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Schedule 871
Professional Engineering Services (PES)

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SIN 871.1
Strategic Planning for Technology Programs/Activities – Services required under this SIN involve the definition and interpretation of high-level organizational engineering performance requirements such as projects, systems, missions, etc., and the objectives and approaches to their achievement. Typical associated tasks include, but are not limited to, an analysis of mission, program goals and objectives, requirements analysis, organizational performance assessment, special studies and analysis, training, privatization and outsourcing.

GSA PES Labor Rates for SIN 871.1

SIN 871.2
Concept Development and Requirements Analysis – Services required under this SIN involve abstract or concept studies and analysis, requirements definition, preliminary planning, the evaluation of alternative technical approaches and associated costs for the development or enhancement of high level general performance specifications of a system, project, mission or activity. Typical associated tasks include, but are not limited to requirements analysis, cost/cost-performance trade-off analysis, feasibility analysis, regulatory compliance support, technology conceptual designs, training, privatization and outsourcing.

GSA PES Labor Rates for SIN 871.2

SIN 871.3
System Design, Engineering and Integration – Services required under this SIN involve the translation of a system (or subsystem, program, project, activity) concept into a preliminary and detailed design (engineering plans and specifications), performing risk identification/analysis/mitigation, traceability, and then integrating the various components to produce a working prototype or model of the system. Typical associated tasks include, but are not limited to, computer-aided design, design studies and analysis, high level detailed specification preparation, configuration management and document control, fabrication, assembly and simulation, modeling, training, privatization, and outsourcing.

GSA PES Labor Rates for SIN 871.3

SIN 871.4
Test and Evaluation – Services required under this SIN involve the application of various techniques demonstrating that a prototype system (subsystem, program, project or activity) performs in accordance with the objectives outlined in the original design. Typical associated tasks include, but are not limited to, testing of a prototype and first article(s) testing, environmental testing, independent verification and validation, reverse engineering, simulation and modeling (to test the feasibility of a concept), system safety, quality assurance, physical testing of the product or system, training, privatization and outsourcing.

GSA PES Labor Rates for SIN 871.4

Description of Labor Categories and Qualifications

The numeric number in the Job Title tells you the Labor Category whether the person is non-field or field person. When a person is non-field we are talking about the work being done at the contractor's facility and field rate we are talking about a person with the same qualification but accomplishing the work and the government site. For example a Labor Category 10 is a non-field person and Labor Category 20 is a field person. Labor Category 1 is a non-field person and Labor Category 11 is a field person. All of the above job descriptions would be applicable to each of the current SIN's 871-1 Strategic Planning for Technology Programs/Activities, 871-2 Concept Development and Requirement Analysis, 871-3 System Design, Engineering and Integration, and 871-4 Test and Evaluation that are in our PES contract.

Commercial Job Title: Senior Principal Engineer - Labor Category 10 or 20
Minimum/General Experience: Minimum 20 years of experience
Functional Responsibility: Provide senior level technical and managerial experience to interpret requirements, ensure responsiveness and achieve successful performance in completing an assignment. May include subject matter and specialized technical knowledge. Provides direction to the engineering and manufacturing staff in the implementation of systems and engineering tasks.
Minimum Education: Masters Degree/Bachelor degree in Engineering, Math, and Physics. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Program Manager - Labor Category 1 or 11
Minimum/General Experience: Fifteen (15) years of experience
Functional Responsibility: Direct a complex program or a number of programs. Responsible for developing a program plan, coordinating and staffing the plan with the proper disciplines, e.g. technical, programs, contracts, configuration management. Supervise a large number of personnel. Must have ability to work with the customers in developing and anticipating their requirements. He/she must also have the ability to supervise a large number of project managers that are responsible for various segments of the program under him/her.
Typical Education: Masters Degree in an engineering discipline or an advance degree such as: MBA, operations research, physics, mathematics. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Program Manager - Labor Category 2 or 12
Minimum/General Experience: Ten (10) years of experience
Functional Responsibility: Directs a program. Responsible for developing a program plan, coordinating and staffing the plan with the proper disciplines, e.g. technical, programs, configuration management, contracts. Supervise a number of personnel. Must have the ability to work with the customer on developing and implementing his/her requirements.
Typical Education: Masters Degree in an engineering discipline or an advance degree such as: MBA, operations research, physics, mathematics. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Program Manager - Labor Category 3 or 13
Minimum/General Experience: Five (5) years of experience
Functional Responsibility: Direct a limited program. Responsible for developing a program plan, coordinating and staffing the plan with the proper disciplines.
Typical Education: Bachelor of Science in an engineering discipline or an advance degree such as: MBA, operations research, physics, mathematics. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Systems Engineer - Labor Category 1 or 11
Minimum/General Experience: Fifteen (15) years experience in military systems, design, development and test. Requires competence in all phases of acquisition.
Functional Responsibility: Guides users in formulating requirements, defines system architecture for complex system, advises alternative approaches and develops specifications. Perform trade-off analysis studies and integrates implementation, e.g. software, hardware.
Typical Education: Masters Degree in an Engineering Discipline or closely related discipline, e.g. physics. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Systems Engineer - Labor Category 2 or 12
Minimum/General Experience: Ten (10) years experience in military systems, design, development and test. Requires competence in all phases of acquisition.
Functional Responsibility: Guides users in formulating requirements, defines system architecture for less complex systems. Usually very familiar with a specific portion of the system under development. He/she also advises alternative approaches and develops specifications and performs trade-off analysis studies.
Typical Education: Masters Degree in an Engineering Discipline or closely related discipline, e.g. physics. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Systems Engineer - Labor Category 3 or 13
Minimum/General Experience: Five (5) years experience in military systems, design, development and test. Be familiar with development cycle.
Functional Responsibility: Performs trade-off studies, develops specifications and assists senior engineers.
Typical Education: Masters Degree in an Engineering Discipline or closely related discipline, e.g. physics. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Electrical Engineer - Labor Category 1 or 11
Minimum/General Experience: Fifteen (15) years of experience in design, development and testing of military systems as well as requirements definition. Must be familiar with government drawings and specification practices.
Functional Responsibility: Project engineer for a complex system or lead engineer of a complex assembly. Anticipate customer design requirements and system interface considerations. Supervisor for a number of other engineers.
Typical Education: Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Electrical Engineer - Labor Category 2 or 12
Minimum/General Experience: Twelve (12) years of experience in design, development and testing of military systems. Must be familiar with government drawings and specification practices.
Functional Responsibility: Lead engineer on a complex system. Must be capable of independent designing and development of interface requirements.
Typical Education: Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Electrical Engineer - Labor Category 3 or 13
Minimum/General Experience: Eight (8) years of experience in design, development and testing of military systems. Must be familiar with government drawings and specification practices.
Functional Responsibility: Assist senior engineers on assembly/sub-assemblies. He/she will define and develop test activities.
Typical Education: Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Electrical Engineer - Labor Category 4 or 14
Minimum/General Experience: Three (3) years of experience in design, development and testing of military systems. Must be familiar with government drawings and specification practices.
Functional Responsibility: Assist in design tasks, perform tests for senior engineers, and follow orders of senior engineers.
Typical Education: Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Electrical Engineer - Labor Category 5 or 15
Minimum/General Experience: Zero years of experience, entry level
Functional Responsibility: Assist senior engineers on design and test tasks. Assembles reports and engineering documentation.
Typical Education: Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Mechanical Engineer - Labor Category 1 or 11
Minimum/General Experience: Fifteen (15) years of experience
Functional Responsibility: Supervises a large group of engineers, designers and technicians. Is the lead engineer on one or more major programs responsible for the mechanical systems architecture, structure design and development.
Typical Education: Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering and 10 years experience or Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and 15 years experience. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Mechanical Engineer - Labor Category 2 or 12
Minimum/General Experience: Ten (10) years of experience
Functional Responsibility: Supervises a small group of engineers, designers and technicians. Is responsible for the detail mechanical design, analysis, part selection, reports, design review packages and documentation for all mechanical systems within a large program.
Typical Education: Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering and 7 years experience, or a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering and 10 years of experience, or an Associates Degree in Mechanical Engineering and 15 years of experience. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Mechanical Engineer - Labor Category 3 or 13
Minimum/General Experience: Five (5) years of experience
Functional Responsibility: Is responsible for the detail mechanical design or analysis of a mechanical system. May supervise a small group of designers or technicians.
Typical Education: Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering and 5 years of experience or Associates Degree in Mechanical Engineering and 10 years of experience. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Mechanical Engineer - Labor Category 4 or 14
Minimum/General Experience: Three (3) years of experience
Functional Responsibility: Is responsible for the detail mechanical design or analysis of parts mechanical systems.
Typical Education: Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering and 3 years experience or Associates Degree in Mechanical Engineering and 6 years of experience. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Mechanical Engineer - Labor Category 5 or 15
Minimum/General Experience: Zero years of experience, entry level
Functional Responsibility: Assists in the mechanical design or analysis of mechanical systems.
Typical Education: Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Associates Degree in Mechanical Engineering and 3 years experience. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Program/Systems Analyst - Labor Category 1 or 11
Minimum/General Experience: Fifteen (15) years of progressive experience and responsibilities in the management of acquisition programs, research and development production and deployment phases of the acquisition process. Must be completely familiar with systems integration techniques, system trade off analysis and program planning.
Functional Responsibility: Responsible for the analysis on a large number of programs. Supervises a large number of personnel who are analyzing the programmatics, scheduling and evaluations for those programs.
Typical Education: Masters Degree in Engineering, Business or Operations Research. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Program/Systems Analyst - Labor Category 2 or 12
Minimum/General Experience: Ten (10) years of progressive experience and responsibilities in the management of acquisition programs, research and development production and deployment phases of the acquisition process. Must be completely familiar with systems integration techniques, system trade off analysis and program planning.
Functional Responsibility: Supervising personnel who are performing analysis on programmatics, scheduling and evaluations.
Typical Education: Masters Degree in Engineering, Business or Operations Research. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commerical Job Title: Program/Systems Analyst - Labor Category 3 or 13
Minimum/General Experience: Eight (8) years of progressive experience and responsibilities in the management of acquisition programs, research and development production and deployment phases of the acquisition process. Must be completely familiar with systems integration techniques, system trade off analysis and program planning.
Functional Responsibility: Responsible for developing programmatics, scheduling and evaluations.
Typical Education: Bachelor of Science or Masters Degree in Engineering, Business or Operations Research. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Program/Systems Analyst - Labor Category 4 or 14
Minimum/General Experience: Four (4) years of progressive experience and responsibilities in the management of acquisition programs, research and development production and deployment phases of the acquisition process. Must be completely familiar with systems integration techniques, system trade off analysis and program planning.
Functional Responsibility: Assist various analysts in programmatics, scheduling and evaluations.
Typical Education: Bachelors of Science Degree in Engineering, Business or Operations Research. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Software Engineer - Labor Category 1 or 11
Minimum/General Experience: Ten (10) years of experience in developing complex, military software systems. Proficient in management and execution of DOD software development, acquisition and documentation practices.
Functional Responsibility: Typically serves as project manager, software system engineer or senior task leader.
Typical Education: Masters Degree in Computer Science or Engineering/Scientific Discipline. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Software Engineer - Labor Category 2 or 12
Minimum/General Experience: Seven (7) years of experience in developing complex, military software systems. Proficient in execution of DOD software development, acquisition and documentation practices.
Functional Responsibility: Typically serves as software system engineer, task leader, or lead developer.
Typical Education: Masters Degree in Computer Science or Engineering/Scientific Discipline. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Software Engineer - Labor Category 3 or 13
Minimum/General Experience: Five (5) years of experience in developing complex, real-time military software systems. Experienced in DOD software development, acquisition and documentation practices.
Functional Responsibility: Typically serves as a software developer of more-significant software units.
Typical Education: Masters Degree in Computer Science or Engineering/Scientific Discipline. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Software Engineer - Labor Category 4 or 14
Minimum/General Experience: Zero years of experience, entry level
Functional Responsibility: Typically serves as a software developer of less-significant software units
Typical Education: Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science or Engineering/Scientific Discipline. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Software Engineer - Labor Category 5 or 15
Minimum/General Experience: Three (3) years of hands-on experience in system and/or network installation, upgrade and administration.
Functional Responsibility: Typically provides technician-level software engineering support in areas of network and system administration.
Typical Education: Non-Degree. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Test Engineer - Labor Category 3 or 13
Minimum/General Experience: Fifteen (15) years of experience
Functional Responsibility: Supervises a large number of test engineers and technicians on a variety of programs. Review and approve test procedures and reports.
Typical Education: High School Graduate/Associate Degree in Electrical Engineering. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Test Engineer - Labor Category 4 or 14
Minimum/General Experience: Ten (10) years of experience
Functional Responsibility: Designs test for complex system, develops test plans and procedures for their systems. Writes test reports. Performs testing on the complex systems.
Typical Education: High School Graduate/Associates Degree in Electrical Engineering. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Test Engineer - Labor Category 5 or 15
Minimum/General Experience: Eight (8) years of experience
Functional Responsibility: Minor test system design, and develops and writes test procedures. Performs testing on equipment and sub-assemblies.
Typical Education: High School Graduate/Associates Degree in Electrical Engineering. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Test Engineer - Labor Category 6 or 16
Minimum/General Experience: Six (6) years of experience
Functional Responsibility: Performs testing on equipment and sub-systems comprising Information Technology (IT) systems related to PES. Assists in documentation support for that equipment
Typical Education: High School Graduate

Commercial Job Title: Mechanical Designer/Checker – Labor Category 5 or 15
Minimum/General Experience: Six (6) plus years experience
Functional Responsibility: Design complex products after receiving the design goal. May coordinate, assign and check a lower level draftspersons work.
Typical Education: High School Graduate/Associates Degree in Electro-mechanical drafting. ATC may substitute between equivalent experience and education in order to provide the quality of service required by customer.

Commercial Job Title: Draftsperson – Labor Category 6 or 16
Minimum/General Experience: Three (3) to six (6) years of experience
Functional Responsibility: Under general supervision, create complex detail drawings and their assemblies from rough sketches and verbal instructions from engineers and designers. May provide work leadership to lower level draftspersons.
Typical Education: High School Graduate/Associates Degree in Electro-mechanical drafting

Commercial Job Title: Draftsperson – Labor Category 7 or 17
Minimum/General Experience: One (1) to three (3) years of experience
Functional Responsibility: Under limited supervision, create detail drawings and their assemblies from rough sketches and verbal instructions. The recreation of redrawing complex drawings with minor to major modifications.
Typical Education: High School Graduate/Associates Degree in Electro-mechanical drafting

Commercial Job Title: Draftsperson – Labor Category 8 or 18
Minimum/General Experience: Entry Level to One (1) year of experience
Functional Responsibility: Under close supervision, minor changes to existing drawings, and the creation of simply detail parts from detailed sketches and verbal instructions. The recreation of redrawing existing drawings with minor modifications, filing and archiving of cad files, plotting and making prints of drawings.
Typical Education: High School Graduate with equivalent of two years mechanical drawing at high school level and pursuing an Associate Degree in Electro-mechanical drafting