About this role
Job Summary
You will serve as a GENERAL ENGINEER in the PORTFOLIO ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE STRATEGIC SYSTEMS PROGRAMS of STRATEGIC SYSTEMS PROGRAMS.
Qualifications
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NH-03 (GS-13 equivalent) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Managing or analyzing a weapon system to assess needs, vulnerabilities, or gaps for a subsystem of the Strategic Weapons System (SWS). 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.
Major Duties
- You will lead Nuclear Weapons Surety (NWS) Acquisitions and Operations Branch (SP207) efforts for rapid system acquisition and program of record transition in support of urgent and emerging capability needs.
- You will be responsible for the formulation and assessment of the branch's advanced planning for and approaches to next generation Integrated Nuclear Weapons Security System (INWSS) programs and initiatives.
- You will plan for transition of advanced technologies into the INWSS Program of Record (PoR) by ensuring early and continuous alignment to the SSP Systems Engineering process, particularly including considerations for safety and supportability.
- You will manage and execute PAESSP involvement in pre-concept studies and Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) work assessing technology efficacy and performance.
- You will work with the other members of the NWS Chief Engineer section (SP207A) to develop and integrate top level technical requirements in support of emerging threats across the INWSS Areas of Responsibility (AoRs).
- You will serve as the Division liaison across the SSP enterprise for Research and Development efforts that may drive NWS priorities in related subject areas.