INTERDISCIPLINARY-SUPERVISORY PHYSICAL SCIENTIST/GENERAL ENGINEER/OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST
Department of the Air Force - Agency Wide
Posted: March 9, 2026 (0 days ago)
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Naval Air Systems Command
Department of the Navy
Location
Salary
$102,415 - $158,322
per year
Type
Full-Time
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Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
This job involves working on advanced navigation and avionics systems for military aircraft, focusing on GPS and inertial navigation technologies to ensure pilots have accurate positioning and timing data for safe flights.
You'll research, develop, test, and support these electronic systems while balancing performance, cost, and deadlines.
It's a great fit for engineers or analysts with experience in aerospace tech and problem-solving in complex environments.
YOU WILL SERVE AS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY GENERAL/ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS/AEROSPACE ENGINEER/OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST in the MISSION SYSTEM GROUP, AVIONICS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, CORE AVIONICS ENGINEERING DIVISION, POSITION, NAVIGATION AND TIMEING OF NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional GENERAL/ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC/AEROSPACE ENGINEER/OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST performing the following duties; 1) Knowledge of GPS: Understands the structure of the GPS constellation; 2) Understands how Position, Velocity, Altitude and Timing are used for Navigation; 3) Knowledge of INS: Understands different types of navigation solutions; 4) Understands the use of Kalman Filters and their roles in the navigation solution: 5) Knowledge of Scented and Unscented, Tightly and loosely coupled Kalman Filters; 6) Knowledge of Military aircraft avionics architectures to include Hardware (WRAs), Software and Data Bus architectures (Must be able to read and understand schematics); 7) Experience in reviewing and understanding CDRLS and being able to perform traces back to requirements.
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 https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/operations-research-series-1515/ 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:
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