Interdisciplinary Engineer

Naval Air Systems Command•Patuxent River, MD

About The Position

The Interdisciplinary Engineer serves in the Mission Systems Group, Avionics Engineering Department of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV as a General Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Computer Engineer, Electronics Engineer, or Aerospace Engineer. The role performs project and program engineering across research and engineering, test and evaluation, and logistics functions, applying advanced engineering theories, concepts, principles, and processes. The engineer addresses complex problems involving competing objectives, variables, and constraints, and delivers optimized technical solutions that balance technical performance with cost, schedule, and technology constraints. The position may function as a project lead, program manager, team lead, or member of an integrated team, providing technical guidance to a technical workforce and managing a small- to medium-scale project or program, or a segment of one. Work may involve risk management, configuration management, data management, trade-off analysis and trade studies, technical performance measurement, technical reviews, modeling and simulation, or earned value management. The position requires at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or DP-03 pay band, including engineering work involving radar or antennas; designing, simulating, or fabricating active or passive components; characterizing antenna radiation patterns and gain; and conducting radar signal and detection analysis. Applicants must also meet the professional engineering education or alternative qualification requirements described in the announcement. The role requires U.S. citizenship, suitability for federal employment, security clearance eligibility and maintenance, cyber workforce qualifications, and applicable DAWIA certification and continuous learning requirements. Pre-employment and random drug testing apply. Travel from the normal duty station may be required.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship and determination of suitability for federal employment.
Must participate in the direct-deposit pay program.
New Department of the Navy employees must pass E-Verify employment verification.
Federal employees applying for GS positions must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements by the announcement closing date.
Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
Must obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance before entering on duty; failure to maintain the required clearance may result in withdrawal of the offer or removal.
Must obtain and maintain qualifications under DoDM 8140.03 and applicable Department of the Navy cyber workforce policies.
Must meet DAWIA certification requirements for the assigned functional area and tier, and complete continuous learning requirements within established timeframes.
Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test, including marijuana, is required; the position is also subject to random testing.
Must be able to travel from the normal duty station to other commands, universities, contractor plants, and sponsor headquarters, if required.
At least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to GS-11 or DP-03 in federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must include radar or antenna engineering; designing, simulating, or fabricating active/passive components; characterizing antenna radiation patterns and gain; and radar signal and detection analysis.
Must meet the professional engineering education requirement or an accepted alternative: an eligible engineering degree; current EI, EIT, or PE registration; passing the FE or another required written engineering registration examination; at least 60 qualifying semester hours in physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and engineering; or an appropriate scientific bachelor's degree plus at least one year of professionally supervised engineering experience.

Responsibilities

Perform project and program engineering in research and engineering, test and evaluation, and logistics functions.
Identify and solve complex problems involving competing objectives, variables, and constraints.
Develop optimized technical solutions balancing required technical performance with cost, schedule, and technology constraints.
Serve as a project lead, program manager, team lead, or member of an integrated team or group.
Provide technical guidance to a technical workforce to meet customer requirements for products and services.
Manage a small- to medium-scale project or program, or a segment of a project or program.
Apply engineering and project tools such as risk management, configuration management, data management, trade-off analysis, technical performance measurement, technical reviews, modeling and simulation, or earned value management.
Perform engineering duties involving radar or antennas.
Design, simulate, or fabricate active or passive components.
Characterize antenna radiation patterns and gain.
Conduct radar signal and detection analysis.