General Engineer

General Engineer Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency Quality, Safety and Mission Assurance Summary This position is part of the Department of Defense (DoD), Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The incumbent responsible for serving as a MDA/QS Assurance Representive (MAR) and responsible for ensuring MDA Mission Assurance requirements are met the assigned company locion. This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicition utilizing the DHA for Acq Demo Business and Technical Management to recruit and appoint qualified candides to positions in the competitive service Learn more about this agency Summary This position is part of the Department of Defense (DoD), Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The incumbent responsible for serving as a MDA/QS Assurance Representive (MAR) and responsible for ensuring MDA Mission Assurance requirements are met the assigned company locion. This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicition utilizing the DHA for Acq Demo Business and Technical Management to recruit and appoint qualified candides to positions in the competitive service Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/08/2026 to 05/15/2026 Salary $146,632

• $197,200 per year (includes locality of Vandenberg AFB, CA
• 36.47% locality) unless stutory/regulory res prevail. Pay scale & grade NH 4 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Vandenberg AFB, CA Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 0801 General Engineering Supervisory stus No Security clearance Secret Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Trust determinion process Nional security Financial disclosure Yes Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

MDA-26-12951194-DH

Control number 868474400 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency All U.S. Citizens Duties Help This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicition utilizing the DHA for Acq Demo Business and Technical Management to recruit and appoint qualified candides to positions in the competitive service. As a General Engineer the

NH-0801-4

broadband level, some of your typical work assignments may include: Directs and implements stregies for quality, mission assurance, and reled programs. Provides administrive and technical support in development of MDA regulions and guidance for program execution. Advises various government offices on planning, development, and execution. Develops corpore policies and may be required to appear before panels and committees to address program-reled issues. Represents MDA/QS during supplier s to assist with the implemention of quality and mission assurance programs. Serves as technical consultant on policy mters, ensuring th all operions are uniform and in line with established procedures. Represents MDA/QS various industry events and reviewing all outgoing correspondence for technical accuracy and policy compliance. Ensures lessons learned are transmitted throughout MDA's Quality, Mission Assurance, and Assurance Integrion programs. The position is physically demanding, requiring the ability to climb ladders, lift heavy objects, and work in confined spaces. The work environment may involve exposure to chemicals and other particules, so the individual must be able to work without a respiror. Assesses root cause and corrective action plans reled to technical issues, with the goal of ensuring repetitive concerns will not occur. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S.

Citizen Occasional Travel Work Schedule:

Full-time Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigion May be required to successfully complete a probionary period

Overtime:

Occasionally Tour of Duty:

Maxi flex

Recruitment Incentives:

Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocion or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees based on agency policy and availability. Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA):

Exempt Financial Disclosure:

Required Telework Eligibility:

This position is situional telework eligible. Must obtain/maintain Non-critical Sensitive/Secret security clearance This is an acquisition position coded Practitioner in Engineering and Technical Management. Incumbent must obtain mandory Back-to-Basics (BtB) certificion within 60 months of entry into position. Incumbent must acquire 80 Continuous Learning Points every 24 months. Shall maintain an active

IPC-A-610

(solder) and

IPC/WHMA-A-620

(harness) certificion. For employees permanently assigned to a facility th Processes Printed Wiring Boards into Circuit Card Assemblies, IPC-A-600 (printed wiring boards) shall also be maintained. For new employees, this requirement shall be met within 2 years of hiring. This position is subject to an initial drug screening, and random testing thereafter. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Stement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position. Qualificions You may qualify the NH-04 Broadband Level, if you fulfill the following qualificions: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the

NH-03/GS-13

grade level in the Federal service as listed below and must meet 2 of the 4 specialized experience listed below to be qualified: Apply professional engineering principles to direct, develop, or implement Quality, Safety, or Mission Assurance programs for defense, aerospace, or space systems. Formule engineering policies, establish program criteria, and provide technical consultion to senior leadership or external stakeholders regarding acquisition, testing, or system integrion. Identify, resolve, and mitige design, production, or test deficiencies across complex technical domains (e.g., hardware manufacturing, software development, or distributed network systems). Plan, conduct, and oversee technical assessments, audits, or inspections of engineering processes, range infrastructure, or system architectures. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. In addition to meeting qualificions, your applicion package must reflect the applicable experience to meet the Individual Occupional Requirements for the 0801, series as listed below: https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/classificion-qualificions/general-schedule-qualificion-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf

Individual Occupional Requirements Basic Requirements:

A.

Degree:

Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with 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) stics, dynamics; (b) strength of merials (stress-strain relionships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nure and properties of merials (reling particle and aggrege structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, he transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. OR B. Combinion of educion and experience

• college-level educion, training, and/or technical experience th furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mhemical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applicions to one of the branches of engineering.

The adequacy of such background must be demonstred by one of the following: Professional registrion or licensure

• Current registrion as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any Ste, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.

Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registrion by means other than written test (e.g., Ste grandfher or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions th are within or closely reled to the specialty field of their registrion. For example, an applicant who tains registrion through a Ste Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be red eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. Written Test

• Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examinion or any other written test required for professional 1For more informion about EI and EIT registrion requirements, please the Nional Society of Professional Engineers website : http://www.

nspe.org. 2The FE examinion is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more informion, please : http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html. 1 registrion by an engineering licensure board in the various Stes, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Specified academic courses

• Successful completion of least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mhemical, and engineering sciences and th 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. Reled curriculum
• Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an approprie scientific field, e.

g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mhemics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had 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 reled curricula are not all inclusive.)

NOTE:

Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being red ineligible for this position. All merials must be submitted by the closing de of the announcement. Educion Substitution of educion may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level. All merials must be submitted by the closing de of the announcement.

FOREIGN EDUCATION

If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show th the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. For further informion, : https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/internional/usnei/us/edlite-us-forrecog.html Additional informion

RE-EMPLOYED ANNUITANT

This position

DOES NOT

meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found : https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf . All applicants must meet qualificions and eligibility criteria by the closing de of the announcement. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see Who Needs to Register |

Selective Service System :

Selective Service System (sss.gov) ) A negive drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the Entrance on Duty. The selectee's inability to successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in 1) the tentive or final job offer being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. We will review your resume and supporting documents, to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. We will evalue each applicant who meets the basic qualificions on the informion provided and evalue your relevant work experiences as it reles to fundamental competencies, identified below, required for this position. Traditional ring and ranking of applicions does not apply to this vacancy. Your applicion (resume and supporting documention) evalued to determine if you meet the minimum qualificions required as listed on the announcement under qualificion requirements.

Veterans Preference :

If you are entitled to veterans preference, you should indice the type of veterans' preference you are claiming on your resume. Your veterans' preference entitlement verified by the employing agency. For informion on entitlement see http://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/vetpref/index.aspx Appointment of Military Spouses (5 CFR 315.612) (NonComp Mil Sp): To receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the " Appointment of Military Spouses (5 CFR 315.612) (NonComp Mil Sp)" eligibility. If you are claiming Military Spouse eligibility and are determined to be Well Qualified (score of 85 or above) for the position, you referred to the hiring manager. Informion and required documention for claiming Military Spouse eligibility may be found the General Applicant Informion and Definitions link below. Appointment of Department of Defense Spouses (NonComp Civ Sp): Are you the spouse of a current Department of Defense, Department of Ste, or intelligence community employee who is being transferred in the interest of the Government from one official stion within the Department to another within the Department for permanent duty.

Supporting Documention:

You are required to submit proof of marriage AND permanent change of stion (PCS) orders: spouse's PCS orders (showing you as a dependent) and/or copy of marriage certifice. If you are a current or previous Federal employee, please include your most recent SF-50. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstement, etc.). Your complete applicion includes your

COMPLETE

resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. The following documents are

REQUIRED 1.

Your resume: All applicants are required to submit a resume limited to two (2) pages showing all relevant experience. Your resume must address your qualificions for the position, and it may not exceed two (2) pages. Your 2-page (or less) resume must be in PDF form, with no smaller than a 0.5" margin and no smaller than a 10-point font. If you submit a resume th exceeds the two-page limit and/or does not meet the margin or font limitions sted herein, you will immediely be deemed ineligible for this position and removed from further considerion. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center

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Transcripts:

This position has a degree or educion requirement so you are required to submit a copy of your transcript. We accept unofficial transcripts, as long as they contain your name, the name of the school, the de and degree th was awarded, and the list of classes and credits earned. 3 . SF50 It is recommended th all current and former civilian Federal employees submit a copy of your

MOST RECENT SF50

(Notificion of Personnel Action) showing your tenure, grade and step, salary, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive); or similar Notificion of Personnel Action documention, i.e., Transcript of Service, Form 1150, etc.

PLEASE REVIEW THE BELOW LINK FOR OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

needed for proof of eligibility: https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DODCustomersRequiredSupportingDocumention.pdf ? If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.

NOTE:

Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12951194 Please review the

General Applicion Informion and Definitions :

https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DoDGenAppInfo%2012-1-2020.pdf?ver=ECNbdsHtGilTd3OENN4A0Q%3d%3d Agency contact informion MDA Servicing Team Phone 614-693-1299 Fax 6146931696 DHRC-DMDAHR@DLA.MIL Address Missile Defense Agency Bldg 5222 Martin Rd Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898 US Next steps A list of qualified applicants creed and sent to the selecting official. All applicants reviewed and/or referred will receive a notificion letter. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision.

REGARDING INTERVIEWS

Interviews may be required for this position. Accommodions may be made to conduct telephonic interviews to preclude travel hardships for applicants.

NOTE:

Declining to be interviewed or failure to report for a scheduled interview considered as a declinion for further considerion for employment against this vacancy. This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstement, etc.). Your complete applicion includes your

COMPLETE

resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. The following documents are

REQUIRED 1.

Your resume: All applicants are required to submit a resume limited to two (2) pages showing all relevant experience. Your resume must address your qualificions for the position, and it may not exceed two (2) pages. Your 2-page (or less) resume must be in PDF form, with no smaller than a 0.5" margin and no smaller than a 10-point font. If you submit a resume th exceeds the two-page limit and/or does not meet the margin or font limitions sted herein, you will immediely be deemed ineligible for this position and removed from further considerion. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center

• How do I write a resume for a federal job?

The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. 2.

Transcripts:

This position has a degree or educion requirement so you are required to submit a copy of your transcript. We accept unofficial transcripts, as long as they contain your name, the name of the school, the de and degree th was awarded, and the list of classes and credits earned. 3 . SF50 It is recommended th all current and former civilian Federal employees submit a copy of your

MOST RECENT SF50

(Notificion of Personnel Action) showing your tenure, grade and step, salary, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive); or similar Notificion of Personnel Action documention, i.e., Transcript of Service, Form 1150, etc.

PLEASE REVIEW THE BELOW LINK FOR OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

needed for proof of eligibility: https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DODCustomersRequiredSupportingDocumention.pdf ? If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.

NOTE:

Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12951194 Please review the

General Applicion Informion and Definitions :

https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DoDGenAppInfo%2012-1-2020.pdf?ver=ECNbdsHtGilTd3OENN4A0Q%3d%3d Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion MDA Servicing Team Phone 614-693-1299 Fax 6146931696 DHRC-DMDAHR@DLA.MIL Address Missile Defense Agency Bldg 5222 Martin Rd Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898 US Next steps A list of qualified applicants creed and sent to the selecting official. All applicants reviewed and/or referred will receive a notificion letter. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision.

REGARDING INTERVIEWS

Interviews may be required for this position. Accommodions may be made to conduct telephonic interviews to preclude travel hardships for applicants.

NOTE:

Declining to be interviewed or failure to report for a scheduled interview considered as a declinion for further considerion for employment against this vacancy. This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/08/2026 to 05/15/2026 Salary $146,632

• $197,200 per year (includes locality of Vandenberg AFB, CA
• 36.47% locality) unless stutory/regulory res prevail. Pay scale & grade NH 4 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Vandenberg AFB, CA Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

MDA-26-12951194-DH

Control number 868474400