You will serve as a ENGINEER OR SCIENTIST in the Strategic Submarine (SSBN) and In-Service Platform Engineering Branch at Naval Base Newport, Rhode Island of NAVUNSEAWARCENDIV NEWPORT RI. This position is part of the Warfare Centers Personnel Demonstration Project. The ND-5 pay band encompasses positions equivalent to the GS-14 and GS-15. The ND-4 pay band encompasses positions equivalent to the GS-12 and GS-13.

Duties

You will as professional senior Engineer or Scientist perform a variety of tasks coordinating the successful transition of the U.S. New Construction Strategic Deterrent submarines to the Operations and Sustainment phase of the acquisition process You will conduct research/analysis of current systems engineering, development, and systems engineering management processes and practices, as wells as possible alternate methods You will communicate the analysis results to the Ship Acquistion Program Manager and Ship Program Manager and make recommendations for the adoption of competitive methods. You will be responsible for identifying opportunities for common design practices, meetings, or processes to reduce the demands on Participating Acquisition Resource Manager resources. You will be responsible for ensuring that design artifacts required during sustainment and modernization efforts are addressed during new construction. You will identify new construction practices that can be used to improve and/or expedite modernization efforts. You will be responsbile for identifying cost sharing opportunities between the IN-SERVICE and NEW Construction where acquistion materials would be found mutually benenificial. You will identify opportunities or leads for new technology introduction, proofs of concept, expanded use of internal and external facilities for support of strategic initiatives, and Capital Investment Plans. You will provide high-level briefings and reports to various offices within the organization, manangement, high-level Navy personnel, and representatives from industry on technical subjects relating to Combat Systems. You will be required to demonstrate technical and programmatic expertise of Non-propulsion Electronics Subsysystems in respect to their operation, function, design, and architecture. You will be required to demonstrate experience analyzing complex problems, developing options, and make recommendations to senior management.

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
• 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.
• The 1550 series is a Cyberspace Workforce position, work role code 801, proficiency level intermediate/advanced the incumbent is required to obtain and maintain qualifications in DoDM 8140.03 Cyber Workforce Qualification and Dept. of Navy policies.

Qualifications

This is an interdisciplinary position and may be filled by a Mechanical Engineer (0830-series), a Computer Engineer (0854-series), an Electronics Engineer (0855-series), Mathematics (1520 Series) ,or a Computer Scientist (1550-series) depending upon the qualifications of the candidate. Applicants in positions with occupational series other than those listed (0830, 0854, 0855, 1520, and 1550) may apply; however, you must apply directly to the series listed in this vacancy that is most applicable to your qualifications. To Qualify for the ND-05 Position: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower ND-04 (GS-12/13 Equivalency) pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional ENGINEER OR SCIENTIST: analyzing or applying systems engineering processes or practices to identify new opportunities or improve technical design or modernization efforts of submarine combat systems for the support of program operations for an organization. To Qualify for the ND-04 Position: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower ND-03 (GS-9-11 Equivalency) pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional ENGINEER OR SCIENTIST: reviewing systems engineering processes or practices to identify new opportunities or make recommendations on modernization efforts of submarine combat systems for support of program operations for an organization. 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 For the Professional Engineer 08XX positions: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf AND For the 1520 Series- Mathematics: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/mathematics-series-1520/https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/mathematics-series-1520/ AND For the 1550 Series- Computer Science: https://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:

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 NAVUNSEAWARCENDIV NEWPORT RI 1176 Howell Street Newport, RI 02841-1708 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]