ENGINEER/SCIENTIST

ConductScience, Inc.; Virginia; On-site; USD 47,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

Naval Sea Systems Command Dahlgren, Virginia is seeking a full-time researcher to contribute to systems engineering, software design and integration for fire control and fire direction systems.

You will develop software requirements, design and test code, and support certification and performance assessments across air, land and sea platforms, while adhering to agile practices.

The position offers a challenging environment with opportunities to influence critical naval capabilities.

Qualifications

• ABET-accredited engineering degree or equivalent with strong engineering foundations.
• Education background should include calculus and physics coursework or related fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Execute and support systems engineering and software development for fire control and fire direction systems.
• Assist in requirements development and software design for launcher weapon systems.
• Support software testing, integration, and certification activities.
• Contribute to performance assessments and improvement efforts across multiple platforms.
• Apply agile/scrum and systems engineering best practices in software tasks.

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree

Engineering degree with calculus/physics coursework

Job description

Naval Sea Systems Command Dahlgren, Virginia Full-time Research $46,610 to $158,322 pa

Responsibilities

• You will execute and support efforts associated with systems engineering and integration, software design and development, software management, software testing, and software certification for fire control and fire direction systems.
• You will assist in the development of requirements and design of software for gun and/or other launcher weapon systems integrated with air, land and sea platforms.
• You will support execution of system engineering best practices for requirements definition and decomposition, design and implementation of customer and end-user requirements.
• You will support assessment of operational performance criteria and provide input for improving performance.
• You will perform software design, development, coding, testing, and integration tasks across various weapon systems baselines of software products, while considering agile/scrum, systems engineering, software assurance, and testing best practices.

Education

Applicants must meet at least one of the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Professional Engineering Series (08XX) - Degree: A professional engineering degree from an ABET-accredited college or university; OR a degree with curriculum in differential and integral calculus, with additional courses 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 Professional Engineering Series (08XX) - Substitution of Education/Experience: A combination of education and 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: (a) professional registration, (b) evidence of successfully passing the Engineer‑in‑Training (EIT) examination; (c) 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 above; or (d) successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor’s degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, e.g., physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering provided that it included at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. (Note to Applicants: Please see the Qualifications & Education sections of this announcement for a link to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Individual Occupational Requirements. OPM guidance indicates that there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering‑type experience. This training plan or experience must be well documented and provided at time of application.); OR 1550‑Computer Science Series: A degree in computer science; or a degree with at least 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of these 30 semester hours must have been in a combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus.

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