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DISTINGUISHED ENGINEER FOR HYPERSONIC WEAPON SYSTEM
STRATEGIC SYSTEMS PROGRAMS (SSP) · Posted 61 days ago
Hybrid Washington Navy Yard, DC $186K – $228K Apply by Jul 30, 2026 General Engineering ENTJINTJINTPISTJ Engineering
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You will serve as the Distinguished Engineer for Hypersonic Weapon System in the Technical Division of Strategic Systems Programs (SSP).
What You'll Do
- →You will be responsible for providing overall technical guidance, engineering rigor, system trades, and technical discipline to develop and deploy a Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) weapon system.
- →Air Force, U.S.
Requirements
- ✓Applicants must meet at least one of the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: For (0801) 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.)
Personality Fit
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