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MATERIALS ENGINEER TECHNICIAN
Office of Naval Research · Posted 29 days ago
Hybrid Naval Research Laboratory, DC $46K – $84K Apply by Jun 16, 2026 Engineering Technical ENTJENTPINTJINTP EngineeringTrades
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You will serve as a Materials Engineer Technician in the Naval Research Lab, Offboard Countermeasures Branch of NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY.
What You'll Do
- →You will build and test small airborne, surface, and subsurface experimental robotic and autonomous systems for use as offboard countermeasures.
- →You will design and develop new unmanned systems You will fabricate test hardware such as wind tunnel models, test fixtures, and multi-domain autonomous systems test vehicles.
- →You will identify and implement methods of improving designs for prototype fabrication and development.
- →You will support experimental test efforts including wind tunnel testing, flight testing and at-sea testing.
- →You will maintain and upkeep the composite shop, prototyping lab, and test lab to include maintaining cleanliness, tracking and replenishing inventory, supplies, and equipment, and keeping compliance with EEO/Safety and other regulations/policies.
Requirements
- ✓Experience in a trade or craft may be credited as specialized experience when the work provided intensive knowledge of engineering principles, techniques, methods, and precedents.
- ✓Examples are trade positions with substantial developmental, test, or design responsibilities such as: Planner and estimator who analyzed designs for production purposes.
- ✓Instrument maker or model maker who performed design or development work on devices fabricated.
- ✓OR Education and Training for positions at GS-5 (or equivalent): Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree (a) with major study in an appropriate field of engineering, construction, or industrial technology; or (b) that included at least 24 semester hours in any combination of courses such as those shown above for GS-3 (or equivalent).
- ✓At least 6 of the 24 semester hours must have been in drafting if the position has been designated by a drafting area of specialization.
- ✓A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education.
- ✓See Required Documents for additional information.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 60182f5d-35ae-4ccb-8c49-b828c1dc692e
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