• conducting technical reviews and preparing engineering analyses, technical reports, technical change proposals, and other technical documentation.
• general experience and expertise in test engineering or systems design.
• experience formulating problem statements for application of analytical methods, conceiving and formulating solutions, and developing analysis methods and approaches.
• specialized experience and expertise in systems design or test engineering in specific program systems, or specific engineering processes or disciplines, such as development of system performance specifications to meet operational objectives, development and evaluation of system concepts to satisfy performance specification, coordination of systems design, fabrication, integration, test, and evaluation, or oversight and assessment of configuration management activities.

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Associate Scientist/Engineer

Representative Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Designs and implements advanced methods, theories, and research techniques in the investigation of complex systems design requirements and problems and their solutions
• Applies engineering experience to perform system integration, configuration management, quality assurance testing, or acquisition and resource management
• Analyzes, designs, develops, implements, tests, or evaluates system components related to engineering or functional requirements of operational systems, support systems, or management information systems
• Organizes and documents study findings and prepares recommendations for implementation

Typical Education and Experience

The Associate Scientist/Engineer must have education, professional training, and education in areas relevant to the specific needs of the program, including, but not limited to, the following disciplines: Computer Science, Business Administration, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgy, Meteorology, Operations Research, Physics, Software Engineering, and Spectroscopy. In addition, the Associate Scientist/Engineer should have experience:

• applying engineering principles in the investigation, analysis, planning, design, development, implementation, testing or evaluation of systems.
• conducting technical reviews and preparing engineering analyses, technical reports, technical change proposals, and other technical documentation.
• general experience in systems design or test engineering.
• formulating problem statements for application of analytical methods, conceiving and formulating solutions, and developing analysis methods and approaches.

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Engineering Assistant

Representative Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Assists under technical direction in the design and implementation of advanced methods and research techniques in the laboratory investigation of complex systems design requirements, problems, and their solutions
• Assists as directed in the analysis, design, coding, implementation, testing or evaluation of system components related to engineering or functional requirements of operational systems, support systems, or management information systems

Typical Education and Experience

The Engineering Assistant must have education, professional training, and education in areas relevant to the specific needs of the program, including, but not limited to, the following disciplines: Computer Science, Business Administration, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgy, Meteorology, Operations Research, Physics, Software Engineering, and Spectroscopy. In addition, the Engineering Assistant should have experience:

• assisting under technical direction in the application of scientific/engineering principles in laboratory investigations, and assisting in the analysis, design, implementation, testing or evaluation of systems.
• assisting as directed in the preparation of programming code, engineering analyses, technical reports, technical change proposals, and other technical documentation.
  

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Administrative Assistant

Representative Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Researches, organizes, writes, edits, proofreads, and produces a broad range of reports, manuals, presentations and other technical publications
• Recommends overall document organization and layout, editorial standards, formatting, and publication methods
• Chooses fonts or types, designs lettering, logos and layouts, and selects style, technique, and medium best suited to produce desired effect and conform to document and reproduction requirements
• Verifies technical documentation is accurate, complete, meets editorial guidelines and government specifications, and follows all required standards for quality, graphics, markings, coverage, format and style
• Conceives, designs and develops graphics and illustrations from models, sketches, memory, written or verbal instructions, and imagination for use in technical materials, and for inclusion in software and applications development
• Uses computer hardware and software to prepare, revise, print and store text, illustrations, graphs, and charts
• Operates photography equipment, such as still, digital, and video cameras, in the design and production of photos and videotapes
• Coordinates document production with outside sources or vendors when necessary

Typical Education and Experience

The Administrative Assistant must have education, professional training, and education in areas relevant to the specific needs of the program, including, but not limited to, the following disciplines: Communications, English, Journalism, Liberal Arts, or relevant technical field such as graphics design, art, or other related area. In addition, the Administrative Assistant should have experience:

• in documentation, such as technical writing, document design, document development and production, editing, layout, and desktop publishing.
• in visual arts such as graphics design, illustration, photography, and video.
• multimedia design and presentation background, such as incorporation of photos, audio, video, text, and graphics into reports, manuals, presentations and other technical publications
• knowledge and experience in the use of computer software and hardware to design and produce documents, graphics, videotapes, and web pages.

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