Department of the Navy

INDUSTRIAL SPECIALIST

Patuxent River, Maryland Full time

INDUSTRIAL SPECIALIST

Department: Department of the Navy

Location(s): Patuxent River, Maryland

Salary Range: $143913 - $197200 Per Year

Job Summary: You will serve as an INDUSTRIAL SPECIALIST in the AIR SYSTEMS GROUP, SYSTEM SAFETY & AIR SYSTEMS INTEGRATION DEPARTMENT, SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & INTEGRATION DIVISION, AND AIR VEHICLE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION BRANCH of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV. This announcement is running in conjunction with announcement: ST-12900861-26-AJW

Major Duties:

  • You will demonstrate a thorough understanding of aircraft design requirements as they relate to aircraft design and development, System Safety requirements, and aircraft operations.
  • You will evaluate causes and effects of design, production, and in-service safety issues, and ability to develop mitigations and alternatives to ameliorate hazards and deficiencies.
  • You will provide timely and technically sound support to the Air Vehicle Technical Team Lead.
  • You will provide timely, sound inputs and guidance to the overall program master schedule.
  • You will manage and coordinate appropriate engineering development, requirement adherence and technical issue resolution for the Air Vehicle engineering team.
  • You will coordinate and chair program Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs) and Air Vehicle design reviews as designated.
  • You will review organizational, intermediate, and depot level publications (e.g. Maintenance Manuals, NATOPS handbook, computer Software User's Manuals, and MIMs changes) for technical adequacy and optimal safety procedures.

Qualifications: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS-13) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Providing System Safety engineering support to weapons development and certification efforts (i.e. using NAVSEA WSESRB process); 2) Interfacing with Program and technical leadership to resolve safety issues and hazards; 3) Managing the efforts and quality of work of all engineering personnel assigned to the Air Vehicle engineering team under their cognizance; 4) Ensuring appropriate technical representation and coordinate support across appropriate competencies for an Air Vehicle engineering team; 5) Performing requirements analysis, conduct functional analysis and allocation, conduct synthesis and select preferred product solutions; and 6) Identifying, analyzing, and mitigating risk in accordance with program risk management plan. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1100/industrial-specialist-series-1150 AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series 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.

How to Apply: Click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes: 1. Complete resume with relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered. Your resume must show complete information for each job entry to support minimum qualifications. The following information should be provided in your resume, but it is acceptable to provide elsewhere in your application package: employer's name, starting and end dates (Mo/Yr), hours per week if experience was less than full time (35-40 hours per week), pay plan, series and grade level (e.g. GS-0201-09) for relevant federal experience. TIP: A good way to ensure you include all essential information is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to create your resume. 2. Supporting documentation Failure to submit a complete application package will result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. Your complete application must be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 03/11/2026. Applications received after 03/11/2026 will generally result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. If more than one resume is received, only the last resume received and processed will be reviewed. Note: To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account: https://mydon.usajobs.gov/Account/Login select Application Status, and click on the more information link under the application status for this position. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process so please plan appropriately. You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application. Do not email or send hard copy resumes/applications to the Contact Information or Agency Information listed in this vacancy announcement. All resumes/applications received at the addresses listed in the Contact Information or Agency Information will be destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that all information in their resume and documents are legible and accurate. HR will not modify answers/documents submitted by an applicant.

Application Deadline: 2026-03-11