DISTINGUISHED ENGINEER at Department of The Navy

DutiesYou will monitor, providing guidance, evaluate alternatives, and assess technical risk of a Program’s Anti Tamper (AT) solution throughout development, integration, test, and fielding.You will coordinate with the DoD AT Executive Agent (EA) to ensure consistency in selection, interpretation, and implementation of technical requirements and policies.You will be responsible for DoN AT coordination with Navy International Program Office (NIPO) and the Low Observable/Counter Low Observable (LO/CLO) Tri­ Service Committee (TSC).You will support the SYSCOM AT Technical Warrant Holder (TWH) and Anti-Tamper Technical Authority in concurrence of AT Plans.You will facilitate resolution of AT engineering and/ or technical authority issues that cannot be resolved throughout Systems Commands (SYSCOMS), its affiliated Program Executive Offices, or other programmatic authorities.You will provide authority, responsibility, and accountability for executing the management and technical performance of the DoN AT Technical Authority (TA).You will ensure consistent and reasonable implementation of AT solutions across the DoN, other Services, and DoD to minimize critical program information (CPI) exposure and exploitation (horizontal protection).Requirements Conditions of EmploymentMust be a US Citizen.Must be determined suitable for federal employment.Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.govWithin the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.This position is a designated Critical Acquisition Position (CAP). You must sign a three-year tenure agreement prior to assuming the position unless a tenure waiver is approved.This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes. 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. Ability to represent and influence DoN and National / DoD leadership in developing, tailoring, and implementing Anti Tamper R&D and Program-of-Record implementation such that it will be executable given DoN / DoD policies and programmatic constraints. 2. Capability to lead multiple, diverse teams representing DoN SYSCOMs, other Services, Industry, and Programs-of-Record towards the continued and successful maturation, adaptation, implementation, and execution of DoN / DoD Anti-Tamper objectives. 3. Technical Process Owner / Government Program Manager (GPM) for DoN Anti Tamper (AT) including oversight, implementation, and execution of DoN AT; ensuring that all DoN Programs meet the DoD / DoN AT requirement. 4, Technical Process Owner / Government Program Manager (GPM) for DoN Anti Tamper (AT) requires working-level knowledge / subject matter expertise in AT life-cycle policy and strategy, DoD acquisition, Program Management, security, budgeting and execution, and the ability to communicate and coordinate with stakeholders and leadership. 5. An effective DoN AT Service Lead must have the day-to-day ability to lead, coordinate, and execute across DoN SYSCOMs including NAVAIR, NAVSEA, MARCOR, and NIWC. As each SYSCOM Technical Warrant Holder (TWH) is responsible for coordinating with their PoRs, the DoN AT TWH ultimately must adjudicate the SYSCOM TWH recommendation; often times requiring relationships with PoRs. The DoN AT Technical Authority Board also leverages the experience and expertise from SOCOM and SSP (Strategic Systems Program). Outside the DoN ATTA, the DoN AT Service lead must effectively work with both government AT and non-AT stakeholders and leadership (ie - ONR, PoRs, IPO, SAE, SAPCO, Resource Sponsors, DWO, ATEA, MDAs, other AT Service Leads, ATPO, RTP, intel, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), University Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs), other government agencies (OGAs), ATIC (Anti-Tamper Industry Council), and other industry partners). Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: AND0800 Professional Engineering 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: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.)An advanced degree of Master's or Ph.D. in one of the educational fields listed above is highly desirable.Additional informationSenior Scientific Technical Manager (SSTM) positions are positions which exceed the DP-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. 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. 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: Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits. Review our benefitsEligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.How You Will Be EvaluatedYou will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above. When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume, along with your supporting documentation to determine your ability to demonstrate the mandatory technical qualifications listed above. 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.