Summary You will serve as the Distinguished Scientist/Engineer for USW Theater Operations for Code 25, Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), Division Newport (NUWCDIVNPT), serving as an expert and senior leadership member of Undersea Warfare (USW) Command and Control (C2) systems. Duties You will serve as the Nationally recognized expert and the principal scientific advisor to Navy leadership on theater-level operational integration, and champion cross-domain coordination tools, processes, and architectures. | You will provide Technical mastery in theater-scale architectures, operational planning tools, data fusion, analytics, and AI/ML techniques to enable rapid course-of-action development. | You will advocate for theater-level needs and guide technology transition strategies from operational prototypes to deployable Fleet capabilities. | You will provide strategic technical direction to interdisciplinary teams across NUWC, other Warfare Centers, and partner organizations. | You will oversee the planning and execution of complex cross-Fleet experimentation, operational assessments, and demonstrations.
Qualifications
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution. Candidates will not be hired based on their race, sex, color, religion, or national origin.
To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, your resume must show that you possess the Technical Qualifications (TQ) related to this position - NOT TO EXCEED 2 PAGES. Resumes over the 2-page limit will be disqualified. Your resume should include examples of experience, education, and accomplishments applicable to the qualification(s). If your resume does not reflect demonstrated evidence of these qualifications, you may not receive consideration for the position.
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (TQs): Your resume should demonstrate accomplishments that would satisfy the technical qualifications:
TQ 1. Experience developing, integrating, and transitioning theater-level undersea warfare (USW) operational and decision-support systems. Technical expertise in theater-scale architectures, operational planning tools, data fusion, advanced analytics, artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), platform-generated data integration, interface standards, data modeling, and joint/coalition interoperability. Examples may include how your work addressed Fleet, Department of the Navy, Department of War, or allied capability gaps and supported CJADC2, Distributed Maritime Operations, or NAVPLAN priorities.
TQ 2. Experience providing technical direction for distributed operational systems engineering, experimentation, and prototyping. Expertise in integrating operational-level systems with tactical platforms by developing resilient, scalable, and interoperable solutions that enable rapid decision-making and course-of-action development, while leading cross-Fleet or coalition demonstrations, shaping technology-transition strategies, and building the technical workforce, processes, tools, and partnerships required to sustain theater-level USW 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=GS-PROF
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All Professional Engineering series, 0854/0855
Computer Science Series, 1550
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 0854/0855 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.
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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 1550 Computer Science Series: A. A degree in computer science orB. 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. How you will be evaluated This recruitment will utilize the following technical assessment tools: Structured Resume Review and Structured Interview.
In order to qualify for this position, you must thoroughly address all Technical Qualifications (TQs) within your two (2) page resume. Separate narrative statements will not be accepted or reviewed. Applicants who fail to clearly demonstrate sufficient possession of the TQs in their resume will be determined ineligible for further consideration.
When the application process is complete, your resume will be reviewed to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. Your application package will be reviewed by a rating and ranking panel to evaluate your TQs. Qualified candidates will be placed into one of three categories:
- Best Qualified: Candidates demonstrating mastery, possessing exceptional skills and experience that significantly exceeds the minimum requirements.
- Well Qualified: Candidates demonstrating solid, reliable proficiency, possessing strong skills and experience above the minimum requirements.
- Minimally Qualified: Candidates meeting the basic minimum experience requirements for the position.
Generally, only best qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager. Sometimes well qualified and minimally qualified candidates are referred. The highest-qualified candidates may be invited to participate in a structured interview.
The technical panel will review results and make a recommendations on final selections to the approving authorities.
If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation.
If after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may be found ineligible/not qualified.
Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.
All qualifications requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. How to apply To apply for this position, you must complete this application and submit any required documents specified in the Required Documents section and submit by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration.
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Application packages will NOT be accepted via mail. Due to security processes, mail delivery takes approximately 2-3 weeks to process at which time the vacancy announcement will be closed, and no further consideration will be given to additional application packages. Other 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.
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