ENGINEER/SCIENTIST

Full Job Description

These detail opportunities are open to DON permanent civilian employees in the competitive service currently at the ND-4 grade level (GS-12 /13 equivalency) or higher.

The selectee will be placed on a temporary detail not to exceed one year.

The detailee for this position will serve as an Engineer or Scientist in the office of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport in the Deputy Technical Director (TDB), Chief Technology Officer (CTO), or Business Director (Code 0BD) organizations.

This is an interdisciplinary position and may be filled by a General Engineer (0801-series), a Scientist (1301-series), or a Mathematician (1501-series), depending upon the qualifications of the candidate.

Applicants in positions with occupational series other than those listed (0801, 1301, and 1501) may apply; however, you must apply directly to the series listed in this vacancy that is most applicable to your qualifications.

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered.

Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position.

Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience.

While specific professional engineering or scientific experience is not required for detail assignments, engineering or scientific experience relevant to the duties described in the Qualification Standards for the position is desired.

Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR): General Engineering Series 0801 General Physical Science Series, 1301 General Mathematics and Statistics Series 1501* You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience.

You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

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 serve as a member of the Deputy Technical Director (DTD) or Chief Technology Officer (CTO) staff and be given engineering, scientific, technical, and programmatic assignments of increasing complexity and scope.
• You will use your engineering/scientific proficiency to formulate, define and modify overall objectives and technical requirements.
• You will participate in evaluating the feasibility of new concepts and principles and make recommendations on continuance or abandonment of work across NUWC Division Newport and NUWC Headquarters.
• You will gain valuable technical engineering/scientific executive-level exposure, as well as front-line insights into Division technical operations.
• You will work with NUWC Division Newport Deputy Technical Director (TDB), Chief Technology Officer (CTO), or Business Director (Code 0BD) and senior leadership as well as with engineers and scientists across the Technical Departments.
• You will work with various levels of the wider NUWC community, serving on committees, and special projects as assigned and interface regularly with NUWC Headquarters staff to provide Division Newport information and perspectives.
• You will manage and oversee technical executive actions and coordinate the Division's technical highlights as well as review responses for technical accuracy and completeness.
• You will support the 0BD with technical workforce shaping technical health assessments and workforce development initiatives.
• You will work with TDB on technical and programmatic projects and programs on an as-needed basis which will require interaction with the NUWC Division Newport Chief Engineer, Chief Technology Officer and the Warfare Center National Workload Managers.
• You will develop a broad understanding of Division Newport's involvement in Undersea Warfare and roles within the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) organization.
• You will, if assigned to the CTO, coordinate the inputs to Division Newport data calls, action items and weekly highlights.
• You will lead and coordinate some university-related programs, including the MIT Industrial Liaison Program (ILP), the Office of Naval Research Summer Faculty Research Program (SFRP) and the Post Doctorate Program.