INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEER/SCIENTIST

Summary

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

Duties

• You will ensure aeronautical data systems meet required accuracy, reliability, safety, and data-management standards across all supported Navy, USMC, Coast Guard, and FMS platforms.
• You will lead RNP RNAV and PBN certification efforts for assigned platforms, validating compliance with the RNP RNAV FRD, PBN Specification, and applicable military/civil standards.
• You will manage full lifecycle activities for RNP RNAV software systems, including planning, requirements development, design, implementation, testing, and certification documentation.
• You will serve as the Data Integrity technical lead for a small team, assigning tasks, guiding analysis, and ensuring consistency with technical standards and certification criteria.
• You will evaluate mission planning and navigation systems to verify data integrity, including assessment against RTCA DO-200, DO-201, DO-178, and related standards.
• You will develop, review, and deliver certification artifacts—such as NDPTRs, analysis packages, and test reports—to support regulatory compliance and technical justification.
• You will design or assess data protection and validation mechanisms that safeguard critical aeronautical data throughout the Aeronautical Data Chain.
• You will validate system certifications by analyzing modifications to previously approved systems and determining whether changes affect data integrity, safety, or compliance.
• You will collaborate with platform PMAs, navigation SMEs, mission planning teams, and CNS/ATM stakeholders to ensure accurate, secure, and consistent data integration across systems.
• You will represent the Navy in industry and DoD forums, support Mission Planning Certification Events, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to continuous improvement of aeronautical data processes.

Qualifications

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or DP-03 pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Exercising systems engineering and avionics certification, with emphasis on aeronautical data integrity, Performance Based Navigation (PBN), and CNS/ATM capabilities; Applying RTCA standards (DO-200, DO-201, DO-178), supporting mission planning (JMPS), and working with both commercial and military specifications; Integrating CNS/ATM capabilities, safeguarding essential data, and ensuring compliance with certification authority processes across diverse aviation platforms; AND Applying analytical skills to evaluate documentation, assess system safety, and justify certification decisions, as well as technical ability in software development (C, C++, C#, ADA). 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/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf 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: 08XX Series: Degree in Engineering. 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 T…