About this role
Job SummaryYou will serve as the Technical Director for Technology Maturation and Transition directly supporting PMA-298. You will serve as a INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEER/SCIENTIST in the AVIONICS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING DIVISION, AVIONICS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV.
QualificationsIn addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (DP-04) pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate duties related to the following: 1) Demonstrating Systems engineering experience in the development, integration, maturation, or risk reduction of advanced avionics, sensors, or mission systems; 2) Managing systems engineering processes, trade studies, requirements, and technical risk across the acquisition lifecycle; and 3) Applying open architecture principles, collaborating with multi-disciplinary engineering teams across organizations, and presenting technical evaluations to program leadership. 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 Individual Occupational Requirements: 0801: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/general-engineering-series-0801/ 1310: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/physics-series-1310/ 1515: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/operations-research-series-1515/ 1520: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/mathematics-series-1520/ 1550: 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.
Major DutiesYou will serve as Technical Director for the PMA-298 Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction IPT, leading development of advanced system-of-systems capabilities for next-generation warfighting and effect chains.You will act as the principal Navy Advanced Development technical POC across SYSCOMs, operational domains, and military Services to guide joint capability development.You will lead and integrate multi-disciplinary teams across Software, Hardware, Unmanned Systems, Advanced Payloads, Artificial Intelligence, Non-Kinetic Effects, and Autonomy IPTs.You will architect cross-SYSCOM and cross-Service System of Systems interactions to ensure seamless interoperability across joint operational architectures.You will drive the implementation of Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) principles and Government Reference Architectures (GRA) across all maturation initiatives.You will coordinate and bridge Mission Engineering Gap Analyses with emerging materiel technology solutions to address critical operational capability needs.You will provide systems engineering guidance to Level II engineering to direct requirements management, engineering changes, SETR processes, and technical risk reduction.You will determine engineering staffing requirements for Program Management and execute technical oversight duties as a designated Contracting Officer Representative (COR).You will direct advanced development and engineering activities within multi-level security environments, operating effectively up to the Special Access Program (SAP) level.