Interdisciplinary Engineer/Scientist
- Location:
- Maryland, Patuxent River
- Requires Relocation:
- No
- Start Date:
- 26/11/2025
- End Date:
- 26/05/2026
- Offering Type:
- Permanent
- Hiring Paths:
- The public
- Service Type:
- Competitive
- Travel Percentage:
- Occasional travel
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Job summary
This is a RE-ADVERTISEMENT of Announcement Number:12837895. Applicants that have previously applied NEED to re-apply to this announcement This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies through the STRL Mission Support Direct Hire Authority. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered.
Major duties
You will ensure aeronautical data systems meet required accuracy, reliability, safety, and data-management standards across all supported Navy, USMC, Coast Guard, and FMS platforms. You will lead RNP RNAV and PBN certification efforts for assigned platforms, validating compliance with the RNP RNAV FRD, PBN Specification, and applicable military/civil standards. You will manage full lifecycle activities for RNP RNAV software systems, including planning, requirements development, design, implementation, testing, and certification documentation. You will serve as the Data Integrity technical lead for a small team, assigning tasks, guiding analysis, and ensuring consistency with technical standards and certification criteria. You will evaluate mission planning and navigation systems to verify data integrity, including assessment against RTCA DO-200, DO-201, DO-178, and related standards. You will develop, review, and deliver certification artifacts—such as NDPTRs, analysis packages, and test reports—to support regulatory compliance and technical justification. You will design or assess data protection and validation mechanisms that safeguard critical aeronautical data throughout the Aeronautical Data Chain. You will validate system certifications by analyzing modifications to previously approved systems and determining whether changes affect data integrity, safety, or compliance. You will collaborate with platform PMAs, navigation SMEs, mission planning teams, and CNS/ATM stakeholders to ensure accurate, secure, and consistent data integration across systems. You will represent the Navy in industry and DoD forums, support Mission Planning Certification Events, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to continuous improvement of aeronautical data processes.
Qualification
In addition to the Basic Education Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09/11 grade level or pay band DP-03 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate all of the following: Exercising systems engineering and avionics certification, with emphasis on aeronautical data integrity, Performance Based Navigation (PBN), and CNS/ATM capabilities; Applying RTCA standards (DO-200, DO-201, DO-178), supporting mission planning (JMPS), and working with both commercial and military specifications; Integrating CNS/ATM capabilities, safeguarding essential data, and ensuring compliance with certification authority processes across diverse aviation platforms; AND Applying analytical skills to evaluate documentation, assess system safety, and justify certification decisions, as well as technical ability in software development (C, C++, C#, ADA). 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=GS-PROF AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdfhttps://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/computer-science-series-1550/ 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: Engineers: 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. Computer Scientists: Have a bachelor's degree in computer science; OR have a bachelor's or higher degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of your 30 semester hours were in a combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus.
Evaluations
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. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be 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. As vacancies occur, the Human Resources Office will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this flyer. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume, along with your supporting documentation. If selected, you may be required to provide additional supporting documentation. If after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may be found ineligible/not qualified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All qualification requirements must be met before being considered for any vacancies.