General Engineer

Naval Air Systems Command•Patuxent River, MD

About The Position

The General Engineer will lead the VH-92A APMSE, supporting all aspects of systems acquisition for the next Presidential Helicopter. The role provides the Program Manager with authoritative input and advice on engineering topics, technical issues, and engineering requirements. It is within the Systems Acquisition Group, Systems Engineering Department, Air Platform Systems Engineering Division of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV. The engineer develops and implements systems engineering plans and procedures, leads technical assessments of future capabilities with aircraft stakeholders—including the White House Military Office—and ensures technical and operational requirements are met throughout aircraft development, integration, and testing. The role also establishes and executes sustaining engineering to meet zero-fail mission requirements, applies systems engineering processes to government-led development activities such as the Mission Communication System and Training Devices, and leads technical reviews and program management reviews.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
Must participate in the direct-deposit pay program.
Meet applicable time-in-grade requirements when applying as a current federal employee to a GS position.
Obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance before entering duty.
Meet DAWIA certification requirements for the assigned functional area and tier, and earn required Continuous Learning points within established timeframes.
Successfully pass a pre-employment drug test and be subject to random testing.
Be able to travel from the normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS locations, potentially including remote or isolated sites, and travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods.
At least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12/13 or DP-04 level, demonstrating the specialized experience described in the posting.
Meet the professional engineering education requirement through an acceptable engineering degree or one of the specified alternative education, examination, registration, or licensure pathways.
Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.

Responsibilities

Develop, coordinate, and implement systems engineering plans and procedures, requirements analysis, system definition and integration, risk management, and other systems engineering activities.
Lead collaborative discussions and technical assessments of future capabilities with aircraft stakeholders, including the White House Military Office.
Ensure technical and operational requirements are met for aircraft-platform development, integration, and testing across test and engineering disciplines.
Establish, enhance, and execute sustaining engineering to ensure zero-fail mission requirements are satisfied.
Apply systems engineering processes to government-led developmental activities, including the Mission Communication System and Training Devices.
Lead preparation and execution of Systems Engineering Technical Reviews, Technical Interchange Meetings, and Program Management Reviews.
Develop project-planning objectives for engineering development of current and long-range programs and maintain knowledge of system capabilities, problems, and demands to provide technical planning.
Direct development of contract engineering specifications defining system requirements and parameters, and criteria for evaluating engineering portions of contractor proposals.
Evaluate technological developments for applicability to the assigned program and recommend technical changes throughout the design process.
Conduct periodic system design reviews with agency operating groups and contractor personnel, ensuring program engineering requirements are met, including quality assurance, reliability, maintainability, system compatibility, and safety engineering.
Manage and coordinate technical planning, budgeting, scheduling, and evaluation for proposed and authorized in-service aircraft and equipment product-improvement efforts.