INTERDIS/GENERAL/MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS ENGINEER/NAVAL ARCHITECH

Military Sealift Command

Norfolk (VA)

Remote

USD 108,000 - 140,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Military Sealift Command in the United States is seeking an Interdisciplinary/General/Mechanical/Electrical/Electronics Engineer/Naval Architect to manage the lifecycle of vessels powered by steam, diesel, or gas turbine engines. The role requires a professional engineering degree or equivalent licensure, with strong emphasis on engineering fundamentals and licensure pathways.

The position is open under federal hiring rules with a pay range of $108,019–$140,426 per year and telework eligibility.

Qualifications

OPM Qualifications Standards: professional engineering degree.
ABET-accredited program or equivalent coursework in engineering fundamentals (calculus, statics, dynamics, etc.).
PE license or EI/EIT registration or other licensure by a state board recognized by OPM.

Responsibilities

Serve as PPE for assigned vessels, including steam/diesel/gas turbine powered ships, managing lifecycle of ships.

Education

Professional engineering degree

ABET-accredited program

Job description

INTERDIS/GENERAL/MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS ENGINEER/NAVAL ARCHITECH

Key Responsibilities

You will serve as the PPE for assigned vessels, including those powered by steam and/or diesel and/or gas turbine, and includes responsibility for the life cycle management of those ships.

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. NOTE: College Transcripts from an Accredited University MUST be submitted by all who apply to support Basic Education Requirement as MET.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Military Sealift Command, Department of the Navy.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $108019 – $140426/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Secret security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-29.

Who is eligible to apply?

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