Computer Engineer

U.S. Department of Defense; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Department of Defense is seeking a Computer Engineer with a solid foundation in engineering sciences and professional licensure.

The role requires knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle, defense acquisition systems, and oversight of embedded software and sensor technologies. Applicants should have a degree in engineering, or a related curriculum with significant engineering experience, and meet specialized experience requirements at NH-03/GS-11 level or equivalent.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering with ABET accreditation or equivalent coursework.
• Combination of education and experience demonstrating engineering knowledge and its applications.
• Professional registration/licensure: EI/EIT or PE in a state, DC, Guam, or Puerto Rico.
• Written test: FE exam or equivalent for licensure.
• 60 semester hours in physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences, including specified courses.
• Related curriculum with 1 year of professional engineering experience may be accepted.
• Specialized experience: 1 year at NH-03/GS-11 level or equivalent; eligible under regulations.

Responsibilities

• Apply software engineering principles in defense acquisition contexts.
• Oversee Software Development Life Cycle for major programs and embedded software/sensor tech.
• Review contracts and contractor performance; advise on contract changes.
• Lead engineering surveillance and implementation of new processes and policies.

Skills

Software engineering

Engineering principles

Program management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Software Development Life Cycle

Job description

See below for important information regarding this job.

Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement. To qualify for a Computer Engineer, your resume and supporting documentation must support:

Basic Requirement

A Bachelor's Degree or higher in professional engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; 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.

OR

A 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 professional 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:

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.

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.

Specified academic courses

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 above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum as described in the Basic Requirements above.

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.

AND

Specialized Experience

One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in, or related to, this position. To qualify for the NH-03 level, specialized experience must be at the NH-02 or GS-11 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement.

Creditable specialized experience includes:

• Applying software engineering and analysis principles, concepts, and standards in support of complex defense acquisition systems.
• Performing oversight of the Software Development Life Cycle for major Acquisition programs and provide technical support pertaining to embedded software, missile systems, and sensor technologies.
• Conducting reviews of contracts and in conducting reviews of contractor performance; proposing and providing technical advice on changes relating to contract applications/developments.
• Experience in leadership capacity conducting engineering and analytical surveillance on substantive/critical and unique changes of advanced engineering functions implementing agency policy, and new/developmental processes.