INTERDISCIPLINARY (MECH/AERO) ENGINEER

Naval Air Systems Command

Cherry Point (IL)

Remote

USD 126,000 - 164,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Naval Air Systems Command seeks an interdisciplinary engineer in the FST Engineering Division of FLTREADCEN East to oversee development and management of products and services supporting airworthiness and economic operation.

Applicants must meet OPM standards, with a professional engineering degree or equivalently credentialed licensure (EI/EIT/PE) and relevant calculus/engineering coursework. Telework eligibility is noted; Top Secret clearance required.

Qualifications

Successful completion of a professional engineering degree from an ABET-accredited program.
Option 1: degree in engineering with calculus and courses in statics, dynamics, materials, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, electrical fields/circuits, or related areas.
Option 2: current registration as Engineer Intern (EI), Engineering in Training (EIT), or licensure as Professional Engineer (PE).
Alternative: FE examination or equivalent licensure path as acceptable credential.
If not using ABET route, other engineering science or physics programs meeting the standards may qualify.

Responsibilities

Oversee development and management of products and services required to sustain economic operation and ensure airworthiness.
Lead cross-disciplinary engineering efforts in the FST Engineering Division of FLTREADCEN EAST.

Skills

Engineering knowledge

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

ABET-accredited engineering program

Engineering licensure: PE/EI/EIT

Job description

Hiring Agency: Naval Air Systems Command

You will serve as a INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEER in the FST ENGINEERING DIVISION of FLTREADCEN EAST.

Key Responsibilities

You will oversee development and management products and services required to sustain economic operation and ensure airworthiness.

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 $125776 – $163514/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 2026-10-19.

Who is eligible to apply?

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