You will serve as an Operator In The Loop (OITL) Engineering Lead in the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Digital, Analytics, infrastructure, and Technology Advancement (DAiTA) Group, Warfare Effectiveness Department, Warfare Analysis Division of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV. The position is that of VWC Technical Lead in support of a capabilities PMA.

Duties

You will provide expert knowledge of operations research/systems engineering concepts/practices across a wide range of duties in executing application of mission, systems of systems and system level engineering/analysis to resolve complex problems. You will serve as technical consultant and subject matter expert to external and internal stakeholder personnel and executive level management concerning program areas. You will use quantitative, analytical techniques, this includes the ability to think logically to determine the relevance and reliability of source material, reach conclusions, and report findings in a concise, coherent manner. You will define, execute and report on results of Navy and Joint Mission Area constructive simulations at platform/system capability levels as a tool for gap analysis, capability design definition/refinement, and performance evaluation. You will maintain technical and management acumen to inform engineering level design decisions, as well as executive level program and mission area decisions to achieve mission/weapon system capability needs. You will maintain current and expert knowledge and understanding of software models required as well as assumptions, limitations, and constraints to achieve constructive analysis objectives. You will maintain the ability to specify software and modeling capabilities, at the platform/system mission conduct and employment level to define simulation objectives. You will maintain current and expert knowledge of principles and procedures in application of systems engineering analysis in virtual, constructive, and campaign level analytical environments to ensure the utmost accuracy of event outcomes. You will inform leadership of Navy and Joint Mission Area capability analysis and investment tradeoffs. You will work with other technical teams, program offices, contractor, and other agencies to address analytical issues. You will support program office contracting activities such as Statement of Work and Estimate reviews. You will develop presentations to contractor and program office leadership. You will prepare and review technical reports and documents.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for DEMO/STRL jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower pay band. This requirement is called time-in-band. Time-in-band requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

AREA OF CONSIDERATION: All Naval activities at the Patuxent River Complex serviced by HRO Pax River (K7), NAVAIR at Arlington, VA, and NAWCAD, also includes FRC DET NORFOLK and FRC DET MIDLANT OCEAN VA employees only located at Pax River Complex. Current permanent employees of UICs 00019, 00032, 00421, 30763, 42191, 48137, 48138, 4978A, 54875, 64485, 65883, 68346, 68520, 68778, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) eligibles, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Preference eligibles and DoD Retained Grade Preference eligibles, and VEOA eligibles. Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12/13 grade level or DP-4 pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) ) Performing data-driven analysis for system-of-systems modeling and simulation environments; 2) Interpreting analytical results, using statistics and probability methods, in support of communicating with stakeholders; 3) Interpreting customer analytic demands, identify the preferred approach, develop a plan and lead multiple teams in executing analysis; 4) Coordinating technical system-of-systems integration across varied stakeholders. 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.

Contacts

• Address NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV Naval Air Warfare Center Patuxent River, MD 20670-5304 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]