GENERAL ENGINEER

Summary

You will serve as a General Engineer in the SE & ALRE Group, Prototype, Manufacturing & Test Department. SE & ALRE Test Division, ALRE Test Site Operations Branch of NAVAIRWARCENADLKE.

Duties

• •You will be responsible for major system development or the direction of technology-based research which has the highest significance to the agency's needs.
• •You will assign work by providing administrative and policy direction in terms of broadly defined missions or functions of the agency.
• •You will serve as the technical authority for the operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, testing, and evaluation, and continuous improvement of advanced and legacy aircraft launch and recovery systems.
• •You will be responsible for ensuring test site readiness, enhancing test site capabilities utilizing strategic investment opportunities, and developing innovating solutions to address complex technical challenges.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12/13 grade level or DP-04 pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing duties such as: 1) Demonstrated expertise in overseeing the complete lifecycle of test site operations, including the maintenance, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of critical systems such as steam-powered catapults (TC-7, TC-13), Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems (EMALS), and Jet Blast Deflectors (JBD). 2) Strong background in anticipating and resolving complex technical issues impacting system performance, reliability, and safety. 3) Ensuring the operational readiness and compliance of essential infrastructure, including but not limited to: steam plants, power distribution, and fire suppression systems. 4) Managing annual budgets for test site operations, tracking labor and material expenditures, and collaborating with financial managers to ensure proper funding and fiscal responsibility. 5) Experienced in training and mentoring junior engineers and technicians, providing expert guidance on complex technical challenges to foster their professional development and enhance the overall capability of the workforce. 6) Leading comprehensive T&E efforts. This includes directing the installation and modification of test equipment, leading feasibility studies for new technical approaches, and analyzing complex test data to produce formal reports with actionable recommendations. 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 AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf 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.

Education

Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. OR Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration For more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org OR Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html. OR Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A (above). The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above) OR Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least one year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily, there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions.