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General Engineer

Defense Logistics Agency

Department of Defense

Fresh

Location

Salary

$55,602 - $128,221

per year

Closes

February 16, 2026

GS-12 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $74,441 - $96,770

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-11. Advanced degree + significant experience.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This role involves working as an engineer for the Defense Logistics Agency in Philadelphia, focusing on applying engineering principles to support defense logistics and operations.

It requires a strong foundation in engineering education or experience to handle technical challenges in a government setting.

Ideal candidates are those with a bachelor's degree in engineering and at least one year of relevant professional experience, who enjoy problem-solving in a structured, mission-driven environment.

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in professional engineering from an ABET-accredited program
  • Or equivalent combination of education and experience demonstrating knowledge of physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering
  • One year of specialized experience at GS-11 level or equivalent in engineering-related duties
  • Professional registration as Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or Professional Engineer (PE) (preferred or alternative qualifier)
  • Successful completion of Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or equivalent written test
  • At least 60 semester hours in physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences if using academic courses route
  • One year of professional engineering experience under supervision if using related scientific curriculum

Full Job Description

See below for important information regarding this job. To qualify for a General Engineer your resume and supporting documentation must support: A.

Basic Requirement: A Bachelor's Degree or higher in professional engineering.

To be acceptable, the program must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; 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.

OR A combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering.

The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: a.

Professional Registration or Licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (El), 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 example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.

b.

Written Test -- 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, Guam, and Puerto Rico.

c.

Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the Basic Requirements above.

The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum as described in the Basic Requirements above. d.

Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g.

engineering technology physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance.

Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions.

AND B.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position.

In addition to meeting the Basic Requirement above for all grade levels, to qualify for the GS-12 grade level, specialized experience must be at the GS-11 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector.

To qualify for the GS-11 grade level, specialized experience must be at the GS-09 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector.

To qualify for the GS-09 grade level, specialized experience must be at the GS-07 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector.

To qualify for the GS-07 grade level, specialized experience must be at the GS-06 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the federal service, military or private sector.

Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement.

Creditable specialized experience includes: GS-07 In a developmental capacity, serves as a professional General Engineer performing maintenance on Standardization documents.

Determines and conducts analysis to determine suitability for item substitution provides recommendations to Military Services.

Prepares and maintains quality assurance programs in accordance with DLA and Supply Chain guidance.

GS-09: - Executing all technical and administrative functions essential to the conduct of (DSP) Defense Standardization Program.

- Conducts advanced research and development efforts for critical and high-cost items - Provides technical guidance and assistance - Knowledge of professional engineering concepts, principles, and techniques.

GS-11: - Familiarity with manufacturing process, quality assurance programs and supplemental guidance.

- Determines and conducts analysis to determine suitability for item substitution and provides recommendations to military services.

- Understanding of Federal and Agency Laws and/or Regulations GS-12: - Performs technical analysis of the contract and technical data requirements relative to accuracy, clarity, and completeness during test plans and final reports.

- Knowledge of industrial practices and process affecting testing of involved substances.

- Prepares and maintains C&T's quality assurance programs in accordance with DLA and Supply Chain guidance.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Major Duties:

  • Serves as a General Engineer in the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support Clothing and Textiles.
  • Performs work in support of the Clothing and Textiles mission.
  • Sustainment of standardization documents for equipage, clothing and textiles.
  • Focal point for technical and quality accuracy of the mission.
  • Provide technical guidance on materials science for equipage, clothing and textiles.
  • Resolves technical or engineering topics and manufacturing issues for quality and reliability.
  • Verifies and validates evidentiary material required for the organization.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/30/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/31/2026

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