GENERAL ENGINEER
What you'd do
You will serve as the PMA-266 Assistant Program Manager for Systems Engineering for the development and integration of Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance payloads for MQ-9 Marine Air Ground Task Force Unmanned Aircraft System Expeditionary-Medium Altitude, Long Endurance. You will serve as a General Engineer in the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, AIR PLATFORM SYSTEMS ENGINEERING DEPT of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV.
Major duties
You will develop project planning objectives for engineering development of current and long range programs. You will develop or direct development of contract engineering specifications which define system requirements and parameters. You will ensure all technical and engineering requirements of the program are met including quality assurance reliability, maintainability, system compatibility, safety engineering, etc. You will review and evaluate ECPs for accuracy and feasibility, and advises as to the technical aspects. You will maintain continuous contact with research and development personnel in order to be informed on all new engineering and scientific developments which might be applied in the design of the assigned weapon system project.
What you need to qualify
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12/13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Serving as a Lead Systems Engineer or as a Lead Technical Domain Subject Matter Expert for assigned systems providing authoritative systems engineering or senior-level engineering technical domain input and advice to systems engineering and to the program management leadership; 2) Leading the development and incorporation of Systems Engineering work products or technical domain work products required to satisfy, complement and inform the DoW System Acquisition program management process milestones, artifacts, strategic planning, risk characterization and decision making on major weapon systems; Leads or significantly master the incorporation and use of the various and broad NAWCAD resources to support engineering development, planning and testing for assigned systems; 3) Leading engineering, technical, acquisition, and sustainment support personnel and teams. 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.
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