About this role
Job Summary
You will serve as the Senior Engineering Lead Assistant Program Manager for Systems Engineering (APMSE) for the Tactical Communications and Networks (TCN) of the F/A-18 & EA-18G Weapon Systems. You will serve as a General Engineer in the Systems Engineering Department, Air Platform Systems Engineering Division, PEO(T) Program Branch of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV.
Qualifications
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the grade level (GS-12/13) or pay band (DP-04) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following
- (1) Serving as a principal systems engineer or technical authority directing multidisciplinary engineering teams through the entire system lifecycle, from initial requirements definition and architectural design through system integration, verification, and validation;
- (2) Indicating proven expertise in establishing and executing rigorous technical review frameworks, risk management strategies, and system safety or airworthiness certification processes to support critical program milestones;
- (3) Advising senior leadership on strategic technical decisions, resolving high-impact engineering bottlenecks, and managing complex interfaces across diverse hardware, software, and testing environments to ensure operational readiness and mission success;
- (4) Participating in the development and design of new systems by assessing if available or imminent technology is sufficient to meet requirements or system concepts are applicable to fleet operational requirements; and
- (5) Providing guidance to engineering and other personnel in the functional divisions regarding Requests for Proposals, Type Specifications, Procurement Requests, and Acquisition Plans to ensure all project system engineering management requirements are fulfilled.
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 be responsible for the acquisition, development, test and evaluation, qualification, certification, airworthiness, safety, performance and sustainment of the tactical communications and networks of the F/A-18 and EA-18G aircraft.
- You will maintain knowledge of current arid future capabilities, problems, and demands upon the system(s) while providing overall technical planning for development, engineering, and evaluation of programs.
- You will integrate cost estimates with program plans (schedules, development requirements, test and evaluation requirements, projected problems, etc.) into a total acquisition POM and budget.
- You will develop and direct contract engineering specifications which define system requirements and parameters.
- You will evaluate technological developments and their applicability to the assigned program and recommend appropriate technical changes throughout the design process.
- You will develop project planning objectives for engineering development of current and long range programs.