ENGINEER OR SCIENTIST

You will serve as a LEAD SYSTEMS ENGINEER (LSE) or SCIENTIST in the UNDERSEA WARFARE WEAPONS VEHICLE & DEFENSE SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT of NAVUNSEAWARCENDIV NEWPORT RI.

You will serve as a senior Lead Systems Engineer responsible for the design, development, and implementation of undersea warfare systems for Division Newport’s Undersea Weapons, Vehicles and Defensive Systems Department.

You will lead a diverse team of engineers, scientists, and technicians while providing technical leadership to multi-level task groups and coordinating activities across industry, university labs, and other government organizations.

You will perform system engineering analyses to develop system performance specifications, interface specifications, system design, and sub-systems performance and interface specifications.

You will develop and design solutions to complex system problems, generate and execute test plans, conduct troubleshooting, and evaluate proposed solutions.

You will support the integration of hardware and software products and document technical data in accordance with established engineering policies and procedures.

You will report and present results of analyses, designs, tests, integration efforts, project status, and issues through high-level briefs, correspondence, and technical memorandums.

You will develop technical approaches for high-level tasking, establish detailed plans, estimate costs and schedules, and establish technical performance metrics to assess development progress.

You will develop necessary technical artifacts and lead Systems Engineering Technical Reviews (SETRs).

You will serve as the recognized authority and expert consultant for undersea warfare system design, development, and integration efforts.

You will represent NUWCDIVNPT on high-level committees, Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), and at senior technical and programmatic meetings while providing recommendations and technical oversight to sponsors, program offices, and fleet commands.

Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: For 0801, All Professional Engineering Series: 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. OR For 1301 General Physical Science: Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics; OR Combination of education and experience: Education equivalent to one of the majors shown above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. OR For 1501 General Mathematics and Statistics Series: Degree: Mathematics, statistics, or actuarial science. The degree must be in a major field of study (at least at the baccalaureate level) that is appropriate for the position; OR Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major field of study (Mathematics, statistics, or actuarial science) plus additional education or appropriate experience. OR For 1550, Computer Science: Successful completion of a degree in computer science or degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours were in a combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus.