GENERAL ENGINEER

Full Job Description

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies.

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.

You will serve as a GENERAL ENGINEER, in the range safety branch (as code SPP213) at NAVAL ORDNANCE TEST UNIT (NOTU) FIELD ACTIVITY OF SSP.

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NH-2 (GS-11 equivalent) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: working with missile systems or related equipment and their development, test, evaluation, production and deployment criteria to include knowledge of associated data collection systems.

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/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards 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 assist the Flight Test Instrumentation Branch Head, in the review and establishment of the overall Fleet Ballistic Missile and Conventional Prompt Strike missile flight test tracking and data collection systems.
• You will analyze current and proposed follow-on missile programs to determine the possible impact upon current or planned flight test instrumentation and data collection systems employed during flight tests.
• You will perform analysis of day-to-day program needs and financial oversight to determine data collection and/or administrative support deficiencies, if any, and to initiate corrective action where necessary.
• You will prepare basic criteria and establish schedules for missile flight test instrumentation.
• You will assign projects, via official correspondence, to the Eastern Range (ER) and Pacific Range (PR) for the preparation and implementation of alterations and other changes affecting the Range systems.
• You will monitor, evaluate, and provide technical direction for the planning, design, modification and operation of Range instrumentation systems at the Eastern Range (ER) and Pacific Range (PR).
• You will provide technical engineering services on a wide variety of unique instrumentation, communication, and data collection systems employed during missile flight tests.
• You will assist in the planning for and execution of missile flight tests on the ER and PR.
• You will be responsible for assessing the readiness of range and program-owned instrumentation systems for FBM and CPS flight tests.