ENGINEER

Summary

This position is part of the Warfare Centers Personnel Demonstration Project. The ND-5 pay band encompasses positions equivalent to GS-14 and GS-15. You will serve as the technical lead and recognized expert for Welding and Allied Processes metallurgy, new metallic material, and process research and development for Navy materials, systems, and assets in the Welding, Processing & NDE Branch (Code 611) of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division.

Duties

• You will plan, organize, conduct, and oversee large and complicated projects involving ferrous or non-ferrous welding metallurgy, weldability, and new metallic material development.
• You will oversee the technical execution of the materials science and engineering of welding and allied processes metallic materials development and analysis portfolio supporting the Welding and Allied Processes technical capability knowledge areas.
• You will act as a principal consultant to the Navy and Marine Corps and have overall responsibility for coordinating and organizing all technical activities within your research and development portfolio.
• You will provide technical management to a group of engineers, scientists, and technicians including coordination with resource sponsors for the delivery of agreed upon products and services.
• You will identify technology gaps and opportunities, anticipate future trends, develop executable plans and strategies, and manage the work portfolio for the technology area.
• You will support material development solutions for temperature dependent metal manufacturing processing techniques including welding, cold spray, friction stir welding, thermal spray, cladding, or quality assurance of those processes.
• You will provide technical mentorship for NSWCCD personnel working in the technology area and recommend training and guidelines for the development and use of the team.
• You will provide oversight of laboratory work, safety, and inventory management.
• You will review and document work including preparation of proposals, technical reports, specifications, work plans, or project reviews.
• You will represent the organization at meetings or conferences related to your specialty area and brief high-level management on status of the work within your technology portfolio.

Qualifications

This is an interdisciplinary position and may be filled by a General Engineer (0801-series), a Materials Engineer (0806-series), or a Mechanical Engineer (0830-series) depending upon the qualifications of the candidate. Applicants in positions with occupational series other than those listed (0801, 0806 and 0830) may apply; however, you must apply directly to the series listed in this vacancy that is most applicable to your qualifications. Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-4 pay band (GS-12 and GS-13 equivalency) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: As a professional engineer managing and executing multi-deliverable projects involving welding or allied processes metallurgy and metallic materials development; utilizing concepts, practices, and theories of materials science and engineering, welding or allied processes metallurgy, and new metallic materials development; leading and mentoring engineers and technicians in the welding or allied processes technology areas; and planning and overseeing laboratory testing of metals, metallic coatings, or weldments. Examples of qualifying experience may include (1) experience as a subject matter expert in the field of materials science and engineering, welding and allied processes metallurgy, and new metallic materials development; (2) leading and mentoring a team of engineers, scientists, and technicians in the execution welding and allied processes metallurgy program tasks related to the US Navy; (3) working in, leading, and recruiting interdisciplinary teams toward established goals; (4) providing technical and programmatic oversight of large and complicated projects involving ferrous or non-ferrous welding metallurgy, weldability, and new metallic material development. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management websites: 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.

How to apply

Click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes: 1. Complete resume. Your resume must show relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered. Your resume must show complete information for each job entry to support minimum qualifications. The following information should be provided in your resume: employer's name, starting and end dates (Mo/Yr), hours per week if experience was less than full time (35-40 hours per week), pay plan, series and grade level (e.g. GS-0201-09) for relevant federal experience. TIP: A good way to ensure you include all essential information is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to create your resume. 2. Documentation that supports all of the claims made in your resume and assessment questionnaire Failure to submit a complete application package will result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. Your complete application must be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 09/18/2026to receive consideration. Applications received after 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 09/18/2026 will generally not be accepted. If more than one resume is received, only the last resume received and processed will be reviewed. Please do not submit multiple resumes. For additional information on viewing your application status, click https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/application/status. You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application. Do not email or send hard copy resumes/applications to the Contact Information or Agency Information listed in this vacancy announcement. All resumes/applications received at the addresses listed in the Contact Information or Agency Information will be destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that all information in their resume, assessment questionnaire, and supporting documents are legible and accurate. Human Resources will not modify a resume or change an applicant's answer to a question, even upon request.