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RADIATION HARDENED MICROELECTRONICS ACQUISITION ENGINEER
STRATEGIC SYSTEMS PROGRAMS (SSP) · Posted 61 days ago
Hybrid Washington Navy Yard, DC $144K – $197K Apply by Jul 20, 2026 General Engineering ENTJINTJINTPISTJ Engineering
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You will serve as a RADIATION HARDENED MICROELECTRONICS ACQUISITION ENGINEER in the FIRE CONTROL & GUIDANCE BRANCH (SP23) of STRATEGIC SYSTEMS PROGRAMS.
What You'll Do
- →You will maintain process control, quality, throughput, and on-time delivery for Tier 2 suppliers manufacturing Circuit Card Assemblies (CCAs) and electrical sub-components.
- →You will monitor production line health, yields, and supplier process capabilities using Lean Six Sigma and statistical process controls.
- →You will define and execute procurement controls for strategic sub-components, with an emphasis on radiation-hardened electronic components.
- →You will coordinate with design authorities to manage material obsolescence and execute life-of-type (LOT) buys or alternative sourcing strategies to safeguard the industrial base.
- →You will establish, review, and verify testing protocols, technical specifications, and disposition plans for Lot Acceptance Testing (LAT).
- →You will ensure that incoming microelectronics lots meet strict strategic weapon system reliability and performance criteria prior to integration.
- →You will coordinate and lead complex piece-part and CCA-level failure analyses to isolate root causes of workmanship or material failures.
- →You will serve as the primary program liaison to NSWC Crane Division to leverage their laboratory capabilities for physical failure analysis, destructive physical analysis (DPA), and material evaluation.
- →You will formulate, submit, and defend Tier 2 supply chain budget requirements (PPBE/POM/FYDP inputs).
- →You will manage contracts, review technical proposals for component-level buys, monitor supplier cost/schedule performance metrics, and implement corrective mitigation plans for budget or schedule deviations.
Requirements
- ✓Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Successful completion of a professional engineering degree.
- ✓Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.
- ✓OR 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.
- ✓Office of Personnel Management.
- ✓For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html.
- ✓OR 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).
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
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