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INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEER

Naval Air Systems Command

Department of the Navy

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$143,913 - $197,200

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GS-13 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $88,520 - $115,079

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-12. Expert-level knowledge in field.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves working as an engineer on naval aircraft projects, focusing on ensuring safety in design, development, and operations while leading teams to resolve technical issues and manage risks.

It suits experienced engineers who enjoy coordinating with experts, analyzing problems, and supporting military aviation programs.

A good fit would be someone with a strong background in engineering leadership and safety protocols in high-stakes environments.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-13 level or equivalent in system safety engineering for weapons or aircraft development
  • Familiarity with NAVSEA WSESRB process for certification efforts
  • Ability to interface with program and technical leaders to resolve safety issues and hazards
  • Experience managing engineering personnel and ensuring quality of work in air vehicle teams
  • Skills in requirements analysis, functional analysis, allocation, synthesis, and selecting product solutions
  • Proficiency in identifying, analyzing, and mitigating risks per program risk management plans
  • Understanding of aircraft design, system safety, and operations, including evaluating safety issues and developing mitigations

Full Job Description

You will serve as an INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEER in the AIR SYSTEMS GROUP, SYSTEM SAFETY & AIR SYSTEMS INTEGRATION DEPARTMENT, SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & INTEGRATION DIVISION, AND AIR VEHICLE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION BRANCH of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV.

This announcement is running in conjunction with announcement: ST-12900669-26-AJW Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS-13) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Providing System Safety engineering support to weapons development and certification efforts (i.e.

using NAVSEA WSESRB process); 2) Interfacing with Program and technical leadership to resolve safety issues and hazards; 3) Managing the efforts and quality of work of all engineering personnel assigned to the Air Vehicle engineering team under their cognizance; 4) Ensuring appropriate technical representation and coordinate support across appropriate competencies for an Air Vehicle engineering team; 5) Performing requirements analysis, conduct functional analysis and allocation, conduct synthesis and select preferred product solutions; and 6) Identifying, analyzing, and mitigating risk in accordance with program risk management plan.

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 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 demonstrate a thorough understanding of aircraft design requirements as they relate to aircraft design and development, System Safety requirements, and aircraft operations.
  • You will evaluate causes and effects of design, production, and in-service safety issues, and ability to develop mitigations and alternatives to ameliorate hazards and deficiencies.
  • You will provide timely and technically sound support to the Air Vehicle Technical Team Lead.
  • You will provide timely, sound inputs and guidance to the overall program master schedule.
  • You will manage and coordinate appropriate engineering development, requirement adherence and technical issue resolution for the Air Vehicle engineering team.
  • You will coordinate and chair program Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs) and Air Vehicle design reviews as designated.
  • You will review organizational, intermediate, and depot level publications (e.g. Maintenance Manuals, NATOPS handbook, computer Software User's Manuals, and MIMs changes) for technical adequacy and optimal safety procedures.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/5/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/5/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12900861-26-AJW