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GENERAL ENGINEER

Naval Sea Systems Command

Kittery, MEFull-time$46–74K/yrPosted today

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At a glance

Compensation
$46–74K/yr
Location
Kittery, ME
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Engineer Intern Or EIT Or PE RegistrationFundamentals Of Engineering Exam Or Equivalent

Job overview

Naval Sea Systems Command is issuing a public notice for anticipated General Engineer vacancies; applications are not accepted through the flyer, and vacancies may or may not be filled. The role supports submarine maintenance and engineering activities, including test procedures, technical documentation, equipment procurement or refurbishment, and assessment of specification changes. Vacancies may be filled at the GS-05 or GS-07 level.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Engineering Project ManagementSystems Testing and EvaluationSystems EngineeringProblem SolvingOral CommunicationWritten Communication

Qualifications

One Year Specialized ExperienceProfessional Engineering Degree or EquivalentEngineer Intern or EIT or PE RegistrationFundamentals of Engineering Exam or Equivalent60 Semester Hours Engineering CourseworkAppropriate Scientific Bachelor's Degree or EquivalentOne Year Graduate Education or Bachelor's With Superior Academic Achievement or Equivalent Combination

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. SALARY RANGE BY GRADE LEVEL GS-05: $46,137 - $59,978 GS-07: $57,150 - $74,297

Duties

  • You will investigate and resolve maintenance standard feedback reports.
  • You will prepare and maintain Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical Test procedures, Combat Systems Test procedures, and Pre-Arrival tests.
  • You will provide technical support to submarine maintenance activities.
  • You will develop and maintain technical documents, and respond to program manager identified issues, support timely procurement and/or refurbishment of equipment.
  • You will examine changes and revisions to system specifications, technical manuals, ShipAlts, etc. to assess impact on maintenance and test document products.

Qualifications

For the GS-07: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS-05) grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional engineer providing maintenance and engineering support for systems applicable to all nuclear submarine classes, surface ships or other power plants. For the GS-05: You must meet the basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual as indicated in the Education Section of this announcement. 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 Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR): 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 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. Education may be substituted for specialized experience as follows for the GS-07 grade level only: successful completion of one full year of graduate education https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/students/federal-occupations-by-college-major/; -OR- successful completion of a bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement; -OR- a combination of education and applicable experience that equates to one year of experience. NOTE: Official transcripts must be provided to support education and substitution for specialized experience. 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. Resumes will be assessed against the following competencies: ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TESTING AND EVALUATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PROBLEM SOLVING ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION 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 announcement uses the Direct Hire Authority (DHA) for Domestic Def Industrial Base Facilities & Major Range/Test Facilities Base (DIB/MRTFB) to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Several vacancies may be filled. 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. Vacancies filled from this announcement may be filled at any grade level listed. If selected below the full performance level, you may be noncompetitively promoted to the next higher grade level after meeting all regulatory requirements, and upon the recommendation of management. Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed. 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

How this job compares

Set against the 11,735 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$46–74K/yr
  • Maine median$97–209K/yr24 salary ranges
  • US median$116–190K/yr8,629 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $60K, is 64% below the Maine median midpoint ($168K) — in the lowest quarter of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Maine.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 29 open Systems Engineer jobs in Maine and 11,735 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Maine
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 9,792 postings).
Education
4,502 of the 11,735 open Systems Engineer jobs (38%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 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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