ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

Naval Air Systems Command

Patuxent Highland (MD)

Remote

USD 144,000 - 197,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, MD seeks an Electrical Engineer in the Propulsion & Power Engineering Department, Power & Energy Division. You will serve as SME and authority on Electrical Power and Wiring Systems, advising on design, analysis, and integration for Navy platforms.

Requirements include a professional engineering degree (ABET-accredited) or EI/EIT/PE licensure, and eligibility to take FE exam. The position requires a Top Secret clearance and offers telework eligibility.

Qualifications

Professional engineering degree (ABET-accredited) or EI/EIT/PE licensure as per OPM standards.
Education must include calculus and fundamental engineering science topics.
FE examination or equivalent licensure path demonstrated or eligible.

Responsibilities

Act as SME and authority for Electrical Power and Wiring Systems.
Advise on design, analysis, and integration in propulsion and energy systems for Navy platforms.

Skills

Electrical Power Systems

Power wiring expertise

Engineering problem solving

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree

EI/EIT or PE licensure

FE exam eligibility

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Job description

Hiring Agency: Naval Air Systems Command

You will serve as a ELECTRICAL ENGINEER in the Propulsion & Power Engineering Department, Power & Energy Division of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV.

Key Responsibilities

You will act as the subject matter expert and recognized authority (national and international) for matters pertaining to Electrical Power and Wiring Systems.

Requirements & 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.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

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

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $143913 – $197200/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Top Secret security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-09.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.