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Naval Sea Systems Command · Posted 39 days ago
Hybrid Dahlgren, VA $144K – $197K Apply by Aug 20, 2026 General Engineering INTJINTPISTJ Engineering
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You will serve as the High Energy Laser (HEL) Weapon Systems Architect in the Laser Weapon System Technology and Lethality Branch (E11) in the Integrated Engagement Systems Department (E) of NAVSURFWARCENDLD. This position is part of the Warfare Centers Personnel Demonstration Project. ND-05 is equivalent to GS-14/15.
What You'll Do
- →You will define and oversee the overall system architecture for HEL weapon systems.
- →You will establish common designs, scale technologies, and integrate advanced capabilities into cohesive, fieldable platforms.
- →You will drive the optimization of laser weapon systems for Size, Weight, Power, and Cooling to enable successful integration onto challenging host platforms, including ships, USVs, and aerial/ground vehicles.
- →You will perform trade-off analyses among key technology areas, such as laser sources, beam control, trackers, optics, atmospheric compensation, and power/thermal management to meet system lethality requirements.
- →You will coordinate the efforts of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) across hardware, software, and lethality disciplines to bridge the gap between specialized subsystem research and development and total system architecture.
- →You will partner with modeling and simulation SMEs to develop key system performance parameters that are essential to engagement analysis, mission analysis, and campaign analysis.
- →You will collaborate with academia, industry, and program offices to foster and transition critical technologies that will enable greater system performance and enhanced lethality for future laser weapon systems.
- →You will provide senior-level technical guidance and mentorship to engineers and scientists by teaching technical short courses, conducting hands-on training, and reviewing technical designs and documents for laser weapon systems.
- →You will communicate complex technical concepts, designs, and technology transition plans to senior stakeholders to promote and retain program advocacy.
- →You will lead the design, development, and fielding of cutting-edge High Energy Laser systems; establish common designs, scaling technologies, and integrating advanced capabilities into fieldable platforms.
- →You will act as the primary technical visionary bridging the gap between specialized subsystem research and total system architecture by coordinating Subject Matter Experts across hardware, software, and lethality disciplines.
Requirements
- ✓This is an interdisciplinary position and may be filled by a General Engineer (0801 series), a General Physical Scientist (1301 series), an Operations Research Analyst (1515 series), or a Computer Scientist (1550 series) depending upon the qualifications of the candidate.
- ✓Applicants in positions with occupational series other than those listed (0801, 1301, 1515, and 1550) may apply; however, you must apply directly to the series listed in this vacancy that is most applicable to your qualifications.
- ✓Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: FOR THE 0801 - General Engineering Series: A.
- ✓Successful completion of a professional engineering degree.
- ✓Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
- ✓Office of Personnel Management.
- ✓For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html.
- ✓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 E.
- ✓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.
- ✓FOR THE 1550 - Computer Science Series: A degree in computer science or degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science.
- ✓At least 15 of the 30 semester hours were in a combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus.
Personality Fit
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