Summary You will serve as an Engineer in the USW PLATFORMS AND PAYLOAD INTEGRATION DEPARTMENT (code 45) of NAVUNSEAWARCENDIV NEWPORT RI. Per 5 CFR 335.103(c)(3)(v), this is a non-competitive reassignment opportunity open to those qualified who hold (or have held) a position equivalent to (or higher than) an ND-5 (GS-14/15 equivalent) on a permanent basis in the competitive service. Responsibilities You will serve as an Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) Functional Chief Engineer in Code 45 for projects that are part of the UUV Family of Systems managed primarily by PMS406, Unmanned Undersea Systems Program Management office. You will be the senior member of a technical team that performs research, development, test, and evaluation in support of customers such as PMS406 and the Office of Naval Research. You will be the point of contact with recognized authority for technical and scientific decisions and issues, and will represent assigned project in decisional meetings, Integrated Product Teams and program reviews. You will focus upon optimizing the development and integration of innovative technologies in the areas of undersea sensors, vehicle design, robotics, navigation, and autonomous behavior for unmanned undersea warfare systems. You will serve as an advisor and consult program managers and engineering teams in support of research and development programs. You will seek solutions to challenging obstacles that accompany complex underwater environments associated with these vehicle and weapon systems. You will provide presentations, briefs, and written papers to various agencies in your area of expertise. You will serve as an Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) Functional Chief Engineer in Code 45 for projects that are part of the UUV Family of Systems managed primarily by PMS406, Unmanned Undersea Systems Program Management office. You will be responsible for overseeing the design, development, testing, and construction of prototype and production of unmanned undersea vehicle systems. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications In 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 ND-4 (GS-12/13 equivalency) in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional engineer implementing technical reviews of undersea systems to interpret and coordinate the execution of prototype and production of unmanned undersea vehicle systems 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. Education Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. OR Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration For more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org OR Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html. OR Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A (above). The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above) OR Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least one year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily, there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf