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General Engineer
Federal Aviation Administration · Posted today
HybridWashington, DC$104K – $198KApply by Jun 12, 2026General EngineeringENTJINTJINTPISTJEngineering
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This position is located in the Air Traffic Organization (ATO), Mission Support Services (AJV), Strategy Directorate AJV-S). Mission Support Services supports the FAA by providing innovative, strategic direction for infrastructure and airspace design and ensuring policies and procedures are executed effectively.
What You'll Do
- →Duties at the I band: This position resides in the Air Traffic Organization, Mission Support Services, Strategy Directorate.
- →A general engineer applies experience with and comprehensive knowledge of engineering disciplines to drive the integration of new technologies into the NAS.
- →The candidate will provide leadership for highly complex and challenging projects, programs, and other work activities under the minimal direction of the manager.
- →The candidate serves as a General Engineer and is responsible for applying comprehensive knowledge, practices, principles, theories, and techniques in dealing with system engineering analysis of emerging technologies and their use of airspace and development of operational strategies.
- →Duties at the J band: This position calls for a proactive engineer to drive the modernization of the National Airspace System (NAS) through innovative engineering technologies.
- →The role involves leading complex operational research and requirements formulation to ensure air traffic needs are proactively addressed.
- →Utilizing analytical expertise, the engineer will conduct comprehensive studies to identify service gaps and operational vulnerabilities, informing frameworks of operational integration and driving strategic decisions.
- →Advanced knowledge in program management is essential for optimizing resources and developing cost-effective solutions.
- →Responsibilities include conducting multifaceted engineering studies, such as feasibility, life-cycle costing, vulnerability studies, and risk analysis.
- →The role is critical in establishing operational requirements, facilitating discussion amongst multiple stakeholders, and developing strategies for the integration of NAS systems and facilities, ensuring seamless and efficient operations.
- →Resolves all but unique technical problems without the intervention of management.
- →Develop plans, techniques, and policies to address current or anticipated problems and issues.
- →Works with senior management to solve problems.
- →Identifies, analyzes, and resolves complex technical problems related to engineering projects, using advanced engineering principles and techniques.
Requirements
- ✓We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.
- ✓This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications.
- ✓If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment.
- ✓You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page).
- ✓Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration.
- ✓Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation.
- ✓Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university.
- ✓A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered.
- ✓BASIC REQUIREMENTS: To qualify for this position, you must have a degree in professional engineering.
- ✓OR A 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 professional 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: Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, 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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 3fb7efea-3c30-441c-b965-1f1c81d1f466
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