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ENGINEER

Naval Sea Systems Command
Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane
📍 Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
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Job Overview

Salary
$130,987–$197,200 PA
Posted
June 26, 2026
Closes
Monday, June 29, 2026
Pay Grade
5-5

Summary

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-04 (GS-12/13 equivalent) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: as a professional engineer, providing technical and programmatic leadership and guidance for testing Missile Systems Hardware in support of technological advancement of products, procedures, or services. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Duties

You will serve as a Test Execution Lead and Mission Director (MD) for the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB) Program.You will lead and serve as the responsible party for all test execution activities in preparation to, during and post assigned MACH-TB mission.You will lead and participate in all assigned test meetings.You will work closely with the MACH-TB Director of Test Engineering and MACH-TB Director of Test Execution, ensuring all mission accomplishments, issues, risks, schedules and products are in line and reported upon regularly.You will serve as the approval authority on test execution products and activities.You will work with SETA and Prime support to ensure shore support activities, deployment rosters and role assignments are completed appropriately and in a timely manner.You will serve as the final Go-No-Go authority while on-console for their assigned flight tests.You will ensure test execution documentation (CONOPs, checklists, Launch Commit Criteria, and more) are reviewed, complete and correct.You will coordinate communication between schedulers, range, sensors, shore support, logistics, experiment SMEs, prime, and more.You will ensure lessons learned are developed and communicated across the program.

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