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Nuclear Engineer
National Nuclear Security Administration · Posted 51 days ago
Hybrid Part-time Washington Navy Yard, DC $130K – $197K Apply by Dec 15, 2026 Nuclear Engineering ISTJ EngineeringOperations
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This position is part of the Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors, Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration Demonstration Project: This position is covered by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Demonstration Project. The NN-04 pay band is equivalent to the GS-14/15 grade levels. For more information on the NNSA Demonstration Project and Pay Band/Salary Tables, review http://www.energy.gov/nnsa/nnsas-demo-pay-system-compared-general-schedule.
What You'll Do
- →PLEASE NOTE: This is an Open Continuous Announcement which allows acceptance of applications through the closing date of 12/15/2026.
- →Check the "How to Apply" section for more details.
- →As a Nuclear Engineer, NN-0840-04, you will: Lead and provide expert engineering support across the lifecycle of naval nuclear propulsion plants, including research, development, design, acquisition, specification, construction, inspection, installation, certification, testing, overhaul, refueling, operations, maintenance, supply support, and ultimate disposition.
- →Advise program offices and site managers on interpretation and application of technical requirements and policies; evaluate proposed modifications and alternative approaches; recommend and track corrective actions; and provide oversight and coordination with Navy, DoD, DOE, design laboratories, shipyards, and other partner organizations.
- →Prepare internal policy guidance, technical standards, and related documentation that may drive changes in policy, technical direction, and program execution for naval nuclear propulsion activities.
- →Participate in meetings, panels, and conferences with federal and state agencies, national laboratories, contractors, and other stakeholders; present briefings and speeches; communicate office positions; and articulate issues, impacts, and solutions on complex technical and policy matters.
- →Review, analyze, and assess technical research and development reports, engineering plans, and program proposals related to areas such as submarines, surface ships, reactor plants, instrumentation and control, materials, nuclear components, and reactor safety; provide recommendations to inform program decisions.
- →Serve on ad-hoc and cross-functional teams with other government and private-sector engineers to conduct broad policy and technical studies, support advanced concepts (e.g., advanced submarines, new ship designs, advanced and nuclear technologies), and address emergent issues in naval nuclear propulsion.
Requirements
- ✓Basic Requirements: Degree: 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), 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.
- ✓For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.
- ✓Written Test -- 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.
- ✓Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A.
- ✓The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A.
- ✓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.
- ✓(The above examples of related curricula are not all inclusive).
- ✓For Professional, Scientific and Engineering Positions: If qualifying on the basis of an alternate method, i.e., professional license, you must submit official documentation to support your claim with your application package.
- ✓If selected for the position you will be required to submit official transcripts prior to onboarding.
- ✓Education must be from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications.
- ✓Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
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