Missile Defense Agency · 21 hours ago
General Engineer
Redstone Arsenal, AL
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$131K/yr - $197K/yr
1+ years expThe US Missile Defense Agency is seeking a General Engineer to support the Department of Defense's acquisition program. The role involves managing cost, schedule, and performance requirements for various defense projects, ensuring compliance with objectives, and providing oversight of experiments and exercises.
National SecurityPolitics
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Manage the cost, schedule, performance requirements, technical, and security for the Theater-Based Defense, U.S. Israeli Cooperative Program (MDA/TBI) Israeli Test Bed (ITB) Project (U.S. and Israel Labs)
Ensure the ITB Project achieves all objectives in accordance with the ITB Program Plan
Coordinate with the Israeli Missile Defense Organization ITB lead to develop the project plan for experiments and exercises each year including definition of objectives, scenarios, and participants
Participate in Upper Tier Coordination Officer training to incorporate lessons learned into ITB warfighter exercises
Administer the contract for the ITB including oversight of the experiment and exercise schedule to ensure all required events are completed each contract year, assessing deliverables from the Israeli ITB Prime Contractor following each experiment and exercise for completeness
Provide oversight of installation software and hardware updates in the U.S. lab to ensure that it is in full compliance with the Israeli lab for enhanced and continuous ITB laboratory operations
Manage and support MDA Ground Test planning and execution related to the US ITB lab in enterprise level risk reduction testing
Qualification
Required
Must be a U.S. Citizen
Occasional Travel
Work Schedule: Full-time
Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation
May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
Overtime: Occasionally
Tour of Duty: Flexible
Recruitment Incentives: Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees based on agency policy and availability
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
Financial Disclosure: Required
Telework Eligibility: This position is situational telework eligible
This is a Drug Testing designated position
This is an acquisition position coded Practitioner in Engineering and Technical Management. Must obtain mandatory Back-to-Basics (BtB) certification within 60 months of entry into position
This is a Critical Acquisition Position. Incumbent will be required to sign a written tenure agreement to remain, for a minimum of three years, in the Federal Service in the Critical Acquisition Position
Must acquire 80 Continuous Learning Points every 24 months
Incumbent must obtain/maintain Non-Critical Sensitive/Secret security clearance
One year of specialized experience equivalent to the NH-03/GS-13 grade level in the Federal service as listed below and must meet 3 of the 4 specialized experience listed below to be qualified: Experience leading a portfolio of system engineering projects involving multiple disciplines, concepts, principles, and methods related to complex weapon systems
Experience analyzing complex data, developing conclusions and informing recommendations presented to senior management within the engineering and program management divisions
Experience collaborating with international partners to understand requirements, developing simulation objectives, and then executing models and simulations in a client/server architecture in either stand alone or distributed modes
Experience in oral and written communications, to include the development of presentations, to senior management within the engineering and program management divisions
Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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
Combination of education and experience - college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of 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
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
Related curriculum - Successful 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 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance
Benefits
Recruitment Incentives: Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees based on agency policy and availability.
Relocation expenses reimbursed: Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.
Company
Missile Defense Agency
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is a research, development, and acquisition agency within the United States Department of Defense.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
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Late StageLeadership Team
Alex Richards
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