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MANAGER

Naval Sea Systems Command

Department of the Navy

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$125,776 - $192,331

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GS-14 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $104,604 - $135,987

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-13. Senior expert or supervisor.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team of engineers or scientists in a naval warfare center, focusing on overseeing the design, development, and testing of advanced weapon systems like unmanned technologies to ensure projects stay on track and meet goals.

A good fit would be an experienced technical professional with a background in engineering or science who enjoys managing people, planning resources, and improving processes in a defense setting.

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, physical science, mathematics, operations research, or computer science (or equivalent)
  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-12/13 level or equivalent in technical oversight of weapon system design, development, and testing
  • Demonstrated ability to manage schedules, milestones, and deliverables for engineering or scientific projects
  • Supervisory experience providing oversight to technical teams in test and evaluation services
  • Skills in analyzing and implementing procedures to enhance program efficiency and productivity
  • Experience in long- and short-term planning for funding, human resources, facilities, and equipment

Full Job Description

You will serve as a MANAGER in the Weapons Engineering Branch (JXPN) or Asymmetric Effects Systems Branch (JXPY) of NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER.

The salary range shown above represents all of the positions within the band, including high grade positions.

This is not a high grade position; therefore, the salary may be limited to a GS-14 Step 10 (currently $163,514).

In addition to basic education requirements, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-04 (GS-12/13 equivalent) 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 or SCIENTIST providing technical oversight and guidance on the design, development, and testing of engineering or scientific weapon system projects ensuring adherence to resource requirements (e.g., schedule, milestones, and deliverables) for improved efficiency and effectiveness of assigned weapons programs.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: Professional Engineering Series, 0801, IOR: 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 General Physical Science Series, 1301 IOR: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/general-physical-science-series-1301/ General Mathematics and Statistics Series, 1501 IOR: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/general-mathematics-and-statistics-series-1501star/ Operations Research Series, 1515 IOR: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/operations-research-series-1515/ Computer Science Series, 1550 IOR: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/computer-science-series-1550/ 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 serve as Branch Manager for Branch Manager for the Weapons Engineering Branch (JXPN) or the Asymmetric Effects Systems Branch (JXPY).
  • You will provide supervisory oversight to employees that provide unmanned and counter-unmanned test and evaluation technical services across Naval Warfare Center Crane and the Department of Defense.
  • You will develop schedules/milestones that support current and future infrastructure and plans for growth.
  • You will analyze and implement procedures and processes for the effectiveness, efficiency and productivity of the programs/projects.
  • You will develop procedures to improve the quality of services, products and processes for customers.
  • You will develop and maintain Branch' s long/short term planning for funding, human resources, facilities and equipment.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 4/9/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/10/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12931547-26-LJD