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GENERAL ENGINEER

Naval Sea Systems Command

New London, CTFull-time$101–158K/yrPosted today

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At a glance

Compensation
$101–158K/yr
Location
New London, CT
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Naval Sea Systems Command is issuing a public notice for anticipated General Engineer vacancies supporting In-Service Submarine Structures. The role involves life-cycle engineering and sustainment, feasibility studies, systems engineering processes, and technical program management. Applicants must demonstrate specialized professional engineering experience and meet one of the stated engineering education or registration pathways. Applications are not accepted through the flyer; interested applicants must follow its How to Apply directions.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Program PlanningLife-Cycle EngineeringSubmarine StructuresAnalytical Problem SolvingTechnical CommunicationFeasibility StudiesSystems EngineeringProgram ManagementShip or Submarine DesignNaval ArchitectureShipbuilding PracticesMaintenance or Overhaul PracticesNavy Organizational StructureTechnical Authority

Qualifications

One Year Specialized ExperienceProfessional Engineering Degree or Registration or Equivalent Path

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 have expertise and advanced knowledge required to plan, develop, evaluate, and execute short- and long-range programs; serve as an advisor on assigned programs, highly specialized fields, or industries that have wide-ranging consequences.
  • You will have mastery of, and skill in applying expertise in advanced concepts, principles, practices, and processes for life cycle engineering and management of various submarine structures, materials, systems, subsystems, equipment and procedures.
  • You will have advanced knowledge of analytical techniques, practices, and strategies; ability to identify and solve problems.
  • You will have expertise and skill in communicating orally and in writing technical documents.
  • You will be a General Engineer for In-Service Submarine Structures.
  • You will conduct feasibility studies to analyze, evaluate, and determine the practicability and adaptability of proposed solutions; subsequently determine and evaluate the efficiency of adopted improvements to ensure requirements.
  • You will ensure appropriate systems engineering processes are properly applied during In-Service Submarine Structures life cycle sustainment.
  • You will have the ability to manage assigned technical/administrative operations and programs.

Qualifications

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NH-2 pay band (GS-11 grade level equivalent) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: as a professional engineer knowledge of ship or submarine design or materials or Naval Architecture, as well as knowledge of engineering, knowledge of shipbuilding, maintenance or overhaul practices, understanding of the Navy organizational structure and interrelationships, understanding of the major objectives, programs, functions and processes and knowledge of technical authority. 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/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.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess 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.orgOREvidence 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)ORSuccessful 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. 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. 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. This announcement uses the AcqDemo Business and Technical Management direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. This position is part of the Department of Defense Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project. The NH-3 broadband level encompasses positions equivalent to GS-12 and GS-13.

How this job compares

Set against the 11,220 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$101–158K/yr
  • Connecticut median$100–194K/yr45 salary ranges
  • US median$116–185K/yr8,248 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $130K, is 11% below the Connecticut median midpoint ($146K) — in the middle half of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Connecticut.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 80 open Systems Engineer jobs in Connecticut and 11,220 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Connecticut
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 9,456 postings).
Education
4,680 of the 11,220 open Systems Engineer jobs (42%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 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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