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Summary You will serve as Principal Technical Manager for Expeditionary Warfare Weapons and Energy Systems for Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division. Responsibilities You will provide managerial direction for programs involving science and technology, research and development, acquisition support, test and evaluation, and in-service programs in the area of Expeditionary Warfare Weapons and Energy Systems. You will develop strategic capabilities to fill gaps within Threat Base Knowledge, Science and Technology, Connectivity and Experimentation Capability within defined Technical Capabilities related to Expeditionary Warfare Weapons and Energy systems. You will oversee the development of concepts and ideas in the Technical Capability areas of Expeditionary Warfare and Power and Energy Systems. You will provide technical leadership to provide safe, reliable, and effective special expeditionary warfare hardware and software including Weapons Systems, Weapons Platform Integration and Power and Energy for expeditionary forces. You will review and influence the approval of Naval Innovative Science and Engineering (NISE) program projects, Capital Investment Programs (CIP) and other Expeditionary Warfare investments to enable and nurture future research and development work. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications The applicant is to provide a separate narrative statement which describes fully, but concisely, how his/her experience supports each of the following Mandatory Technical Qualifications. Each technical qualification narrative should not exceed 2 pages. Failure to address these specific qualifications in a separate narrative statement will eliminate you from consideration: 1. Demonstrated technical knowledge in areas of expeditionary warfare hardware and software including Weapons Systems, Weapons Payload-Platform Integration, Specialized Munitions, Autonomous Systems, and Power/Energy Systems. Functional areas include: (1) Science and Technology, (2) Research and Development, (3) Test and Evaluation, acquisition, and (4) Program Management. 2. Demonstrated ability to negotiate complex solutions to achieve desired results with broad range of stakeholders across specific technical areas of Expeditionary Warfare, Weapons Payload-Platform Integration, Power/Energy Systems and Autonomous Systems. 3. Demonstrated ability to strategically assess and prioritize current and future mission requirements, threats, capability gaps, and workload in Expeditionary Warfare, Power/Energy, and Autonomous Systems. 4. Demonstrated ability to develop organizational vision and lead strategic change that integrates key programmatic, Department of Navy, and Department of Defense strategies and goals. 5. Demonstrated knowledge of business and financial management systems and principles, and the ability to plan and direct technical and business functions to achieve desired results. 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=GS-PROF AND 0801 Professional Engineering Series 1301 General Physical Science Series 1515 Operations Research Series 1520 Mathematics Series 1550 Computer Science Series 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 positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: For 0800 Professional Engineering Series: A. Degree: Engineering. Successful completion of a bachelor's or higher engineering degree from an accredited college or university. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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- B. Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: (I) Professional registration or licensure -- 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 example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions; or (II) Written Test -- 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; or (III) Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A; or (IV) Related curriculum -- 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 1 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all inclusive.) For 1301 General Physical Science Series: A. Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics. -or- B. Combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. For 1515 Operations Research Series: A. Bachelor's or higher degree in operations research -or- B. Successful completion of a bachelor's or higher degree with at least 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. At least 3 of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus. For 1520 Mathematics Series A. Degree: mathematics; or the equivalent of a major that included at least 24 semester hours in mathematics. -or- B. 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. 1550 Computer Science Series: A. Bachelor's degree in computer science -or- B. Bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus. All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions. An advanced degree of Master's or Ph.D. in one of the educational fields listed above is highly desirable. Additional Information Senior Scientific Technical Manager (SSTM) positions are positions which exceed the ND-05 (GS-15 equivalent). SSTMs provide a continuity of technical leadership and oversight that is needed to ensure long term stewardship of an organization's technical capabilities. Typically, applicants for SSTM positions are expected to have a graduate degree, significant research or development experience, and a national or international reputation in his/her field and are recognized throughout the applicable community as a renowned expert. SSTM positions are in the competitive service. This position is not 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 Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees. A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized.