ENGINEER/SCIENTIST

Full Job Description

You will serve as Chief Engineer of the MISSILE & LAUNCHER SAFETY BRANCH (B75) within the SYSTEMS SAFETY ENGINEERING DIVISION of the ELECTROMAGNETIC & SENSOR SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT for NAVSURFWARCENDLD.

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.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience 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 as a professional engineer or scientist executing systems engineering activities related to Naval Weapons Systems while demonstrating direct experience on system safety techniques, theories, and principles; including hazard analysis, risk assessment, and the development of mitigation strategies in compliance with MIL-STD-882E.

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 08XX: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf 1301: General Physical Science Series, 1301 (opm.gov) 1515: Operations Research Series 1515 (opm.gov) 1520: Mathematics Series 1520 (opm.gov) 1550: Computer Science Series 1550 (opm.gov) 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 perform and oversee the execution of system safety engineering on Naval Platforms, Combat Systems, and/or Weapon Systems.
• You will provide technical advice to top level Navy management and technical personnel, other agencies, and private organizations.
• You will serve on Navy, interagency, and technical society panels and committees of national or international scope.
• You will serve as a consultant to other technical experts in the field and provide advice on issues on which experts disagree.
• You will apply technical subject matter expertise in systems safety toward training, advising, and mentoring system safety practitioners in the application of systems safety.
• You will ensure that work within the branch is executed in a manner consistent with B70-developed processes, methodologies, and technical standards and that technical rigor is applied consistently across the branch.
• You will work with other Branch and the B70 Division Technical Staff to develop, mature, or refine technical safety processes and methodologies and provide technical direction on the implementation and execution of these processes.
• You will conduct technical reviews of safety program artifacts and provide technical direction to a team of scientists, engineers, and other system safety professionals.
• You will lead the collaboration effort with technical authorities (e.g. System Design Managers, System Integration Managers, etc.) to provide system safety engineering expertise relevant to B70 processes, methodologies, and analyses.
• You will lead Branch technical review and safety input to DoD, Navy, NAVSEA, and NSWC policy and guidance documents.
• You will provide senior-level technical expertise and guidance to support Safety Review Boards.
• You will support the Branch Head in monitoring the technical health of all projects and portfolios.