DISTINGUISHED ENGINEER NAVSEA WARFARE CENTERS CHIEF ENGINEER

The applicant is to provide a separate narrative statement which describes fully, but concisely, how his/her experience supports each of the following Mandatory Technical Qualifications. Each technical qualification narrative should not exceed 2 pages. Failure to address these specific qualifications in a separate narrative statement will eliminate you from consideration: 1) Strong engineering experience ensuring that project management and technical activities executed within an enterprise are conducted with sound engineering practices, proper controls and technical rigor. Worked at the senior levels influencing project management policy, engineering processes and execution metrics. Demonstrated experience in program or engineering offices, executing responsibilities for cost, schedule, and performance that resulted in program successes. 2) Demonstrated understanding of the technical capabilities across the NSWC/NUWC Warfare Center Divisions and their capability intersection points in order to establish and maintain an effective and efficient environment of proactive coordination and collaboration across technical domains. Led cross-organizational initiatives that will facilitate interfacing effectively working across the Warfare Center Divisions and/or relevant NAVSEA Codes. 3) Demonstrated ability to effectively prepare and deliver technical communications, including those that may be sensitive, convey ideas and facts, and articulate the command’s position to individuals, internal and external to the enterprise, in oral and written form, preferably at the Flag/SES level. 4) Demonstrated ability to assess enterprise and system of systems integration and interoperability issues, develop courses of action, and make recommendations for enterprise solutions. Knowledge of Navy Get Real, Get Better problem-solving principles including Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control (DMAIC), Problem Solving Canvas, Driver Trees, and Root Cause Analysis. 5) Demonstrated experience leading Digital Engineering transformation within a large organization or across an enterprise. Digital Transformation entails Model-Based Systems Engineering (SysML-based Descriptive Models); Model-Based Engineering (Product & Performance-Based Models); Digital Product Support and Logistics; Live, Virtual, Constructive (LVC) capabilities; Software Factory (Includes DevSecOps) and Data Analytics. What challenges, successes have you experienced? 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=GS-PROF AND ttps://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.
You will serve as the Chief Engineer for Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC)/Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC).