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Naval Air Systems Command

F-35 ELECTRONICS ENGINEER

Department of the Navy · Fort Worth, Texas

Salary
$115,711 - $150,426 per year
Pay grade
GS-13
Schedule
Full-time
Appointment
Permanent
Opened
Oct 23, 2026
Closes
Feb 18, 2027
Remote
No
Telework eligible
Yes
Openings
Few
Security clearance
Top Secret
Promotion potential
None
Announcement
DE-13100084-27-MEL

Who may apply: Open to the public

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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 provide day to day technical oversight of branch/subordinate level engineers and related technical support personnel.
  • You will determine the best approach to resolve complex technical engineering problems.
  • You will coordinate critical tasks such as mishaps, engineering investigations, hazard assessments, configuration management, and airworthiness/safety assessments.
  • You will analyze adjustments to specified service life internals for aircraft/weapons and equipment.
  • You will prepare correspondence, technical reports, and instructions for submittal to leadership.

Qualifications

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 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) Analyzing service life internals for aircraft/weapons and equipment; 2) Developing program sustainment and acquisition engineering support; 3) Managing technical and professional services required to sustain a weapon system; and 4) Evaluating new approaches, guides and standards to make engineering decisions. 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/#url=Group-Standards 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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