ENGINEER OR SCIENTIST

Summary You will serve as a

Lead Systems Engineer

(LSE) or SCIENTIST in the

Undersea Warfare Weapons Vehicle

&

Defense Systems Department

of

Navunseawarcendiv Newport Ri.

Duties

• You will serve as a senior Lead Systems Engineer responsible for the design, development, and implementation of undersea warfare systems for Division Newport’s Undersea Weapons, Vehicles and Defensive Systems Department.
• You will lead a diverse team of engineers, scientists, and technicians while providing technical leadership to multi-level task groups and coordinating activities across industry, university labs, and other government organizations.
• You will perform system engineering analyses to develop system performance specifications, interface specifications, system design, and sub-systems performance and interface specifications.
• You will develop and design solutions to complex system problems, generate and execute test plans, conduct troubleshooting, and evaluate proposed solutions.
• You will support the integration of hardware and software products and document technical data in accordance with established engineering policies and procedures.
• You will report and present results of analyses, designs, tests, integration efforts, project status, and issues through high-level briefs, correspondence, and technical memorandums.
• You will develop technical approaches for high-level tasking, establish detailed plans, estimate costs and schedules, and establish technical performance metrics to assess development progress.
• You will develop necessary technical artifacts and lead Systems Engineering Technical Reviews (SETRs).
• You will serve as the recognized authority and expert consultant for undersea warfare system design, development, and integration efforts.
• You will represent NUWCDIVNPT on high-level committees, Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), and at senior technical and programmatic meetings while providing recommendations and technical oversight to sponsors, program offices, and fleet commands. Qualifications For ND-05: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-04 pay band (GS-12/13 grade level equivalency) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: As a professional engineer or scientist (1) Knowledge of Department of Defense systems engineering standard technical disciplines; (2) Ability to identify, analyze and determine causes of problems, seeks/generates and evaluates alternative perspectives/solutions, and makes timely and sound recommendations based on potential implications of findings or conclusions; (3) Knowledge of a broad spectrum of Undersea Warfare Systems, technologies and processes; (4) Ability in the application of the results of scientific and/or engineering research to improve existing products, procedures, or services or to lead to the development of new products, procedures, or services; (5) Ability to develop networks and builds alliances, collaborates across boundaries to build strategic relationships and achieve common goals; and (6) Ability to effectively communicate ideas, policies and procedures both orally and in writing to diverse engineering teams and/or senior personnel. For ND-04: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-03 pay band (GS-9/10/11 grade level equivalency) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: As a professional engineer or scientist (1) Knowledge of Department of Defense systems engineering standard technical disciplines; (2) Ability to identify, analyze and determine causes of technical problems, seek and evaluate alternative solutions, and make timely recommendations; (3) Knowledge of a broad spectrum of Undersea Warfare Systems, technologies and processes; (4) Ability to apply scientific and/or engineering research to improve existing products, procedures or services; (5) Ability to develop professional networks, build alliances, and collaborate across organizational boundaries to achieve technical goals; and (6) Ability to effectively communicate technical information both orally and in writing to engineering teams and customers. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:

And And/or And/or And/or

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 0801, All Professional Engineering Series: 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: 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: OR Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathema