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Summary
You will serve as a Technical Project Manager for the Afloat Counter Unmanned Systems (ACUS) portfolio within the Integrated Engagement Systems Department (E), Gun Weapon Systems Division (Code E30) or the Advanced Hypersonic Weapons & Guided Munitions Division (Code E20) of NAVSURFWARCENDLD.
This position is part of the Warfare Centers Personnel Demonstration Project. ND-05 is equivalent to GS-14/15.
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Duties
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• You will serve as a Technical Project Lead (TPL) for the Afloat Counter Unmanned Systems (ACUS) portfolio.
• You will be responsible for the technical baseline and risk management, employing an agile, iterative approach to evaluate emerging technologies and ensure the continuous delivery of safe, authorized, and effective C-UxS solutions.
• You will lead technical efforts by coordinating activities across Ship Integration and Certification, Launcher and Gun-Based Effectors, Fire Direction, and Systems Engineering.
• You will provide hands-on guidance to a diverse engineering team, ensuring strict adherence to engineering best practices and driving the technical review of all deliverables.
• You will lead a cross-functional team to ensure successful project execution and alignment with program and sponsor goals, while fostering collaboration across technical and programmatic disciplines to achieve project success.
• You will evaluate emerging technologies and systems to accelerate delivery of rapid capabilities to the Fleet, employing a highly agile, iterative engineering approach focused on continuous/rapid deployment of effective ship self-defense solutions.
• You will provide hands-on technical leadership to a diverse engineering team, resolving complex system issues, enforcing engineering best practices, and validating all technical deliverables prior to fleet release.
• You will serve as the primary technical engineering authority, owning the engineering approach, driving key design decisions, and actively managing technical risks to ensure system viability.
• You will formulate strategic technical guidance and roadmaps in collaboration with the ACUS leadership team to ensure project activities integrate seamlessly into the overall program strategy and support the long-term viability of C-UxS capabilities.
• You will lead the technical execution and delivery of project products to the Fleet, interfacing directly with program offices, InService Engineering Agents (ISEA), and stakeholders to ensure seamless integration.
• You will manage, execute, and report on project operations, serving as the first line of escalation for project-specific successes and challenges, and collaborating closely with program leadership to address and resolve issues.
• You will execute rigorous administrative project management duties, including developing Statements of Work (SOW), spend plans, and ensuring compliance with NSWCDD, E Department, Division, and Afloat Counter Unmanned Systems (ACUS) policies.
• You will serve as the primary project representative, communicating effectively with team members, sponsors, and external organizations (as delegated by the PM) to ensure complete transparency and alignment with overarching program goals.

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Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes.
• FOR 1515/1550 SERIES: This is a Cyberspace Workforce position, work role code 801, proficiency level Basic. The incumbent is required to obtain and maintain qualifications in DoDM 8140.03 Cyber Workforce Qualification and Department of Navy policies.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-04 (GS-12/13 equivalent) pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional engineer or scientist leading the technical architecture, design, and systems engineering of Department of War weapon systems. Examples of qualifying experience may include: (1) Serving as a technical authority or lead systems engineer, owning the technical approach and making key engineering design decisions for complex weapon systems, effectors, or fire direction systems; (2) Providing hands-on technical leadership to engineering teams, including the review and validation of technical deliverables, the execution of formal systems engineering processes, and the active management of technical risks; (3) Leading technical efforts in design, development and integration of emerging capabilities.
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
General Physical Science Series, 1301 (opm.gov)
Operations Research Series 1515 (opm.gov)
Mathematics Series 1520 (opm.gov)
Computer Science Series 1550 (opm.gov)
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
This is an interdisciplinary position and may be filled by a General Engineer (0801 series), a General Physical Scientist (1301 series), an Operations Research Analyst (1515 series), a Mathematician (1520 series), or a Computer Scientist (1550 series) depending upon the qualifications of the candidate. Applicants in positions with occupational series other than those listed (0801, 1301, 1515, 1520 and 1550) may apply; however, you must apply directly to the series listed in this vacancy that is most applicable to your qualifications.
Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:
FOR THE 0801 - General Engineering Series:
A. 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.
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B. 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
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C. 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.
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D. 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)
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E. 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.
FOR THE 1301 - General Physical Science Series: A degree in physical science, engineering, or mathematics that includes 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics; or, a combination of education and experience in one of the above majors that includes at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
FOR THE 1515 - Operations Research Series: A degree in operations research; or related degree that included at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics, and at least 3 of the 24 semester hours were in calculus.
FOR THE 1520 - Mathematics Series: A degree in mathematics or the equivalent of a major that included at least 24 semester hours in mathematics; or, a combination of education and experience demonstrated by courses equivalent to a major in mathematics (including at least 24 semester hours in mathematics, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
FOR THE 1550 - Computer Science Series: A degree in computer science or degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours were in a combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus.
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.
During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.
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
ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following