MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Secretary of the Navy Offices (SECNAV)

San Diego (CA)

Remote

USD 106,000 - 158,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

Secretary of the Navy Offices (SECNAV) is seeking a qualified Mechanical Engineer to perform in-house design work within established milestones and quality standards. The position requires a professional engineering degree, ABET-accredited program, or equivalent licensure (EI/EIT/PE) with acceptable licensure paths and required coursework.

The role is telework eligible, with a target salary range of $106,437 to $158,062 per year.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
  • Alternative: EI, EIT, or PE licensure by any state.
  • FE exam or other licensure path may apply.
  • 60 semester hours of physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences for an acceptable engineering program.
  • Bachelor's in engineering technology/science with 1 year of professional engineering experience may be accepted.

Responsibilities

  • Execute in-house mechanical engineering design work products and services within milestones.
  • Adhere to specified milestones and quality standards.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Education

ABET-accredited engineering program or EI/EIT/PE licensure

Job description

  • Hiring Agency: Secretary of the Navy Offices (SECNAV)

This vacancy announcement may be used to fill positions at various Department of the Navy Commands, including but not limited to the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command.

Key Responsibilities

You will execute in-house mechanical engineering design work products and services within specified milestones and quality standards.

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 Secretary of the Navy Offices (SECNAV), Department of the Navy.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $106437 – $158062/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Other security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-05.

Who is eligible to apply?

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

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