ENGINEER

You will serve as an Engineer in the Vulnerability Assessment Branch (Code 665) of CARDEROCK DIV NS. This position is part of the Warfare Centers Personnel Demonstration Project. The ND-5 pay band encompasses positions equivalent to GS-14 and GS-15. Major duties: You will conduct vulnerability assessments of surface ships and submarines subjected to threat weapons. You will plan, conduct, and document weapons effects tests. You will support Live Fire Test and Evaluation studies. You will develop and use experimental data analysis techniques and computational methods for simulating the effects of weapon effects on surface ships and submarines. You will provide recommendations/guidance to acquisition programs on vulnerability issues. You will conduct vulnerability assessment of surface ships and submarines. You will lead a team of 5 or more engineers in the development and execution of foreign platform vulnerability assessments. You will mentor support team in technical and non-technical aspects of their duties to continuously grow and improve the technical health of foreign ship/submarine vulnerability assessment capabilities. You will provide recommendations/guidance to fleet on foreign platform vulnerability. You will coordinate, manage, and oversee all foreign platform vulnerability programs funding, schedules, and deliverables.