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Summary You will serve as a ENGINEER OR SCIENTIST in the Strategic Submarine (SSBN) and In-Service Platform Engineering Branch at Naval Base Newport, Rhode Island of NAVUNSEAWARCENDIV NEWPORT RI. This position is part of the Warfare Centers Personnel Demonstration Project. The ND-5 pay band encompasses positions equivalent to the GS-14 and GS-15. The ND-4 pay band encompasses positions equivalent to the GS-12 and GS-13. Responsibilities You will as professional senior Engineer or Scientist perform a variety of tasks coordinating the successful transition of the U.S. New Construction Strategic Deterrent submarines to the Operations and Sustainment phase of the acquisition process You will conduct research/analysis of current systems engineering, development, and systems engineering management processes and practices, as wells as possible alternate methods You will communicate the analysis results to the Ship Acquistion Program Manager and Ship Program Manager and make recommendations for the adoption of competitive methods. You will be responsible for identifying opportunities for common design practices, meetings, or processes to reduce the demands on Participating Acquisition Resource Manager resources. You will be responsible for ensuring that design artifacts required during sustainment and modernization efforts are addressed during new construction. You will identify new construction practices that can be used to improve and/or expedite modernization efforts. You will be responsbile for identifying cost sharing opportunities between the IN-SERVICE and NEW Construction where acquistion materials would be found mutually benenificial. You will identify opportunities or leads for new technology introduction, proofs of concept, expanded use of internal and external facilities for support of strategic initiatives, and Capital Investment Plans. You will provide high-level briefings and reports to various offices within the organization, manangement, high-level Navy personnel, and representatives from industry on technical subjects relating to Combat Systems. You will be required to demonstrate technical and programmatic expertise of Non-propulsion Electronics Subsysystems in respect to their operation, function, design, and architecture. You will be required to demonstrate experience analyzing complex problems, developing options, and make recommendations to senior management. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications This is an interdisciplinary position and may be filled by a Mechanical Engineer (0830-series), a Computer Engineer (0854-series), an Electronics Engineer (0855-series), Mathematics (1520 Series) ,or a Computer Scientist (1550-series) depending upon the qualifications of the candidate. Applicants in positions with occupational series other than those listed (0830, 0854, 0855, 1520, and 1550) may apply; however, you must apply directly to the series listed in this vacancy that is most applicable to your qualifications. To Qualify for the ND-05 Position: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower ND-04 (GS-12/13 Equivalency) pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional ENGINEER OR SCIENTIST: analyzing or applying systems engineering processes or practices to identify new opportunities or improve technical design or modernization efforts of submarine combat systems for the support of program operations for an organization. To Qualify for the ND-04 Position: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower ND-03 (GS-9-11 Equivalency) pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional ENGINEER OR SCIENTIST: reviewing systems engineering processes or practices to identify new opportunities or make recommendations on modernization efforts of submarine combat systems for support of program operations for an organization. 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 For the Professional Engineer 08XX positions: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf AND For the 1520 Series- Mathematics: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/mathematics-series-1520/https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/mathematics-series-1520/ AND For the 1550 Series- Computer Science: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/computer-science-series-1550/ 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. Additional Information The ND-4 position is equivalent to the GS-12/13 level. The ND-5 position is equivalent to the GS-14/15 level. This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf PPP applicants: PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants: Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.