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Summary You will serve as a SUPERVISORY MECHANICAL/AEROSPACE ENGINEER in the Air Systems Group, Air Vehicle Engineering Department of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV. Responsibilities You will serve as a Subsystems Branch Head, responsible for the overall technical leadership and management of the Subsystems Branches. The Branch Heads plan, control and direct all activities of the Branch, both technical and branch management. You will serve as a technical expert in the disciplines managed by the Branch and establish technical policy, technical requirements, and the means of requirements verification associated with acquisition certification engineering. You will be the technical authority on the certification and application of air vehicle subsystems technology in air weapon systems and equipment and are responsible for review and certification of air vehicle subsystems, components, and processes. You will maintain and update in-house laboratory test facilities so that the facilities meet or exceed national/military standards for testing components and systems under the cognizance of the Branch. You will define the requirements and tasks needed to ensure that the health and performance of safety critical air vehicle subsystems are maintained and sustained throughout the total life cycle of naval aircraft. You will review, formulate, establish, and negotiate all engineering requirements and criteria governing the design, certification, life limits and in-service integrity of air vehicle Subsystems via specifications, expertise, standards or procedures. You will participate and represent the Navy on appropriate panels, boards, committees, and advisory groups that address issues pertinent to Subsystems engineering issues, as well as future directions for research/technology and development. You will evaluate proposals for new and modifications of existing air vehicle subsystems to determine acceptability or identify deficiencies with design and development of aircraft Fuel, Hydraulics, Thermal, Landing Gear, and Mechanical Subsystems. Air Vehicle Subsystems consists of Thermal Systems, Hydraulics, Landing Gear, Fuel Systems, Fuel Containment, Aerial Refueling, Mechanical Systems and the Naval Aviation Subsystems Safety Integrity Program. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS-12) grade level or pay band (NM-03) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) reviewing and certifying air vehicle subsystems, components, and processes 2) exercising engineering judgment conceiving, planning, and managing complex and pioneering work 3) planning work and preparing performance plans covering work to be accomplished by subordinates, setting and adjusting short-term priorities, and preparing schedules for completion of work 4) participating in horizontal and vertical communication across organization; solving problems and conflict with effective negotiation 5) applying rational engineering processes to examine the Flight Criticality of a system and its components throughout the life of the aircraft 6) evaluating all aircraft subsystems within their branch to determine if the system, subsystem or component is flight critical. Air Vehicle Subsystems consists of Thermal Systems (Fire Protection, Environmental Controls Systems, Icing), Hydraulics, Landing Gear, Fuel Systems, Fuel Containment, Aerial Refueling, Mechanical Systems (Fasteners, Bearings, Mechanisms, Transparencies, Cargo) and the Naval Aviation Subsystems Safety Integrity Program. 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. 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 PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. 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 documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.