Position Descriptions

Listed below are the position descriptions and price categories for commercial Pragmatics contracts for professional technical services. Education and experience requirements are a guide for entry level to each category and each may he substituted for the other. One year of college level or technical school education in a relevant field is equal to one year of directly related experience. A year of graduate level relevant education is equal to two years of directly related experience. Degrees in accounting, electrical, electronic or systems engineering, or special product certification training are equal to one additional year of experience.

TECHNICAL STAFF POSITIONS

Technical Staff - Operations I: Entry level computer operators and engineering technicians, with a high school diploma and three to twelve months of directly related experience, are in this classification.

Technical Staff - Operations II: Experienced computer operators and entry level electronics technicians are in this classification. It normally requires a high school diploma and specialized training with six to eighteen months of directly related experience.

Technical Staff - Associate: Experienced electronics and entry level engineering technicians with technical training and three to twelve months experience are in this classification.

Technical Staff - I: Lead computer operators, production control specialists, CAD designers, experienced electronics technicians, senior engineering technicians, field service technicians, PC support specialists and entry level analyst/programmers are in this classification. Normally these positions require one to two years of directly related experience, or specialized technical training.

Technical Staff - II: Entry level Electronics/Systems engineers, senior electronics technicians, senior CAD designers, and senior engineering technicians along with junior analyst/programmers are in this classification. It also includes junior training specialist positions. These positions normally require specialized technical training and two to four years of directly related experience. Senior engineering technician positions normally require technical training and three to five years of experience as an engineering technician. Engineering positions require a degree in engineering or computer science.

Technical Staff - III: Applications analyst/programmers, training specialists, system administrators, and senior microcomputer support specialists are in this classification. Also include junior levels of the following: systems programmers, electronics/systems engineers, and systems and network analysts in this classification. Statisticians, mathematicians and related functions are also included. These positions normally require a relevant degree and two to four years of directly related experience. Engineering positions require a degree in engineering or computer science and one to two years directly related experience. Personnel in positions that require special technical or product certification may move up to the Technical Staff IV classification.

Technical Staff - IV: This classification includes the positions of fully qualified programmer/analysts, systems analysts and systems programmers, client/server applications developers, and network analysts. Also senior level system administrators, journeyman scientists, systems engineers and engineers, along with senior statisticians and mathematicians. Programmer/analyst, systems administration, statistical and math positions normally require a relevant degree and five to seven years of directly related experience. Science and engineering positions normally require a relevant degree and two to five years of directly related experience.

Technical Staff - V: Senior level programmer/analysts, client/server applications developers, systems programmers, network analysts, Other positions normally require at least eight years of directly related experience and specialized knowledge or training.

Technical Staff - VI: Business systems designers, software product developers and mid-level scientists, systems engineers and electronic engineers are in this classification. The engineering and science positions normally require a relevant degree and five to eight years of directly related experience. All may require an advanced degree at the lower end of the experience requirement.

Technical Staff - VII: Senior business systems designers, software product developers, high level electronic/systems engineers are in this classification. These normally require a masters and seven to ten years experience.

Technical Staff - VIII: Lead analyst or programmer and senior software product developers, electronic/systems engineers and scientists are in this category. These require a degree and ten to twelve years of experience. Science positions require an advanced degree and eight to ten years experience. These positions require technical leadership in specific disciplines, projects or proposals.

Technical Staff - IX: Lead business systems designers, lead scientific investigators and other personnel in this classification should be technical experts in their field and lead and instruct more junior technical personnel. This position often serves as a consultant or technical "guru" to project teams, proposals and clients. It normally requires an advanced degree in a technical discipline, specialized technical knowledge and training, and twelve or more years of directly related experience. Lead scientific investigator positions generally require doctoral level degrees and eight or more years of highly specialized experience.

Technical Staff - Principal: Principal electronic/systems engineers with advanced engineering or related degrees and twelve or more years of engineering experience. This is the highest non-management engineering category.

Principal Investigator: Principal software developers and principal scientific investigators generally require one or more advanced degrees, recognized expertise in their field, and more than ten years of highly specialized experience. They are team leaders in scientific research or advanced technology projects. This is the highest non-management software development position.

Technical Director: Technical directors are recognized experts in a specialized technical or scientific field and generally will have multiple advanced degrees and fifteen or more years of experience, including publication, membership on industry or professional boards or committees, and technical or scientific certifications. This position often serves as the senior corporate advisor on technical matters in their field and as an internal consultant to senior management, as well as providing unique, high level technical or scientific knowledge to clients.

TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT POSITIONS

Project Manager: Project team leaders who provide technical contract services to clients or to develop proposals for new business are in this classification. They may manage an entire project or may lead a specific sub unit or scientific investigation. Position responsibilities include personnel and contract management in addition to technical leadership. This classification normally requires a relevant degree, along with specialized technical knowledge and training, and ten or more years of directly related technical experience. It also normally requires at least one year of experience as a team or task leader in a related area.

Program Manager: This position manages all aspects of one or more contracts to provide technical services to clients, serves as the senior scientist for advanced technical projects, or manages the development of capture strategies and proposals for new business. Responsibilities of the position include personnel and contract management in addition to technical leadership. Program managers are also responsible for quality performance and contract growth. These positions normally requires a relevant degree, along with specialized technical, client and management knowledge and training, and ten or more years of directly related technical experience, plus at least two years of related management experience.

Program Director: A program director manages all aspects of one or more contracts to provide technical services to clients or to develop proposals for new business. The position usually will have program or project managers as subordinates. Position responsibilities include personnel and contract management in addition to technical leadership, quality performance and contract growth. This position normally requires an advanced degree, along with specialized technical, client and management knowledge and training, and ten or more years of directly related technical experience. It also normally requires at least four years of related management experience, including program management experience.

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF POSITIONS

Administrative Staff - Junior: This classification includes entry level staff positions that provide general clerical or administrative support. These include filing, mail operations, copying, or similar operations. It may include entry level data entry without specific prior experience. The classification normally requires a high school diploma or equivalent.

Administrative Staff - Associate: This classification includes the positions of receptionist, switchboard operator, general clerical support functions, clerk typists, copier machine operators, entry level accounting clerks, and similar support positions. It also includes data entry operators and document processing technicians. These positions normally require a high school diploma and six months or more directly related experience.

Administrative Staff - I: Secretarial and administrative positions are included in this classification, as are word processing operators, junior accounting clerks and human resource assistants. Functions include typing, operation of spreadsheet programs, maintenance of data in automated data bases, review of time sheets, and clerical human resource functions. The classification requires a high school diploma and one to three years of directly related experience.

Administrative Staff - II: Senior level positions that provide the full range of administrative support, and require working knowledge of the business or project practices and procedures, are in this classification. These positions may supervise lower level clerical or support functions. This classification also includes experienced word processing operators and entry level accountants. It normally requires one to four years of directly related experience. There is no experience requirement for entry level accountants who have a degree in accounting.

Administrative Staff - III: Included at this level are senior word processing operators, junior accountants, human resource staffing specialists, procurement specialists, librarians and similar functions. These normally require three to six years of directly related experience. Layout artist and desktop publishing specialist positions are also included here. These normally require a high school diploma with specialized training and two or more years of related experience.

Administrative Staff - IV: Supervisory personnel who schedule, coordinate and review work of clerical, word processing, or other administrative support personnel and operations, are in this classification.

Administrative Staff - V: Certified accountants, technical writers and proposal production supervisors are in this classification. Also senior human resource specialists, procurement specialists, librarians and similar support functions. These normally require a degree and one to four years of directly related experience.

Administrative Staff - VI: Office managers, who manage home or field office administrative functions, are in this classification. It also includes technical recruiters, contract administrators, and tax accountants. These positions may require specific knowledge of automated administrative systems. The classification normally requires a college degree and two or more years of directly related experience.

Administrative Staff - Senior: Technical editors, senior contract administrators and proposal coordinators are in this classification. These positions normally require a relevant degree and four or more years of related experience.

Administrative Staff – Manager: Contracts managers who are responsible for contract negotiations and legal compliance and who supervise contract clerical staff are at this level, as are accounting managers and human resource managers. These positions normally require a college degree and four to seven years of directly related experience.