MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Naval Sea Systems Command; Keyport (WA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Naval Sea Systems Command, based in Keyport, WA, seeks a Mechanical Engineer to serve as the full performance engineer for enhancing capabilities of undersea weapons, vehicles, and systems under test. You will contribute to design, analysis, and testing activities to improve performance and reliability.

The role requires a professional engineering degree or licensure options (EI/EIT/PE) and a strong background in engineering fundamentals, calculus, and relevant physics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
• Alternative: EI/EIT licensure or PE licensure by any state.
• Coursework includes calculus and core engineering science areas.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the full performance mechanical engineer for enhancing capabilities of undersea weapons, vehicles, and systems under test.
• Improve operational effectiveness of current and future test assets.
• Collaborate with NAVUNSEAWARCENDIV Keyport team to support testing activities.

Education

Engineering degree

ABET-accredited program

FE exam

EI/EIT/PE option

Professional licensure

Job description

You will serve as a Mechanical Engineer in the Test & Evaluation Systems Design & Development Branch of NAVUNSEAWARCENDIV KEYPORT WA.

Key Responsibilities

You will be the full performance mechanical engineer for enhancing the capabilities and operational effectiveness of current and future undersea weapons, vehicles, and systems under test.

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 $114695 - $149106/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 2026-11-17.

Who is eligible to apply?

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

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