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Posted: February 17, 2026 (1 day ago)

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SUPERVISORY INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEER

STRATEGIC SYSTEMS PROGRAMS (SSP)

Department of the Navy

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$143,913 - $197,200

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February 23, 2026More Navy jobs →

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 supervisory engineering role involves leading the design, testing, and deployment of advanced nuclear missile systems for the Navy, focusing on software, hardware, and support equipment to ensure they meet safety and performance standards.

A good fit would be an experienced engineer with a background in weapons systems who enjoys overseeing teams, managing budgets and schedules, and reviewing technical contracts in a high-stakes defense environment.

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field (basic education requirement)
  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-13 or equivalent level in systems testing, design, evaluation, and planning for weapons systems
  • Experience evaluating cost, schedule, performance, and requirements validation for weapons systems lifecycle
  • Ability to provide technical direction for program planning, development, and deployment of missile systems
  • Skills in reviewing contract proposals, ensuring compliance with procurement directives, and managing budgets/schedules
  • Proficiency in originating, reviewing, and approving technical documents like design specifications and program plans
  • Strong communication skills for managing multi-level requirements in safety, integration, testing, and quality assurance

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.

In addition to the basic education requirement, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or NH-03 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 providing systems testing, design, and/or evaluation and planning for the development and support of weapons systems software, hardware, data and/or support equipment; and evaluating and reviewing cost, schedule, and performance aspects of weapon systems lifecycle and validate system requirements for a weapons systems program.

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/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards 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 provide technical direction for the planning and development of programs leading to the design, evaluation, production and deployment of the Sea-Launched cruise missile- nuclear (SLCM-N) missile systems capabilities. control.
  • You will prepares and directs studies efforts to determine the requirements and planning for the development, deployment, quality assurance, and life cycle support of SLCM-N missile systems software, hardware, and support equipment.
  • You will receives contract proposals for technical review and provides recommendations on the proposal to the Branch head.
  • You will Assures that resulting contract requirements are executed on schedule and within budget while complying with Navy procurement directives and initiatives.
  • You will originate, review, and approve technical documents, such as: software design specifications/documentation, program plans, coordination drawings, schedules, and system, subsystem, and component design specifications/documentation.
  • You will effectively communicates of multi-level weapon system/subsystem requirements and verification management related to safety, design, development, integration, test, evaluation, production, maintenance, quality assurance and certification.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/17/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/17/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: DE-12890266-26-JEH