GENERAL ENGINEER

Naval Sea Systems Command; Dahlgren (VA); Remote; USD 144,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Naval Sea Systems Command in Dahlgren, VA is seeking a professional engineer to lead the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense design and development engineering process, ensuring rigorous technical standards and timely, safe delivery of systems.

The position requires meeting OPM education standards for engineers, including ABET-accredited programs or PE/EIT licensure, calculus-intensive coursework, and/or FE examination, with emphasis on professional engineering experience.

Qualifications

• Education must demonstrate knowledge and abilities for engineering work as per OPM standards.
• Licensure or registration paths are acceptable and commonly used for professional practice.
• Engineering coursework should include calculus and core engineering science areas.

Responsibilities

• You will manage the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) design and development engineering process.

Skills

Engineering design

BMD systems knowledge

Engineering process management

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree

Professional Engineer licensure or EI/EIT

FE examination

60 semester hours of engineering sciences

Bachelor's in engineering or related field

Job description

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

Key Responsibilities

You will manage the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) design and development engineering process.

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 Sea 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 Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-27.

Who is eligible to apply?

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