DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST/ENGINEER FOR USW ENTERPRISE SOS INTEGRATION

Summary

You will serve as the Director of Undersea Warfare (USW) System of Systems (SoS) Integration in Code 25 of NAVUNSEAWARCENDIV NEWPORT RI.

Duties

• You will manage, direct, and oversee organizational units, interdisciplinary teams, and enterprise-wide working groups that execute the following engineering tasks.
• You will serve as principal technical advisor, advising Navy, OSD, and DoD leaders on USW SoS strategies, baselines, risks, and modernization. Additionally, you will lead SoS architecture development to ensure coherent Joint and allied capabilities.
• You will oversee Research and Development and systems engineering at NUWCDIVNPT, leading System of Systems (SoS) architecture development, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) initiatives, and integration across USW systems and payloads.
• You will will lead the development and implementation of SoS architectures that ensure coherent capability delivery across USW systems for US Navy, Joint, and allied efforts.
• You will advocate for investments in enterprise integration infrastructure and assist USW sponsors in shaping acquisition strategies that balance innovation, cost, schedule, and Fleet readiness.
• You will develop execution plans and modernization roadmaps for enterprise systems across diverse programs. You will manage technical baselines and ensure hardware, software, and network interoperability across submarine classes.

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. Ability to provide national leadership to develop, influence, and implement System of Systems (SoS) architectures and enterprise-wide integration strategies that will address key programmatic, DoN, and DoD capability needs for the modernization of submarine combat systems across all classes and baselines. TQ2. Broad knowledge of USW enterprise systems and emerging technologies, including championing a model-based, open-architecture approach to seamlessly insert new technologies into submarine Non-Propulsion Electronic Systems (NPES) and other USW systems with minimal disruption to Fleet readiness. 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 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…