Interdisciplinary Engineer/Scientist

Quick Facts

• Role: Interdisciplinary Engineer/Scientist (NGAD National Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Laboratory Lead)

• Focus: Weapons Modeling, Simulation, and Verification & Validation (V&V)

Description

You will develop and execute the PMA-230 laboratory campaign and the Modeling and Simulation-based Verification and Validation strategy, assigning objectives across lab, ground, and flight venues based on maturity, risk, and schedule. You will establish entry/exit criteria, test objectives, readiness assessments, and risk-reduction actions, coordinating the technical dependencies needed for valid laboratory execution. You will provide leadership with technical status, readiness, integration risks, mitigations, and workforce needs to support progression to subsequent test venues and approval decisions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute PMA-230 lab campaign and M&S-based V&V strategy

• Assign objectives to lab, ground, and flight venues based on maturity, risk, and schedule

• Define recommended entry/exit criteria, test objectives, readiness assessments, and risk-reduction actions

• Coordinate software, hardware, mission planning, threat representation, interface, distributed simulation, and external laboratory connections

• Synchronize technical dependencies, schedules, assumptions, and integration activities across PMA-230, NAWCWD, NAWCAD, other government organizations, contractors, and external laboratories

• Develop technical priorities, laboratory requirements, and tasking recommendations for program planning and resource allocation

• Provide leadership with technical status, readiness assessments, integration risks, shortfalls, mitigations, and workforce needs

Requirements

• US citizenship; must be determined suitable for federal employment

• Participation in the direct deposit pay program

• New Department of the Navy employees must successfully pass E-Verify

• For current federal employees applying for STRL jobs: meet time-in-band requirements by the closing date

• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service

• Obtain and maintain interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty (MSP/PPP applicants must already hold the required clearance)

• Critical Acquisition Position (CAP): sign a three-year tenure agreement unless a waiver is approved

• Successful pre-employment drug test (including marijuana); comply with random testing

• Ability to travel to CONUS/OCONUS sites and travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods

• Specialized experience (minimum 1 year equivalent to GS-12/13 or DP-04) in leading multidisciplinary M&S/V&V execution, defining complex system requirements and technical priorities, leading systems engineering/software integration/distributed simulation/test planning/lab operations in complex weapon-system environments, and synchronizing cost/schedule/performance/technical dependencies across organizations

• Meet OPM “positive education” requirements for the applicable series (Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Computer Science)

Benefits

A comprehensive federal benefits package is provided; eligibility depends on the specific position type and status.