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GENERAL ENGINEER (TEST AND EVALUATION)
Customs and Border Protection · Posted today
On-siteWashington, DC$144K – $187KApply by Jun 3, 2026General EngineeringENTJINTJINTPISTJEngineeringOperations
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Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Border Patrol Headquarters (USBP-HQ), Program Management Operations Directorate (PMOD), located in Washington, D.C.
What You'll Do
- →In this position, you will serve as CBP's principal Testing & Evaluation (T&E) expert, leading lifecycle test and evaluation strategies, projects, and policies that support acquisition of CBP systems and technologies.
- →The position directly advances the CBP and DHS mission by shaping and validating major acquisition programs whose test and evaluation outcomes drive system performance, resource investment, and operational effectiveness across the agency.
- →This position starts at a salary of $143,913.00 (GS-14, Step 1) to $187,093.00 (GS-14, Step 10).
- →As a General Engineer (Testing & Evaluation), you will be responsible for leading test and evaluation (T&E) activities that enable effective, suitable CBP system acquisitions across their full lifecycle.
- →Typical duties will include: Formulating and overseeing developmental T&E plans, processes, and resource allocations to demonstrate system effectiveness and suitability for CBP acquisitions, including complex, new, or unprecedented systems.
- →Leading T&E working-level and integrated product teams, advising program managers and stakeholders on T&E strategies, and developing key documents such as Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMPs) and system-level test plans.
- →Directing and coordinating developmental T&E efforts during prototype development, including defining scope, infrastructure, data requirements, schedules, and reporting on system performance and T&E findings.
- →Providing expert T&E advice on the feasibility and application of test strategies and techniques, evaluating contractor proposals and assessment efforts, and recommending modifications to ensure performance, reliability, safety, and cost-effective outcomes.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Your conduct will be subject to the ethics rules applicable to all Executive Branch employees, and to CBP employees specifically, as well as the criminal conflict of interest statutes.
- ✓Once you enter on duty, these rules include obtaining approval for outside employment or business activity, to ensure such employment or business activity is not prohibited and does not interfere or conflict with performance of your official duties.
- ✓Please review further details via the following link.
- ✓DHS uses E-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States.
- ✓Learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities.
- ✓Financial Disclosure is required.
- ✓Bargaining Unit: This position is not covered under the bargaining unit.
- ✓Please see the Qualifications and Required Documents sections for more information if education is applicable to this position.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 928085a4-6c63-40d5-9058-d90c30449e38
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