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Supervisory General Engineer

Missile Defense Agency

Job Location:

Redstone Arsenal, AL - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 130987 - 130987

Posted: 6 October 2026 (19 days ago)

Application Deadline: 3 January 2027

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Summary

The position(s) covered by this vacancy announcement is in the Department of War (DoW) Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo). For more information please see: ACQDEMO

Salary Ranges are the following unless statutory/regulatory rates prevail.
For the Redstone Arsenal AL Location: $130987 to $197200 (includes 21.91% locality)
For the Fort Belvoir VA and/or Dahlgren Location: $143913 to $197200 (includes 33.94% locality)

Duties

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Acq Demo Business and Technical Management to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

As a Supervisory General Engineer at the NHbroadband level some of your typical work assignments may include:

Support the ABG Major Program Manager as the Aegis Guided Missile Program (ABG) Chief Engineer to oversee and perform systems engineering at the system-of-system level and works in one or more sub-specialty areas including but not limited to: specific/multiple radar frequencies; signal processing; antenna design; propulsion; guidance navigation & control; structures and dynamics; rocket motors and thrusters; space-based elements/system; battle management; networks & C4I components; protocols; seekers; avionics; lasers; lethality; radiation hardening; testing; system integration; validation and verification; software engineering; parts/materials; industrial and manufacturing; specialty engineering; design; sustainment; reliability; and international requirements development.
Supervise oversee and perform systems engineering at the systems/component level for a complex defense missile systems.
Develop and present technical briefings and reports to Flag Officers/Senior Executives.
Advise on technical acquisition and operational issues related to technical performance requirements systems engineering financial management and performance trades among program elements.
Engage in concept planning; design and development; integration testing and verification at the Missile Defense System (MDS) system element or component level.
Support engineering studies in the development and testing of systems or components.
Identify and resolve highly complex problems crossing organizational boundaries and promulgate solutions.
In cooperation with coworkers identify needs of internal and external customers and address their concerns.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

Must be a U.S. Citizen
Occasional Travel
Work Schedule: Full-time
Males born aftermust 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: Not Authorized.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
Financial Disclosure: Required
Telework Eligibility: This position is situational telework eligible.
Supervisory Probationary Period: May be required to successfully complete a supervisory probationary period.
This position is subject to an initial drug screening and random testing thereafter. You may be required to sign a Drug Test Statement of Understanding if you are selected for this position.
This is an acquisition position coded Practitioner in Engineering and Technical Management. Incumbent must obtain mandatory Back-to-Basics (BtB) certification within 60 months of entry into position.
Incumbent must acquire 80 Continuous Learning Points every 24 months.
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.
Selective Service Requirement: Please visit for more information.
Must obtain/maintain Special Sensitive/Top Secret/SCI security clearance

Qualifications

You may qualify at the NH -04 Broadband Level if you fulfill the following qualifications:

A. 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 5 specialized experience listed below to be qualified:

Experience applying Department of War/Service acquisition policies on complex defense weapon systems.
Experience in the field of systems engineering in one or more of the following key specialty areas: systems architecture systems engineering modeling & simulation radars command & control missiles targets kill vehicles space vehicles directed energy discrimination or hypersonics.
Experience in the Standard Missile-3/6 (SM-3 & SM-6) missile variants requirements management process including generation documentation and tracing requirements.
Experience in leading or participating in failure review boards.
Experience in working with Missile Industry and Government Partners in Production and Sustainment activities of the Standard Missile.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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 receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.

In addition to meeting qualifications your application package must reflect the applicable experience to meet the Individual Occupational Requirements for the 0801 series as listed below:

This position has a Basic Requirement for the 0801 series: Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable the program must: (1) lead to a bachelors 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.

OR

B. 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:

1. 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. 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 example an applicant who attains registration through a State Boards eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.

2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 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.

3. 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. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A.

4. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelors 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 bachelors degree in engineering provided the applicant has had at least 1 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)

NOTE: Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information visit: information

Other Notes:

CRITICAL ACQUISITION POSITION (CAP). Selectee for this position will be required to sign a written agreement to remain for a minimum of three years in the federal service in this critical acquisition position.

ACQUISITION POSITION: This position requires Acquisition Workforce Level Practitioner Certification prior to hiring is not essential but must be accomplished within 60 months after entry into this position.

DAWIA (Back to Basics) Certification: CAP: Position is a DoD Critical Acquisition Position & requires DoD Acquisition Engineering and Technical Management Practitioner certification. Certification prior to hiring is not essential but must be accomplished within 60 months after entry into this position. Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years and sign a written agreement to remain in Federal service in the position for at least three years. Click here for more details and Resources.

RE-EMPLOYED ANNUITANT: This position DOES NOT meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found at: applicants must meet qualifications and eligibility criteria by the closing date of the announcement.

Males born aftermust be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see Who Needs to Register Selective Service System : Selective Service System ())

This position is subject to an initial drug screening and random testing thereafter. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e. start date). The selectees inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of may be required to sign a Drug Test Statement of Understanding if you are selected for this position.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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Required Experience:

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