Naval Sea Systems Command
GENERAL ENGINEER
Department of the Navy · Naval Base Newport, Rhode Island
- Salary
- $142,452 - $197,200 per year
- Pay grade
- NH-4
- Schedule
- Full-time
- Appointment
- Permanent
- Opened
- Nov 2, 2026
- Closes
- Nov 12, 2026
- Remote
- No
- Telework eligible
- Yes
- Openings
- 1
- Security clearance
- Top Secret
- Promotion potential
- None
- Announcement
- DE-13105537-27-CMG
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 serve as the Designated Representative and Senior Systems Engineer for USW Electromagnetic Systems across all in-service and new-acquisition U.S. Navy submarines.
- You will assist Team Submarine Technical Authority enterprise in the design, development, operation, and maintenance of USW Electromagnetic critical systems.
- You will coordinate and engage directly with Team Submarine, PAE Undersea and other PAE affiliated Program Offices, Naval System Commands, Naval Warfare Centers, Prime Contractors, and Type Commanders.
- You will provide deep "vertical" engineering mastery to solve complex, unprecedented problems.
- You will guide high-visibility projects, ensure technical accuracy, and provide technically acceptable options and authoritative concurrence on critical issues in support of the USW Technical Domain Technical Area Experts across submarine platforms.
- You will assist in the acquisition, development, fielding, and sustainment of USW Electromagnetic Systems and Programs.
- You will integrates standardization, commonality, configuration management, risk management, design for logistics support, test and evaluation, and modeling and simulation for these systems and programs.
- You will direct the complete systems engineering lifecycle for electromagnetic systems across all submarine and submersible classes.
- You will oversee concept definition, preliminary/critical design, integration, fielding, and maintenance operations across USW Electromagnetic Systems.
- You will spearhead the research and development of affordable, next-generation designs and apply experimental theories, advanced systems engineering concepts, and scientific disciplines to pioneer novel electromagnetic system capabilities.
- You will formulate advanced integration, test, and evaluation strategies for large-scale developments. Manage the complex integration of communications, sensors, cryptographic networks, and message processing payloads.
- You will lead comprehensive system performance and link budget analyses.
Qualifications
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NH-03 pay band (or GS-13 equivalency) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional engineer providing technical knowledge for Undersea Warfare (USW) Electromagnetic Systems and assisting in the design, development, and testing and evaluation of USW Electromagnetic Systems across submarine platforms. 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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