DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST/ENGINEER FOR UNDERSEA WEAPONS PRODUCTION AND SUSTAINMENT TECHNOLOGIES

Summary

You will serve as Distinguished Scientist/Engineer for Undersea Weapons Production and Sustainment Technologies, providing authoritative advice to a wide range of national and international stakeholders.

Duties

• You will serve as a technical consultant for a portfolio valued at proximately $297M annually, making recommendations that frequently form the DOW's position and guide programs of major significance.
• You will advise Navy maintenance and sustainment investments to deliver reliable, modernized capabilities to the fleet. You will also develop technology transition plans and risk assessments to advance undersea technology fielding.
• You will provide technical leadership for senior engineers and scientists in technology transition. You will champion and participate in the design, prototyping, testing, and fielding of advanced solutions for urgent fleet needs.
• You will provide continuous technical leadership to ensure stewardship of core capabilities. You will manage the organization's technical personnel knowledge base, specialized equipment, and core facilities.

Qualifications

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution. Candidates will not be hired based on their race, sex, color, religion, or national origin. To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, your resume must show that you possess the Technical Qualifications (TQ) related to this position - NOT TO EXCEED 2 PAGES. Resumes over the 2-page limit will be disqualified. Your resume should include examples of experience, education, and accomplishments applicable to the qualification(s). If your resume does not reflect demonstrated evidence of these qualifications, you may not receive consideration for the position. TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (TQs): Your resume should demonstrate accomplishments that would satisfy the technical qualifications: TQ1. Demonstrated expert knowledge of Undersea Weapons systems and life-cycle sustainment, including system performance, reliability, effectiveness, ship/platform integration, in-service engineering, maintenance, modernization, and depot/intermediate-level support for torpedoes, undersea mines, and associated support and test equipment. TQ2. Demonstrated ability to lead and conduct advanced RDT&E, technology transition, and weapon system modifications, including the integration of advanced manufacturing and automated sustainment technologies, while ensuring system performance, lethality, reliability, effectiveness, and platform integration are maintained or enhanced. 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 All Professional Engineering series, 08XX General Physical Science series, 1301 General Mathematics and Statistics series, 1501 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 positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: For 08XX Professional Engineering Series: A. Degree: Engineering. Successful completion of a bachelor's or higher engineering degree from an accredited college or university. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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- B. Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: (I) Professional registration or licensure -- 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 th…