ENGINEER

Summary

This is a Competitive Detail not-to-exceed one year. This is a temporary action that may be terminated at any time. This is a detail opportunity open to Department of Navy permanent civilian employees in the competitive service currently at the ND-03 grade level (or higher). The selectee will be placed on a temporary detail not to exceed 1 year. The detailee for this position will serve as an Engineer in the Undersea Energy Systems Branch of NSWC Crane.

Duties

You will work to develop research through discussion and investigation. You will make engineering choices within acceptable technical constraints. You will develop test procedures, and models, for Ni-Zn battery chemistries. You will utilize technical literature to design guides to develop the system. You will plan and support complex technical project which contribute to the organization's mission, goals, and objectives. You will determine equipment and funding requirements, ensuring assigned tasks are within cost and schedule commitments. You will provide expertise in research or development of new or improved systems or equipment, advancement of technology, or resolution of controversial or novel problems that result in more effective or efficient products in the fleet. You will perform a variety of routine detailed portions of engineering assignments involving any of a variety of functions including design, development, test and evaluation, in-service engineering, engineering support, etc..

Qualifications and evaluation

You will be evaluated for this position based on how you meet the qualifications above. This recruitment will utilize the following technical assessment tools: Structured Resume Review and Structured Interview. Your resume will be evaluated to determine if you have the desired qualifications for this detail. All applications will be referred to the selecting official for consideration. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered.

Education

Applicants must meet the basic education requirements: For the 0801, Professional General Engineering Series: Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. 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. 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 more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org OR 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 The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. 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). The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above)ORSuccessful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least one year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. 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.

How to apply

Click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes: 1. Complete resume with relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered. Your resume must show complete information for each job entry to support minimum qualifications. The following information should be provided in your resume: employer's name, starting and end dates (Mo/Yr), hours per week if experience was less than full time (35-40 hours per week), and pay plan, series and grade level (e.g. GS-0201-09) for relevant federal experience. TIP: A good way to ensure you include all essential information is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to create your resume. 2. Supporting documentation Failure to submit a complete application package will result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. Your complete application (resume and all supporting documents) must be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 08/21/2026. Applications received after 08/21/2026 may result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. If more than one resume is received, only the last resume received and processed will be reviewed. For additional information on viewing your application status, click https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/application/status. You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application. Do not email or send hard copy resumes/applications to the Contact Information or Agency Information listed in this vacancy announcement. All resumes/applications received at the addresses listed in the Contact Information or Agency Information will be destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that all information in their resume and documents are legible and accurate. HR will not modify answers/documents submitted by an applicant.

Required documents

To apply for this detail, you must submit a complete application package which includes: 1) Resume 2) Cover Letter or Statement of Interest 3) Most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, showing current grade, series, and position occupied 4) Most recent Performance Appraisal (if applicable)

Additional information

Detail cannot result in a promotion or permanent position without further competition. Detailee will continue to be paid by the home command, and salary will be reimbursed. This position may be subject to the priority Placement Program. There will be no change in your salary during the timeframe of this training opportunity. Temporary actions taken under this announcement may be terminated at any time before the established not-to-exceed date.