DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST/ENGINEER FOR USW ENTERPRISE SOS INTEGRATION

Naval Sea Systems Command; Newport (RI); Remote; USD 193,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Naval Sea Systems Command in Newport, RI seeks a Distinguished Scientist/Engineer for USW SoS Integration to direct engineering programs and coordinate cross-functional teams. The role oversees organizational units and enterprise-wide groups to advance undersea warfare system-of-systems integration.

Applicants must meet OPM education standards for engineering, with professional registration or FE/academic credentials in engineering. Telework is available; top-level security clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree from an accredited college or university.
• ABET-accredited program or equivalent coursework in engineering.
• Professional registration or licensure in engineering (EI/EIT/PE).
• FE examination or similar licensure documentation.
• Advanced degree in a related field is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Manage, direct, and oversee organizational units and interdisciplinary teams.
• Lead enterprise-wide working groups executing engineering tasks.
• Represent NAVUNSEAWARCENDIV Newport in USS/SoS integration efforts.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Program management

Education

Engineering degree

ABET-accredited program or equivalent

Professional registration (PE/EI/EIT)

FE exam or licensure

Advanced degree desirable

Job description

DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST/ENGINEER FOR USW ENTERPRISE SOS INTEGRATION

• Department: Department of the Navy
• Hiring Path: Disability
• Number of Openings: 1
• Security Clearance: Sensitive Compartmented Information

You will serve as the Director of Undersea Warfare (USW) System of Systems (SoS) Integration in Code 25 of NAVUNSEAWARCENDIV NEWPORT RI.

Key Responsibilities

You will manage, direct, and oversee organizational units, interdisciplinary teams, and enterprise-wide working groups that execute the following engineering tasks.

Requirements & Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: For 08XX 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. -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.) For 1550-Computer Science Series: a. A degree in computer science; or b. 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.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Naval Sea Systems Command, Department of the Navy.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $192695 – $209600/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-13.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Disability' hiring path.