General Engineer
Army Tank-Automotive and Armament Command (TACOM)
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TECHNICIAN
Naval Sea Systems Command
Department of the Navy
Location
Salary
$106,437 - $190,627
per year
Type
Full-Time
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GS-11/12 Pay Grade(Career Ladder)
Entry salary: $62,107 | Full performance (GS-12): up to $96,770
Career ladder: Start at GS-11 and advance to GS-12 with experience.
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 that oversees and maintains fire control systems on naval surface ships, including planning projects, developing tests, and providing training to ensure everything runs smoothly.
It's a technical leadership role in a military engineering setting, focused on radar and weapon systems.
A good fit would be someone with hands-on experience in ship combat systems who enjoys managing teams and solving technical problems.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11/12 or NT-04 level in managing engineering projects for surface ship combat and weapon systems
- Demonstrated expertise in Fire Control Systems (FCS), particularly the MK 99 system
- Leadership skills to oversee team members and serve as a subject matter expert
- Ability to plan, direct, and execute technical tasking, including test procedures for problem investigations
- Experience providing inputs to budget reviews, task planning, statements of work, and contract management
- Proficiency in delivering technical training to team members and ship personnel
Full Job Description
You will serve as a Team Lead in the SURFACE COMBATANT RADAR DIVISION, SENSORS WEAPONS AND LAUNCHERS DEPARTMENT of NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER PORT HUENEME DIVISION.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NT-04 (GS-11/12 equivalent) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: providing technical and administrative oversight to manage in-service engineering projects for surface ship combat and weapon systems (e.g.
Fire Control System).
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 https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/electronics-technical-series-0856/ 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 the Sensors, Weapons, and Launcher Department’s Fire Control System (FCS) Team Lead in the Surface Combatant Radar Division (E40).
- You will provide leadership for team members in the oversight of the MK 99 Fire Control System which includes the Kill Assessment System (KAS).
- You will serve as the Lead Subject Matter Expert and will plan, direct, implement, and execute Mk 99 FCS tasking to all other FCS personnel.
- You will provide inputs to budget reviews, task planning sheet (TPS) generation, Statement of Work reviews, and contract management.
- You will develop test procedures and plans to investigate problem reports.
- You will provide technical training to team members and ship personnel.
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