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MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Naval Air Systems Command · Department of the Navy

Mechanical Engineering

Salary
$105,481–$163,062/year
Grade
4
Work location
Telework eligible · Lakehurst, New Jersey
Schedule
Full-time
Posted
Oct 1, 2026
Apply by
Oct 13, 2026
Category
Mechanical Engineering

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Summary

You will serve as a MECHANICAL ENGINEER in the NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIV LKE SE & ALRE GROUP MISSION OPERATIONS & INTEGRATION DEPT ENGINEERING INTEGRATION DIVISION AIR/SHIP INTEGRATION BR of NAVAIRWARCENADLKE.

Duties

You will advise on administers, or performs professional, scientific, or technical work concerned with engineering or architectural projects.

You will provide technical advice and guidance to managers, supervisors, and sponsors on specific technical aspects of systems or concept development.

You will provide technical direction for junior engineers and technicians.

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.

How you will be evaluated

When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and application package, along with your supporting documentation to determine your ability to demonstrate the following competencies: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ORAL COMMUNICATION PROBLEM SOLVING This recruitment will utilize the following technical assessment tools: Structured Resume Review, Structured Interview. You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All eligibility, qualifications, and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

About this listing

Naval Air Systems Command has 44 open listings on the site: all telework eligible. This one is telework eligible, based in Lakehurst, New Jersey. See all Naval Air Systems Command listings, or read what fully remote and telework eligible mean.

Advertised pay is $105,481 to $163,062 a year.

This announcement is open for 12 days, from Oct 1, 2026 to Oct 13, 2026. Among currently open Mechanical Engineering postings at Naval Air Systems Command, the typical advertised window is about 92 days. As of Oct 6, 2026, it closes in 7 days.

Who can apply: federal employees eligible for career transition programs, employees of the hiring agency, veterans and 4 other groups. This announcement is not open to the general public. The announcement's "This job is open to" section has the exact eligibility rules.

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