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CHIEF SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Naval Sea Systems Command · Posted 11 days ago
Hybrid Washington Navy Yard, DC $186K – $228K Apply by Jul 13, 2026 General Engineering INTJINTPISTJ Engineering
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You will serve as the Chief Systems Engineer in the Submarine Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager (DRPM SUBS) Chief Operating Officer Office. You will serve as the ultimate technical authority and strategic visionary for the engineering enterprise, responsible for the overarching architecture, technical integrity, and successful integration of the nation's most complex and critical defense acquisition programs.
What You'll Do
- →You will serve as the organization’s senior technical authority and final decision-maker on complex engineering matters, including system architectures, technical requirement trades, and high-risk technical waivers.
- →You will resolve critical engineering disputes across major defense acquisition programs.
- →You will provide executive leadership and strategic direction to the engineering workforce, fostering a culture of technical excellence, rigor, and innovation while ensuring alignment with mission objectives and acquisition priorities.
- →You will direct the development and governance of enterprise System-of-Systems (SoS) architectures to ensure interoperability, scalability, resilience, and survivability across joint, coalition, and multi-domain environments.
- →You will drive the enterprise-wide adoption of advanced engineering practices such as Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), digital engineering, and agile methodologies to accelerate capability delivery and improve technical integration.
- →You will be responsible for identifying, assessing, and directing the mitigation of critical technical risks that may impact cost, schedule, performance, or operational suitability.
- →You will develop and deliver high-impact technical risk assessments and engineering briefings to senior Department of Defense leadership to support informed decision-making on design trade-offs and risk acceptance.
- →You will design, implement, and oversee enterprise engineering strategies, technical baselines, and system architectures to enhance survivability, interoperability, and mission effectiveness.
- →You will drive innovation through digital engineering environments, model-based approaches, and Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA) to improve capability delivery and industrial base integration.
Requirements
- ✓Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: For 801 Professional Engineering Series: A.
- ✓Degree: Engineering.
- ✓Successful completion of a bachelor's or higher engineering degree from an accredited college or university.
- ✓Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. -or- B.
- ✓Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering.
- ✓The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: (I) Professional registration or licensure -- 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.
- ✓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.
- ✓(The above examples of related curricula are not all inclusive.) An advanced degree of Master's or Ph.D. in one of the educational fields listed above is highly desirable.
Personality Fit
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