General Engineer/Technical Analyst - Senior/Expert Level
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
- Chantilly, VA
- $137,873-183,500 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- U.S. Citizenship is required
- You must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance
- You will be subject to pre-employment and periodic drug testing
- You will be subject to pre-employment and periodic polygraph examinations
- Monitoring the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
- Tracking international terrorists, drug traffickers, and criminal organizations
- Monitoring global troop movement and weapon advancement
- Supporting international peacekeeping and humanitarian relief operations
- Assessing the impact of natural disasters
- Aerospace or Astronautical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Electronics or Computer Engineering
- Software Engineering (including AGILE development)
- Systems Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Applied Physics
- Applied Mathematics (including operations research)
- Computer Science (including AI/ML)
- This position is open to the public.
- Federal government employees MUST currently be at the grade level or higher as indicated in this announcement. This is NOT a promotion opportunity for current Federal government employees. If selected for the position, Federal government employees will transition laterally at their current grade level and step.
- Federal applicants who exceed the advertised grade may voluntarily request acceptance at the lower grade IAW DoD 1400.25 Volume 2006.
- The NRO is only accepting external applicants for this job announcement. Current NRO Cadre employees should apply internally.
- This position does not qualify for the appointment of a Reemployed Federal Annuitant IAW DoDI 1400.25 Volume 300.
- Lead multi-disciplinary teams through planning, development and implementation of crucial projects and segments of NRO programs. Gathers input from different expert perspectives and coalesces technical or programmatic advice for senior leaders
- Disaggregate complex, long term projects into serial and/or sequential subtasks, optimizes allocation of those subtasks to team members and guides progress towards a successful project conclusion
- Prepare and evaluate plans and designs for engineering projects; researches technology trends and patterns; conduct technical analysis; evaluate the value and applicability of new technology; and provides engineering expertise and advice on program planning over a broad range of engineering, architecture or scientific programs
- Manage technical issues and risks to balance cost, schedule and technical performance
- Investigate or develop new design, testing, operational methods and criteria, procedures and/or instructions for engineering, architecture or scientific problems; proposes new technical policies and practices
- Provide recommendations on engineering, architecture or scientific problems, programs, and functions to a broad customer base
- Develop and modify analytic models and methods to meet the requirements of cost, performance, and effectiveness studies and variance analyses
- Gather historical cost, performance, and effectiveness data and establish relationships between system characteristics and design criteria
- Synthesize science and technology capabilities to create new concepts and prototypes with little supervisory oversight
- Evaluate research and development test results with limited supervisory oversight
- Interact with NRO user community regarding system requirements and/or operational objectives
- Assess effectiveness of operationally fielded capabilities
- The General Engineer position requires minimum education of a Bachelor’s degree. STEM degrees (e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, computer science, mathematics,) are preferred however a Bachelor's degree, with a combination of technical coursework, licenses, training, and applicable work experience may be considered.
- Technical Analyst/Interdisciplinary Technical positions require a combination of education (certifications included) and experience. Qualifying experience may have been acquired in any public or private sector job or through coursework, but will clearly be reflected in your resume.
- Employee must meet, or be capable of meeting, the Defense Acquisition Work Improvement Act (DAWIA) requirements applicable to the position. The incumbent in this position will be required to obtain and maintain a Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C) or Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) in Contracting Certification Level III.
- An applicant with a disability needs an accommodation to have an equal opportunity to apply for a job.
- An employee with a disability needs an accommodation to perform the essential job duties or to gain access to the workplace.
- An employee with a disability needs an accommodation to receive equal access to benefits, such as details, training, and office-sponsored events.