Summary You will serve as a PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER or SCIENTIST in the Active Systems Engineering Branch, Naval Undersea Warfare Systems Department ( Org Code 1552) at Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, NEWPORT, RI . Responsibilities You will serve as the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Engineering Team Lead (ETL) for SQQ-89 projects. You will actively participate in the development of the latest technology insertion hardware baseline and the associated advanced capability build (ACB) software, which contains the latest functionality for integration You will provide technical leadership to a diverse team in design, acquisition, and certification of tech insertion hardware and ACB software, managing all phases from requirements to final ship delivery and mission integration. You will ensure technical coordination across Surface Ship SONAR projects from multiple Program Offices, including commonality efforts between the cruiser and destroyer classes. You will work across NUWC departments, Code 15 divisions, and product lines to provide support to all VA and CLB Sensors and acoustic systems to ensure 'end to end' system performance. You will lead cross-disciplinary and cross-organization teams to resolve engineering issues in plant, shipyard, or at sea, ensuring thorough analysis and solutions to maintain system performance through ship delivery. You will interact directly with the Fleet, shipyards, Program Offices, Technical Warrant Holders, and development teams across government, industry, and academia throughout the development and fielding cycle. You will ensure the verification and delivery of all technical products, including integrated logistic support (ILS), monitoring System Qualification Tests (SQT), and verifying cybersecurity compliance. You will present project status and engineering analysis briefings to high-level personnel from various Program Offices, NUWC leadership, and contractor organizations. You will serve as a recognized authority and expert consultant on Surface Ship Sonar Systems, DoD acquisition, systems engineering, risk management, and program management. You will mentor junior personnel to ensure consistency of core NUWC technical competencies related to surface ship sonar acquisition. You will Apply systems engineering principles to support research, design or development of Undersea Warfare Systems. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-03 (GS-09/11) Equivalent grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a Professional Engineer or Scientist. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Served as a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Engineering Team Lead for complex, state-of-the-art electronic systems like the SQQ-89. In this technical capacity, I directed the integration of advanced capability build (ACB) software and hardware baselines, while leading cross-disciplinary teams to resolve critical engineering issues across plant, shipyard, and at-sea environments. Furthermore, I managed full-lifecycle systems engineering-encompassing performance verification, cybersecurity compliance, and end-to-end system testing. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Education Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: For Professional Engineering Series 0830/0850/0854/0855 Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. OR Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), 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 more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org OR 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 The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html. OR Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A (above). The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above) OR 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 one 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. For the Professional Computer Scientist series 1550: A bachelor's degree in computer science. OR A bachelor's or higher degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of my 30 semester hours were in a combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus. Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.
