Interdisciplinary Engineer
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEER
Naval Sea Systems Command
Department of the Navy
Location
Salary
$138,595 - $180,178
per year
Type
Full-Time
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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 to design, test, and integrate computer systems that control machinery on naval ships, ensuring everything runs smoothly and meets long-term needs.
You'll troubleshoot problems, update software, and oversee how these systems connect with the ship's overall mechanical and electrical setup.
It's a great fit for experienced engineers who enjoy complex technical challenges in a military environment and have a background in ship or machinery systems.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-13 level or equivalent in developing, designing, testing, and integrating computer-based Machinery Control Systems for naval or similar applications
- Professional engineering background applying advanced theories and principles to software and hardware integration
- Ability to formulate and manage integration of new software functionality and resolve issues during testing
- Skills in analyzing system failures, determining causes, and developing software modifications
- Experience providing technical oversight for software-based machinery systems and their interfaces with Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical (HM&E) systems
- Familiarity with ensuring long-term mission requirements using state-of-the-art technologies
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain security clearance (implied for naval positions)
Full Job Description
You will serve as an Engineer in the Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical (HM&E) Machine Control System Surface Ship Division of NSWC PHILA DIV.
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: as a professional engineer applying advanced engineering and scientific theories and principles to develop, design, test, and integrate computer-based Machinery Control Systems for Naval Ships.
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 be responsible for formulating and managing the integration of new software functionality and resolution of problems discovered during test and integration of Machinery Control Systems.
- You will be responsible for ensuring that long-term mission requirements are met with advance state-of-the-art technologies.
- You will be responsible for the direction and performance of a variety of complex tasks associated with Machinery Control Systems and associated interfaces to integrated ship software.
- You will provide technical oversight in areas of software-based machinery plant systems and its integration to Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical systems.
- You will analyze Machine Control System failures, determine causes, develop software modifications for elimination of failures, and install and test modifications.
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