ENGINEER​/SCIENTIST

Location: Crane

Duties

• You will serve as the Department Chief Engineer (CHENG) as the Department's leader in assuring the proper technical rigor and discipline is applied to all workload being executed within the Department.
• You will utilize expert knowledge for standard, proven systems engineering technical methods, processes, and tools, and will steward department technical capabilities to meet current and future naval, joint force, and national requirements.
• You will work with the Division Managers, Division CHENGs, Department Quality System Manager and Division Quality Focal Points, and Technical Project Managers to establish and maintain Department level policy and guidance.
• You will execute customer funded work by periodically reviewing projects, assessing the level of technical rigor required, identifying gaps in the level of technical rigor being used, and recommending changes to be implemented.
• You will review/assess technical documentation including but not limited to Root Cause Analysis reports, point papers, technical proposals, and acquisition documentation using the opportunity to teach personnel how to improve document preparation.
• You will mentor and assist fellow engineers and technicians with technical matters on innovative solutions meeting system engineering and technology requirements, to analyze, understand, and quantify the technical performance of Department systems.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• MSP/PPP applicants must currently hold the required security clearance.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition
  
  Functional Area
  
  and category assigned to the position is required within established category time frames.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

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) grade level or 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, leading scientific or engineering efforts to design and sustain weapon systems, subsystems, or components for warfare programs.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:
Professional Engineering Series, 0801, IOR https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). AND https://-positions
- General Physical Science Series, 1301 IOR: https:///

General Mathematics and Statistics Series, 1501 IOR: https:///

Operations Research Series, 1515 IOR: https:///

Computer Science Series, 1550 IOR: https:///

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student,…