INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEER

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This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer.

Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be vacancies filled from this flyer.

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You will serve as an Engineer on the Landing and Arresting Gear Branch w/the Air Systems Grp of NAWCAD In addition to meeting the BASIC REQUIREMENT, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS 9/11 grade level or DS-03 pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Performing computer aided design (CAD) to model components and/or systems; Performing finite element analysis; Performing static, kinematic, and fatigue analysis; Preparing and presenting a brief to an audience/leadership; Providing technical recommendations to aircraft programs related to landing gear or other sub-systems for the purpose of technical improvements, qualification requirements, and operational risk mitigation; AND Working individually or as part of a group to design a solution to a prescribed problem while being conscious of cost, schedule, and risks.

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 establish all engineering requirements and criteria governing the design, certification, life limits, and in-service integrity of air vehicle landing gear systems via specifications, technical expertise, SOPs.
• You will evaluate proposals for air vehicle subsystems to identify deficiencies of the design, development, test and evaluation procedures, and components applicable to Navy and Marine Corps aircraft.
• You will plan technical direction of laboratory and flight-testing programs including evaluation of test plans, specifying instrumentation requirements and interpretation/approval of data/test results
• You will deliver optimized engineering solutions that are balanced to achieve required technical performance within cost, schedule, and technology constraints.
• You will function as a member of the Landing and Arresting Gear Branch, providing technical guidance to a technical workforce and meeting customer requirements for associated landing gear systems, products, and/or services.
• You will apply tools such as but not limited to: Risk Management, Configuration Management, Data Management, Trade-off Analysis/Trade Studies, Technical Performance Measurement, Technical Reviews, Modeling and Simulation or Earned Value Management.