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Naval Sea Systems Command

GENERAL ENGINEER

Department of the Navy · Groton, Connecticut

Salary
$100,992 - $131,293 per year
Pay grade
GS-12
Schedule
Full-time
Appointment
Permanent
Opened
Sep 23, 2026
Closes
Mar 23, 2027
Remote
No
Telework eligible
Yes
Openings
3
Security clearance
Secret
Promotion potential
12
Announcement
DE-13070198-26-TLS

Who may apply: Open to the public

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Summary

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Duties

  • You will provide technical review and local validation approval of Hull, Mechanical and Electrical (HM and E) ship system test program documents.
  • You will ensure that preparation for and the conduct of Hull, Mechanical and Electrical (HM and E) test programs meet all technical and safety requirements.
  • You will review contractor and/or Design Yard (DY) proposed (HM and E) ship system test plans and resolve technical conflicts.
  • You will resolve major problems in (HM and E) ship systems and components affecting test certifications.
  • You will determine cause and corrective action when a malfunction, failure, or casualty occurs involving (HM and E) equipment during testing which impairs normal plant capability or causes injury to personnel.
  • You will review contractor testing documents of certified (HM and E) ship systems which have been breached, to ensure the systems have been adequately restored to previously certified conditions.
  • You will support key events and milestones for certification of new construction and commissioned vessels.
  • You will participate in continuous training programs for the purpose of keeping abreast of the new developments in the ship systems and career development.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS-11) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional engineer leading ship system testing (e.g., maintaining surveillance, reviewing, evaluating, approving) on ships or submarines under construction, overhaul or repair. 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 Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR): 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,…

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