You will serve as an ENGINEER in the Spectrum Warfare Department (WX), Platform Protection & CM Technologies Division (WXR), Emerging Technologies Branch (WXRX) of NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER. This position is part of the Warfare Centers Personnel Demonstration Project. The ND-05 pay band encompasses positions equivalent to the GS-14 and GS-15.
In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to next lower band, ND-04 (GS-12/13 equivalent) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: as a professional engineer, providing leadership and guidance for research, development, or testing of Infrared, Radio Frequency (RF), or Countermeasure system technologies in support of electronic warfare system technological advancement and sustainment of the fleet. 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. The President has ordered a government-wide hiring freeze subject to certain limited exceptions. This position is subject to the hiring freeze. Although we are moving forward with the consideration of candidates, we will not make a selection for this vacancy announcement unless and until the position is no longer subject to the hiring freeze. The Secretary of Defense has ordered a department-wide hiring freeze subject to certain limited exceptions. This position is subject to the DoD hiring freeze. Offers of employment related to this vacancy announcement will not be executed until the position has an approved exemption.
You will serve as a Radio Frequency (RF) expert able to work across multiple branches and projects to advise on Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation efforts for countermeasures technologies for both maritime and airborne applications.
You will be responsible for airborne expendables, larger airborne countermeasure technologies, maritime legacy countermeasures as well as emerging maritime Program of Record RF countermeasures (Long Endurance Electronic Decoy - LEED).
You will work across modeling and simulation, design, development, production, test and evaluation of RF systems, threats and countermeasures.