Job summary

You will serve as an INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEER in the Mission Systems Group, Avionics Engineering Department, Avionics Systems Engineering Division, and Unmanned Aviation Branch of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV. The incumbent will support PMA-201 with long range kill chains for Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) and Hypersonic Air Launched Offensive (HALO) Anti-Surface Missile weapons systems. The duty location of this position is Patuxent River, Maryland.

Major duties

You will support the Link16 Crypto Mod 2 effort for LRASM, Small Diameter Bomb Increment II and Joint Standoff Weapon. You will represent PMA-201 in Long Range Fires Working Groups across services and Navy Components [to ensure the relevancy and timeliness of communication and informational threads]. You will perform research, development, and life-cycle support for avionics and weapons systems slated for or installed on advanced naval tactical aircraft. You will coordinate specific avionics systems engineering efforts within the assigned Program Office, at contractor facilities, and with the Fleet support teams. You will perform system integration, test and analysis necessary to transform operational needs into avionics system descriptions, integrate related technical engineering specialties. You will manage a variety of technical disciplines and provide leadership to numerous technical personnel. You will provide engineering management and engineering support throughout the aircraft life cycle including advanced development and in-service engineering. You will ensure technical requirements are met through tasking and coordination of available professional/technical resources including negotiating with various NAVAIR departments and other government activities to acquire needed technical expertise. You will lead the design modification, acquisition, integration, validation and final approval of the avionics equipment. You will provide recommendations for cost, schedule, and performance tradeoffs to PMA leadership when applicable in support of operational missions.

Qualification

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS 12/13) grade level or pay band (DP-04) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Demonstrating the technical management of avionics system development, design, analysis, test and evaluation, production and in-service support for modifications to assigned programs; 2) Preparing and modifying avionics procurement specifications, drawings and technical documentation for new replacement or modified items of avionics equipment; 3) Ensuring that all technical and operational requirements are met for the development, integration, and testing of applicable avionics and related modifications; 4) Determining the feasibility of integrating various avionics systems with specific attention to the effects on systems due to the unique aircraft environment and operational tactics required by the operator; and 5) Providing engineering management and engineering support throughout the aircraft life cycle including advanced development and in-service engineering. 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: 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.

Evaluations

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 competencies: ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGEMENT ORAL COMMUNICATION REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS ENGINEERING WRITTEN COMMUNICATION You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. 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. All eligibility, qualifications, and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.