ENGINEER

About the role

You will serve as an ENGINEER in the Radar Technologies Division, RF and Opto-Electronics Engineering Branch (LXLY) of NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER. This position is part of the Warfare Centers Personnel Demonstration Project. The ND-05 pay band is equivalent to the GS-14/15.

Major duties: You will lead the Solid-State Technologies and Advanced Packaging Division within the Radio-Frequency (RF) and Opto-electronics Engineering Branch (LXLY) in the Radar Technologies Division at Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane. You will provide bi-weekly reports to management detailing accomplishments, technical risks, and strategies for solid-state engineering efforts. You will oversee Radio-Frequency and Opto-Electronic (RF/OE) investments on behalf of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R and E)) Microelectronics Directorate and its subordinate programs. You will mitigate risk for critical microelectronics technologies for maritime, ground, and airborne Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) platforms. You will direct both national-level strategic investments (including the Trusted and Assured Microelectronics [T and AM] program and the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) Act Microelectronics Commons [ME Commons]). You will lead identification, maturation, and transition of Science and Technology (S and T), Research and Development (R and D) in advanced packaging/solid-state microelectronics for Department of Defense radar and Electronic Warfare (EW) systems.

Qualifications: In addition to basic education requirements, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-04 (GS-12/13 equivalent) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: as a professional engineer, providing technical guidance to lead projects involving development and research of packaging and solid-state microelectronics for next-generation or legacy radar and Electronic Warfare systems. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. This position is subject to an initial drug screening, and random testing thereafter. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability to successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or final job offer being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position.

Naval Sea Systems Command

Source: USAJOBS, read 11/15/2026. Apply on the source’s own site.