GENERAL ENGINEER

JOB SUMMARY: The Navy and Marine Corps team offers innovative, exciting and meaningful work linking military and civilian talents to achieve our mission and safeguard our freedoms. Department of the Navy provides competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and extensive professional development and training. From pipefitters to accountants, scientists to engineers, doctors to nurses-the careers and opportunities to make a difference are endless. Civilian careers-where purpose and patriotism unite! This position is located in the Naval Systems Engineering Directorate (NAVSEA 05) Undersea Warfare Systems (USW) Engineering Technical Domain (05N) in the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), located at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, RI. This position serves as Senior Engineer, and function as the single National-level senior expert on non platform Distributed Undersea Sensor Systems deployed to provide maritime surveillance using both active and passive sensors.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• You must be a US Citizen.
• Must be registered for Selective Service, see Legal & Regulatory Guidance.
• Suitable for federal employment as determined by background investigation.
• Selectee may be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• This position is a Drug Testing Designated Position (TDP).
• You must obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.

DUTIES:Back to top As Senior Engineer, duties include, but are not limited to the following: 

• Serve as the Technical Authority for all Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) technical decision making associated with undersea sensors distributed for the purposes of detection, classification, localization and tracking of submarines and other vehicles transiting on the surface or underwater.
• Specific technologies include Fixed distributed undersea sensors, Deployable distributed undersea sensors, Passive Sonobuoys, Deployable active sources, and Emerging distributed undersea sensor technologies.
•  Provide system expertise to the Navy, along with the design, development, testing, acquisition and in-service engineering of distributed sensor systems and associated equipment including the integration of new and upgraded distributed sensors and subsystems.
•  Ensure applicable requirements are satisfied and associated operational impacts and risks are identified.
• Identify technically acceptable options and negotiates the resolution of challenging technical issues to ensure products are technically accurate, reliable and safe and that products are developed following sound engineering principles and current standards.
• Ensure that technically sound distributed sensor systems are delivered to and maintained for the Fleet.

  QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:Back to top In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered.   Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities, as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-15 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled and has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities, to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:  FOR THE GS-15: In addition to the Basic Education requirement described above, do you have one year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade (GS-14) in the Federal service as a professional engineer directing or managing Undersea Surveillance Systems programs?
Qualified applicants will have performed duties such as: Evaluating or approving technical documents for system projects; developing Undersea Surveillance Systems design requirements, leading projects to develop, test and evaluation, fielding, integration, or delivery of Undersea Surveillance Systems; coordinating projects across multiple engineering and administrative disciplines; ensuring program operations are in compliance with established policy or resources limits; and/or conducting briefings to present program information. Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-14 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled and has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities, to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:FOR THE GS-14:  In addition to the Basic Education requirement described above, do you have one year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade (GS-13) in the Federal service as a professional engineer in the field of Undersea Surveillance Systems?
Qualified applicants will have performed duties such as: Evaluating or approving technical documents for system projects; developing Undersea Surveillance Systems design requirements, leading projects to develop, test and evaluation, fielding, integration, or delivery of Undersea Surveillance Systems; and/or coordinating projects across multiple engineering and administrative disciplines.Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site:   Qualification Standard: Professional & Scientifichttp://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/group-stds/GS-PROF.asp IOR for Professional Engineering Positions (includes Architecture): http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/IORs/gs0800/0800.htm This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) and requires additional training, experience and possibly education.   Applicants should meet the DAWIA Certification requirements for the Systems Planning, Research, Development, & Engineering-Systems Engineering (SPRDE-SE), CAT: (S) Career Field and be certified at Level III at the time of application.   If you possess DAWIA Certification, please indicate your Career Field and Certification Level information in your resume.  

Applicants not certified may still apply and be selected, but must achieve certification within 24 months of appointment.   Certification requirements may be viewed at http://icatalog.dau.mil/ .   PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE : Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work.   You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.    As part of the application process, you must complete and submit an occupational questionnaire.   To preview this questionnaire and determine if your experience matches the skills required for this position, click the following link: View Assessment Questions. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating and/or appointment eligibility.   
BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT:I have successfully completed a professional engineering degree from an ABET-accredited (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) college or university.  OR I have successfully completed a professional engineering degree with curriculum in differential and integral calculus, with additional courses 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.OR I have a combination of education and experience that is equivalent to a professional engineering degree. I have a Professional Engineering Registration to demonstrate the adequacy of my education and experience. OR I have a combination of education and experience that is equivalent to a professional engineering degree. I have successfully passed the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination, which demonstrates the adequacy of my education and experience. OR I have successfully completed a degree with at least 60 semester hours of courses in  physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences, and in professional engineering curriculum (as described in the response ‘B’ above). OR I have successfully completed a degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, (e.g., physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology) and I have at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance.  Are you using your education to qualify? For positions requiring positive education requirements, or if you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you must submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned).   See OPMs General Policies for information on crediting education.Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence when applying for further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html REQUIREMENTS:Generally, current Federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade.  All qualifications and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Selectee is required to participate in the Department of Defense direct deposit of pay program. A Top Secret security clearance is a requirement of this position. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a position offer or removal.  If you possess a security clearance, please indicate the level and termination date in your resume.  In accordance with Executive Order 12564, applicants selected are required to submit to a drug test and receive a negative drug test result prior to appointment.  In addition, this position is a drug-testing designated position (TDP) subject to random testing for illegal drug use.  Some positions may be covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) and have a Quality Ranking Factor that will be used to differentiate best-qualified candidates.   The Quality Ranking Factor is certification at the appropriate level in the appropriate career field for the grade of the position to be filled:  Level I for Basic or Entry Level; Level II for Intermediate Level; Level III for Advanced Level.  In addition for GS-14 and GS-15 positions, the Quality Ranking Factor includes membership in the Acquisition Corps.
Career Fields and their certifications requirements may be viewed at http://icatalog.dau.mil/.  HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED: When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and responses to the Occupational Questionnaire, along with your supporting documentation to determine your ability to demonstrate the following knowledge, skills and abilities/competencies:  1. Submarine/Submersibles System Engineering 2. Undersea Sensor Systems3. Program Management4. Engineering System Processes5. Written Communication6. Oral Communication If, after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience, your score may be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities or you may be found ineligible/not qualified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. 
Country: USA, State: Rhode Island, City: Newport, Company: Naval Sea Systems Command.