Department of the Navy

SUPERVISORY AEROSPACE ENGINEER

Sunnyvale, California Full time

SUPERVISORY AEROSPACE ENGINEER

Department: Department of the Navy

Location(s): Sunnyvale, California

Salary Range: $157236 - $197200 Per Year

Job 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.

Major Duties:

  • You will exercise chief engineering authority and provide enterprise-level technical leadership across development, production, sustainment, and modernization of launcher subsystem hardware and associated equipment.
  • You will define and integrate engineering strategy, ensures technical integrity and safety, and leads resolution of highly complex, mission-critical issues affecting cost, schedule, and performance.
  • You will represent SSP at senior-level technical forums, provides authoritative guidance to contractors and design agents, and enforces engineering standards and acquisition policy compliance.
  • You will supervise and develop engineering personnel by integrating cross-functional efforts, influencing contract and resource decisions, and ensuring lifecycle readiness in support of sustainment, build execution, and launcher development.

Qualifications: In addition to the basic education requirement, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or NH-03 pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: as a professional engineer providing technical oversight and direction in the areas of production engineering, contract oversight, and/or technical management evaluation in order to assess and plan innovative engineering technologies, methods, and approaches for systems engineering projects and programs. 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 and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards 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: Interested Applicants must submit resumes/application packages to: Please send your resume to SPFJOBS@SSP.NAVY.MIL For questions about this flyer please call 360-396-8583. - Email subject line MUST include: Announcement Number: DE-12899816-26-JEH; Supv Aerospace Engineer - In addition, two-page resumes should NOT be sent as a link to another website, they must be a PDF or Word attachment. -We will not download an external link to access the resume, it must be an attachment. -Please DO NOT send additional attachments with Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) through unencrypted email. Please reference the control number 859371600 in any correspondence regarding this announcement. For questions about this flyer please call 360-396-8583. Facsimile applications will not be considered. All resumes/applications must be received no later than the close date of this flyer. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that all information in their resume and documents, are received, legible, and accurate. HR will not modify answers/documents submitted by an applicant. Failure to submit a complete application package will result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration.

Application Deadline: 2026-03-06