ENGINEER

Full Job Description

You will serve as a Functional Chief Engineer for the Unmanned Undersea Systems portfolio of projects withing the Platforms and Payload Integration Department of NAVUNSEAWARCENDIV NEWPORT RI.

This position is part of the Warfare Centers Personnel Demonstration Project. The ND-5 pay band encompasses positions equivalent to GS-14 and GS-15.

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-4 pay band (GS-12 and GS-13 equivalency) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: As a professional engineer, lead technical reviews and coordinate the execution of unmanned undersea vehicle systems to ensure alignment with system requirements, testing, and risk management, ultimately ensuring the successful development and deployment of undersea systems while enabling informed decision-making by senior leadership.

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=List-by-Occupational-Series AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf General Engineering Series 0801 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. Major Duties:

• You will be responsible for overseeing the design, development, testing/ construction of prototype and production of unmanned undersea vehicle systems in accordance with the technical rigor and systems engineering processes of Code 45 and the Navy.
• You will serve as the senior member of a technical team that performs research, development, test, and evaluation in support of all unmanned systems efforts within Code 45
• You will be the point of contact with recognized authority for technical and scientific decisions and issues, and will represent assigned project in decisional meetings, Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and program reviews.
• You will optimize the development and integration of innovative technologies in undersea sensors, vehicle design, robotics, navigation, and autonomous behavior for UUV systems to bring these capabilities to operational levels.
• You will advise and consult program managers and engineering teams on research and development programs, collaborating closely with industry partners on contract-supported Family of Systems projects.
• You will provide review and signature of project technical documents including test plans, reports, drawings, analyses, etc.
• You will maintain technical cognizance of functional area and relationships with sponsoring activities to ensure alignment of technical expectations
• You will serve as the subject matter expert for Systems Engineering related to unmanned undersea systems and work closely with the project Lead Systems Engineers to ensure requirements are adhered to for customer tasking.