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DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST/ENGINEER FOR DIGITAL ENGINEERING
Naval Sea Systems Command · Posted today
HybridNaval Base Newport, RI$193K – $210KApply by May 27, 2026General EngineeringENTJINTJINTPISTJEngineering
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You will serve as the Distinguished Scientist/Engineer for Digital Engineering of Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport RI.
What You'll Do
- →You will provide senior level leadership to transform the culture and workforce to adopt across the lifecycle the tools, processes, methods, training and the connectivity, and the collaborative environments necessary for Naval Digital Engineering.
- →You will develop, nourish, and sustain the integrity of Modeling and Simulation Architecture development for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation and Digital Innovation efforts.
- →You will prepare, submit, and defend technical investment proposals, SBIRs, contractor Independent Research and Development programs and serves as an advisor to resolve selected Fleet problems using M and S.
- →You will modernize and connect Naval digital environments in the R and D enterprise, build system-of-systems engineering plans and roadmaps for the Live Virtual Constructive experimentation, verification and validation of systems capabilities.
- →You will assess new technologies, policies and initiatives in light of DoW's priorities to address digital engineering needs.
- →You will provide technical direction for the planning and concept definition/formulation for Navy technology initiatives and will advise the DoW's engagement in research and development of technologies and their digitalization for navy solutions.
Requirements
- ✓Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: For 0801/0855 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.
- ✓At least 3 of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus.
- ✓For 1520-Mathematics Series: A degree in mathematics; or the equivalent of a major that included at least 24 semester hours in mathematics or A combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in mathematics (including at least 24 semester hours in mathematics), as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
- ✓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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