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Posted: March 19, 2026 (1 day ago)

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PHYSICAL SCIENTIST

United States Fleet Forces Command

Department of the Navy

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$102,415 - $133,142

per year

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March 28, 2026More Navy jobs →

GS-11 Pay Grade

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).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team in an operations center to monitor and manage the daily production of scientific products from the U.S.

Naval Observatory, such as timekeeping and Earth orientation data, while ensuring systems run smoothly and communicating with users about any issues.

A good fit would be someone with strong knowledge in physical sciences and IT who enjoys coordinating teams, troubleshooting technical problems, and handling customer interactions in a government setting.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-11 level or equivalent in physical sciences or related field
  • Mastery of physical science principles, including scientific instrumentation and data delivery
  • Knowledge of Information Technology infrastructure supporting scientific operations
  • Experience leading teams, distributing workloads, and monitoring operational activities
  • Ability to interact with users, report outages, and manage communications with internal and external customers
  • Familiarity with monitoring systems like USNO Master Clock, Earth Orientation Parameters (EOP), and Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI)

Full Job Description

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 actual vacancies filled from this flyer.

Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

Your resume must also 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.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: The incumbent must have a mastery of principles and practices in Physical Sciences with specific knowledge of scientific instrumentation, services, and the Information Technology infrastructure that supports scientific data product delivery.

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/1300/general-physical-science-series-1301/ 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 the coordination of the routine daily monitoring of the automated generation of operational USNO products and ensuring access to these products.
  • You will will interact with USNO product users, discuss product availability and not potential problems reported to the Operations Center.
  • You will be the team lead for employees with in the operations center.
  • You will distribute and balance the workload among employees in accordance with the established workflow or job specialization.
  • You will monitor USNO operational activities including the USNO Master Clock time, Earth Orientation Parameter (EOP) solutions, Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) correlation, and Information Technology (IT) systems and connectivity.
  • You will be responsible for managing the reporting of major outages, incidents, and communications with external and internal customers.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/19/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/20/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: DE-12911222-26-DSJ