You will serve as an Interdisciplinary Engineer/Scientist in the Spectrum Warfare Department of NAVAIRWARCENWPNDIV CHINA LAKE.

Duties

You will report directly to F/A-18 and EA-18G IPT’s Weapons and Sensor Integration team lead (WSI TL), providing day to day operation support as assigned by the WSI TL. You will prepare laboratory, ground, and flight test results within Open Systems Engineering Environment (OSEE) to support integration efforts. You will be responsible for test asset positioning, conducting of laboratory, ground, and flight testing to verify that system integration tests meet performance requirements for all Operation Flight Programs (OFP’s) as applicable. You will interface with all levels of the F/A-18 Integrated Product Team (IPT) on matters related to IRST system integration, project planning, scheduling, document preparation, engineering document assessment and test planning. You will support WSI TL data calls for the IPT and program sponsors as required and analyze 1553 Mux Bus data to find anomalies, verify error codes, and validate configurations used for testing. You will participate in SCS Milestones, development team meetings and other technical meetings as required.

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 STRL jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower band level. 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 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

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-09/10) or pay band (DT-03) in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector in order to perform the duties of a Interdisciplinary Technician. Specialized experiences must include duties related to the following: (1) Assisting in performing lab, ground, and flight-testing events; (2) Conducting hardware integration verification; (3) Conducting verification of system configuration sets; and (4) Performing work related to project planning. 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 0802 Series: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/engineering-technical-series-0802/ 0856 Series: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/electronics-technical-series-0856/ 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

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address NAVAIRWARCENWPNDIV CHINA LAKE 1 Administration Circle China Lake, CA 93555-6100 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]