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Supervisory General Engineer-Direct Hire Authority

Air Force Materiel Command
Arnold, TN Full Time
POSTED ON 11/27/2025 CLOSED ON 12/26/2025

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Veterans' preference does not apply to DHA recruitment.

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The primary purpose of this position is to serve as first level supervisor, providing planning, directing, organizing and exercising control over employees assigned to Aeropropulsion, Aerothermal and Analysis.

Duties

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  • Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities at least 25%. Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets and adjust short/long term priorities, and prepares schedules for completion of work
  • Plan, organize and direct activities of the organization, ensuring that engineering work complies with legal and regulatory requirements and goals and objectives that intergrate organization and engineering objectives
  • Perform multidisciplinary professional engineering work
  • Represent the organization with a variety of installation and functional area organizations

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • U.S. Citizenship is required
  • Males must be registered for Selective Service, see Legal and Regulatory Guidance
  • If authorized, PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at: ;/li>
  • This posn is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
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  • Obtain and maintain Top Secret security clearance
  • A professional engineering degree at the bachelor's level from an ABET accredited institution in engineering or a closely related field is required
  • This is a designated drug testing position
  • Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft.
  • Shift work and emergency overtime may be required
  • Disclosure of Political Appointments
  • All federal employees are required to have direct deposit.
  • This announcement may result in a 120-day register that may be used to fill like vacancies for 120 days after the closing date. Applicants may be referred for consideration as vacancies occur.
  • This position has been designated as a Non-Critical Acquisition Position. Category- Test and Evaluation. Level 2- Practitioner and is covered by the Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP).
  • The employee must meet or be capable of achieving the APDP certification designated on the position description within the defined grace period for that certification level after assignment.
  • Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise
  • Position requires a professional engineering degree at the bachelor's level from an ABET accredited institutions is required. Advance degree

Qualifications

Basic Requirements for 0801: Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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. NOTE: YOU MUST SUBMIT TRANSCRIPTS.

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B. Combination of education and experience college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:1. Professional registration or licensure Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT) 1, 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 example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.2. Written Test Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) 2examination 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.3. Specified academic courses Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A.4. Related curriculum 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 1 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all inclusive.) Note: An applicant who meets the basic requirements as specified in A or B above, except as noted under B.1., may qualify for positions in any branch of engineering unless selective factors indicate otherwise.

NOTE: YOU MUST SUBMIT TRANSCRIPTS.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE
: Applicants must have at least 1 year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the next lower broadband NH-02, equivalent to the next lower grade GS-11 or equivalent in other pay systems. Specialized experience is encompassing a range of engineering tasks that draw on electronics, mechanical, aerospace, and other fields to satisfy customer needs and involves utilizing emerging technologies and business practices to devise effective solutions, performing analyses through systematic methods, and overseeing projects/test planning expertise to meet business and technical objectives. NOTE: Due to the use of 120-day rosters, this period of experience may be completed within 120 days of the closing date of this announcement.

Ideal Candidate:

5 years of experience leading technical teams in solving complex engineering challenges desired

5 years of experience in ground Test & Evaluation and/or development of high speed airbreathing propulsion systems desired

2 years of experience in Project Management desired, to include allocating, advising & prioritizing resources

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of know

ledge, skill, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: and appraise the staff of an organization

1. Knowledge of the theories, concepts, principles, practices, standards, methods, technical, and materials multidisciplinary professional engineering to effective apply engineering theories, principles and concepts to areas of responsibility

2. Knowledge of the principles of planning, program management, and standard acquisition regulations, practices and procedures

3. Knowledge of safety, security, personnel management, EEO regulations, practices and procedures

4. Ability to plan, organize, and direct the functions and mentor, motivate

5. Ability to research, evaluate, interpret, and apply rules, regulations and procedures to a variety of situations and to recommend timely and economical solutions

6. Ability to communicate clearly, concisely and with technical accuracy, both orally and in writing, as well as work in a professional manner wit peers, management, contractors, academia, and other agencies

Education

ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? If position has a positive degree requirement or education forms the basis for qualifications, you MUST submit transcriptswith the application. Official transcripts are not required at the time of application; however, if position has a positive degree requirement, qualifying based on education alone or in combination with experience; transcripts must be verified prior to appointment. An accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education must accredit education. Click here to check accreditation.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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