You will serve as the F-35 Lightning Support Team (LST) Lead Engineer in the FST Engineering DIV of FLTREADCEN EAST. This position is located in Ft. Worth, TX with the F-35 LST and is responsible for managing all aspects of LST engineering efforts. This includes both supervisory and technical leadership of the LST engineering team.

Duties

You will oversee all engineers and related technical support personnel assigned to the FST. You will budget resources regarding training, workload, and capabilities for multiyear projects. You will analyze and recommend adjustments to specified service life intervals for aircraft/weapons and equipment. You will develop cost analysis tradeoffs for varying degrees to ensure requirements are balanced for affordability. You will design, analyze, prototype and implement comprehensive metrics and models allowing measurement in changes of maintainability and testing of the predictive techniques in order to evaluate program accomplishments, effectiveness and compliance.

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 GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade 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.
• 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.
• You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.
• 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.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1.) Developing solutions to fleet reported issues involving aircraft weapons systems. 2.) Ensuring industrial planning and support of aircraft weapons systems, components, and field team work/maintenance is accomplished efficiently. 3.) Developing cost analysis tradeoffs for varying degrees of capability to ensure requirements are balanced with affordability. 4.) Designing, analyzing, prototyping and implementing comprehensive metrics and models allowing measurement of changes in aircraft maintainability and testing/validation of predictive techniques in order to measure program accomplishments. 5.) Determining the best approach to solve complex technical engineering problems involving aircraft weapons systems. 6.) Budgeting resources regarding training, workload execution and prioritization, and capabilities development of multiyear projections. 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 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.

Contacts

• Address FLTREADCEN EAST PSC 8021 Cherry Point, NC 28533-0021 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]