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STRATEGIC SYSTEMS PROGRAMS (SSP)

Washington Navy Yard, DCFull-time$102–158K/yrPosted today

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At a glance

Compensation
$102–158K/yr
Location
Washington Navy Yard, DC
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Engineer Intern, EIT, PE, FE, Or Equivalent, required

Job overview

This public notice flyer announces anticipated Project Engineer vacancies supporting long-term operational programs for SSBNs and shore-based facilities. The role includes planning installation, testing, and sustainment activities; supporting contracting and budget work; and studying reliability and maintainability. Applications are not accepted through the flyer, and actual vacancies may or may not be filled from it.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Programmatic Knowledge, requiredComplex Problem Solving, requiredAnalytical Requirements, requiredOperational Requirements, requiredInstallation and Testing, requiredInnovative Solutions, requiredProgram Leadership, requiredSSBN Strategic Weapons System, requiredTRIDENT Missile Systems, requiredRe-Entry Systems, requiredGuidance Systems, requiredShipboard Subsystems, requiredFleet Ballistic Missile Systems, required

Qualifications

One Year Specialized Experience, requiredProfessional Engineering Degree or Equivalent, requiredEngineer Intern, EIT, PE, FE, or Equivalent, required

Benefits

Relocation Assistance

Full job description

Summary

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

Duties

  • You will analyze, plan and direct the execution of long-term programs for operational support, including installation and test activities of select alternations for SSBNs and shore based facilities
  • You will support contracting activities for industry and government work performers.
  • You will develop, analyze and prepare budgets for cognizant equipment and sustainment activities.
  • You will perform detailed planning for test execution, installation and sustainment to meet program requirements and ensure work performers meet the requirements.
  • You will conduct studies pertaining to the reliability, maintainability and long-range support of existing components and proposed upgrades.

Qualifications

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the NH-02 (GS-11) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Incumbent will need to show programmatic knowledge and sound judgment to solve complex problems, comply with analytical operational and installation and test requirements, to include evolving technologies and the development and leadership of innovative solutions/programs. Knowledge of the SSBN Strategic Weapons System such as TRIDENT missile, re-entry systems, guidance systems, and shipboard subsystems of the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) Strategic Weapons System. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: All Professional Engineering Positions, 0800 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.

Education

Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. OR 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 more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org OR 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 The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html. OR Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A (above). The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above) OR 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 one 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. How You Will Be Evaluated

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. As vacancies occur, the Human Resources Office will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this flyer. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume, along with your supporting documentation. If selected, you may be required to provide additional supporting documentation. If after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may be found ineligible/not qualified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All qualification requirements must be met before being considered for any vacancies. Other Information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Several vacancies may be filled. This announcement uses the Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo) Business Management & Technical Management direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service. Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf. Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority. However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below.

How this job compares

Set against the 5,017 open Project Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$102–158K/yr
  • Washington, D.C. median$85–139K/yr29 salary ranges
  • US median$96–145K/yr2,664 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $130K, is 16% above the Washington, D.C. median midpoint ($112K) — in the top quarter of Project Engineer salary ranges in Washington, D.C..

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 34 open Project Engineer jobs in Washington, D.C. and 5,017 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington, D.C.
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Project Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 3,886 postings).
Education
3,041 of the 5,017 open Project Engineer jobs (61%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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