General Engineer

General Engineer Department of Defense Office of Inspector General Evaluions Summary This position is loced within the Deputy Inspector General for Evaluions, Space, Intelligence, Engineering Oversight Directore. In this position, you will perform broad and complex oversight of engineering assessments, evaluions, or inspections of technical programs, policies, procedures, and function as a member of the Research & Engineering Division. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced within the Deputy Inspector General for Evaluions, Space, Intelligence, Engineering Oversight Directore. In this position, you will perform broad and complex oversight of engineering assessments, evaluions, or inspections of technical programs, policies, procedures, and function as a member of the Research & Engineering Division. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/14/2026 to 05/21/2026 Salary $121,785

• $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Alexandria, VA 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 13 Job family (Series) 0801 General Engineering Supervisory stus No Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Special-Sensitive (SS)/High Risk Trust determinion process Nional security Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

IG-26-12961272-EVAL-DHA

Control number 869304600 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. Veteran's Preference does NOT apply. Duties Help Applies engineering concepts and principles in the assessment of complex DoW weapons systems and facilities for the purposes of oversight reporting and recommendions. Demonstres and applies DoW Acquisition System knowledge and best practices engineering standards, and compliance, engineering, acquisition, and critical thinking skills to the assessment of complex DoW weapons systems and facilities. Participes, as part of a collaborive team, or leads technical evaluions or assessments to provide technical insight and perspective in written products and formal reports based on multiple engineering disciplines. Actively participes and contributes to the research, planning, and execution of evaluion projects, and preparion of written products to support the evaluion or assessment of complex DoW weapon systems or facilities oversight reporting. Develops high-quality written products, work papers, and reports essential to the oversight of weapons systems and facilities throughout the acquisition lifecycle using established standards, criteria, and multi-disciplined engineering practices. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S Citizen or Nional Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or be exempt from Selective Service (see http://www.sss.gov). This nional security position, which may require access to classified informion, requires a favorable suitability review and security clearance as a condition of employment. Failure to maintain security eligibility may result in terminion. Incumbent is required to submit to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment, and is subject to random drug testing for the durion of service with DoW OIG. Position has been designed as Special Critical Sensitive. Incumbent is required to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Informion. The incumbent must adhere to the DoW Standards of Conduct.

Qualificions 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), 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 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.)

Specialized Experience:

Applicants must have least 52 weeks of specialized experience the GS-12 or equivalent level. Specialized experience is defined as experience in one or more STEM disciplines, such as: Cybersecurity, Electronic Warfare, Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Civil Engineering, Environment Engineering, Computer Science, and Chemical Engineering. Experience supporting engineering and technical reviews, assessments, or evaluions of acquisition programs, weapon systems, supporting infrastructure, or other critical DoW systems. Ability to demonstre critical thinking in the analysis of collected da for oral and written presentions and reports. Demonstred writing proficiency through the use of highly effective and high-quality written products or reports with knowledge of and experience in engineering concepts, principles, techniques, and practices. Experienced in technical reviews providing input towards decision-making. This position is announced under the OPM Government-Wide Scientific, Technical, Engineering and Mhemics (STEM) Direct Hire Authority, which is a special hiring authority for certain STEM positions for grades GS 11

• 15.

Under the STEM Direct-Hire Authority, veterans' preference and traditional ring and ranking of applicants including cegory ring does not apply to positions filled under this announcement. All applicants who meet the minimum qualificion requirements forwarded to the selecting official for considerion. For more informion on OPM's authorizion of Direct Hire Authority, please : https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/hiring-informion/direct-hire-authority/#url=Governmentwide-Authority You must meet the minimum qualificion requirements as sted in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Opering Manual, Qualificion Standards for

General Schedule Positions:

https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/classificion-qualificions/general-schedule-qualificion-standards/#url=0800-ndx and the

Individual Occupional Requirements:

https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/classificion-qualificions/general-schedule-qualificion-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf 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 to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience. Only experience and/or educion obtained by the closing de of this announcement Educion There is no substitution of educion for the qualifying experience the GS-13 grade level.

USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY

You MUST provide unofficial transcripts or other documention to support your educional claims.

Unless otherwise sted:

(1) unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All merials must be submitted by the closing de of the announcement.

PASS/FAIL COURSES

If more th 10 percent of your undergradue course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

GRADUATE EDUCATION

One academic year of gradue educion is considered to be the number of credits hours your gradue school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your gradue school's definition of one year of gradue study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as sisfying the requirement for one year of full-time gradue study.

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 specialized 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, : http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/internional/usnei/us/edlite-us-forrecog.html. Additional informion Incumbent required to serve a one-year probionary period. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies within 90 calendar days of the initial issue de of the referral list. Position(s) may be filled by displaced Department of War (DoW) employees through the Priority Placement Program. Recruitment Incentive will notbe authorized the discretion of the Hiring Official. Relocion allowance will notbe authorized. PCS expenses will notbe paid. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 make certain reimbursements/payments taxable. For informion on these changes and the Relocion Income Tax Allowance (RITA), for which some appointees are eligible, click here . Telework availability based upon the mission requirements and supervisory determinion. Veteran's Preference does NOT apply. These positions are announced under DoW Direct Hire Authority (5 U.S.C. 9905 section 1109;

PL, 116-92

).

Retired Civil Service Employee:

Employment of retired Federal employees receiving an annuity is subject to the requirements of the Department of War (DoW) policy guidance. (See DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 300 .)

Retired/Retiring Veterans :

Please be aware th there is a 180-Day Restriction on Department of War (DoW) Employment of Military Retirees. A retired member of the Armed Forces may not be appointed to a civilian position in the DoW within 180 days after retirement unless the agency requests and is granted a waiver; the position is authorized special pay under 5 U.S.C. 3505; or a ste of nional emergency exists. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP)

Priority Considerion:

DOES NOT APPLY FOR DHA VACANCIES.

Resume:

DO NOT include the following informion: Classified or government sensitive informion; social security number; photos of yourself; personal informion, such as age, sex, religious affiliion, etc.; or encrypted and digitally signed documents. Read more about wh you should leave out of your resume USAJOBS . Pay for first time hires to the Federal Government will typically be set step 1 salary range for their respective grade level. 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. Once the applicion process is complete, a review of your resume and supporting documention made to determine if you are qualified for this job. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring. All qualified candides evalued on the following competencies: Engineering and Technology Project Management Technical Competence Writing You can preview the Assessment Questionnaire here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12961272

Direct Hire Authority:

These positions filled through the Office of Personnel Management's Direct Hire Authority or Department of War's Direct Hire Authority which is upded in the NDAA each budget cycle. Cegory ring and veterans' preference will not be considered in evaluing applicants. For more informion on Direct Hire Authority, please see: OPM Direct Hire Fact Sheet or check out the Department of War's Direct Hire Authority here . Criminal History Inquiries

• If you apply to this position and are selected, we will not ask about your criminal history before you receive a conditional job offer.

If you believe you were asked about your criminal history improperly, contact the agency @ dfas.indianapolis-in.zh.mbx.ssc-cc@mail.mil 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 You must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes the following required documents. Due to space limitions, please check the Additional Informion section for more informion on select required documents.

Resume :

Your resume showing relevant experience should include your name and contact informion in addition to the following for proper determinion to be made: where you worked, job title, series and grade, if applicable, duties and accomplishments for each position, employer's name and address, supervisor's name and phone number, starting and end des (Mo/Yr), hours per week and salary. Missing relevant informion could result in a non-qualificion determinion.

PLEASE NOTE

: A two-page maximum resume is required. Applicant guidance on the two-page resume requirement may be found : Learn more about the new resume requirements . (cover letter optional).

Complete Assessment Questionnaire:

Your resume must describe the quality of work in response to the occupional self-assessment questionnaire as they genere your numerical ring. Transcripts and/or

Certificions:

If this position has a positive educion requirement or you are using your educion to qualify, you must submit a copy of your unofficial transcripts. All applicants to include current DoW OIG agency employees , must provide transcripts with their applicion and/or certificions in your resume. If you are not yet gradued, please provide a letter or e-mail (most students obtain this from their advisor or registrar's office) showing your anticiped graduion de. 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 provide a complete Applicion Package. See required documents above. Click 'Apply Online' to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. 1. Follow the prompts to complete the assessment questionnaire and upload required documents. 2. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button to submit your applicion. 3. Check applicion stus by logging into your USAJOBS account, clicking Applicion Stus, then More Informion for this position. Return to an incomplete applicion by logging into your USAJOBS account and clicking Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and other documents from your USAJOBS account, or your applicion incomplete. If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternive applicion which is available from the Human Resources Office. Please contact Erik Szpilka 380-383-3147 or erik.r.szpilka.civ@dodig.mil~ to obtain an alternive applicion. Agency contact informion Erik Szpilka Phone 380-383-3147 erik.r.szpilka.civ@dodig.mil Address DoD OIG

• EVALUATIONS 4800 Mark Center Drive Alexandria, VA 22350 US Next steps The occupional questionnaire and the resume th you submit used to assess your qualificions for the job, and to identify the best qualified applicants to be referred to the hiring manager for further considerion.

We will notify you of the outcome after each of these steps has been completed. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion. All informion included in the resume and Occupional Questionnaire is subject to review and verificion. HR will review your resume and supporting documention to ensure you meet the minimum qualificion requirements. Applicants meeting the minimum requirements further evalued by informion provided in the Occupional Questionnaire. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documention, a determinion is made th you have misrepresented your qualificions and/or experience, you may lose considerion for this position and, if you're already an employee, you may be subject to disciplinary action up to and including removal from Federal service. 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 You must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes the following required documents. Due to space limitions, please check the Additional Informion section for more informion on select required documents.

Resume :

Your resume showing relevant experience should include your name and contact informion in addition to the following for proper determinion to be made: where you worked, job title, series and grade, if applicable, duties and accomplishments for each position, employer's name and address, supervisor's name and phone number, starting and end des (Mo/Yr), hours per week and salary. Missing relevant informion could result in a non-qualificion determinion.

PLEASE NOTE

: A two-page maximum resume is required. Applicant guidance on the two-page resume requirement may be found : Learn more about the new resume requirements . (cover letter optional).

Complete Assessment Questionnaire:

Your resume must describe the quality of work in response to the occupional self-assessment questionnaire as they genere your numerical ring. Transcripts and/or

Certificions:

If this position has a positive educion requirement or you are using your educion to qualify, you must submit a copy of your unofficial transcripts. All applicants to include current DoW OIG agency employees , must provide transcripts with their applicion and/or certificions in your resume. If you are not yet gradued, please provide a letter or e-mail (most students obtain this from their advisor or registrar's office) showing your anticiped graduion de. 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 provide a complete Applicion Package. See required documents above. Click 'Apply Online' to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. 1. Follow the prompts to complete the assessment questionnaire and upload required documents. 2. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button to submit your applicion. 3. Check applicion stus by logging into your USAJOBS account, clicking Applicion Stus, then More Informion for this position. Return to an incomplete applicion by logging into your USAJOBS account and clicking Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and other documents from your USAJOBS account, or your applicion incomplete. If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternive applicion which is available from the Human Resources Office. Please contact Erik Szpilka 380-383-3147 or erik.r.szpilka.civ@dodig.mil~ to obtain an alternive applicion. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Erik Szpilka Phone 380-383-3147 erik.r.szpilka.civ@dodig.mil Address DoD OIG

• EVALUATIONS 4800 Mark Center Drive Alexandria, VA 22350 US Next steps The occupional questionnaire and the resume th you submit used to assess your qualificions for the job, and to identify the best qualified applicants to be referred to the hiring manager for further considerion.

We will notify you of the outcome after each of these steps has been completed. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion. All informion included in the resume and Occupional Questionnaire is subject to review and verificion. HR will review your resume and supporting documention to ensure you meet the minimum qualificion requirements. Applicants meeting the minimum requirements further evalued by informion provided in the Occupional Questionnaire. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documention, a determinion is made th you have misrepresented your qualificions and/or experience, you may lose considerion for this position and, if you're already an employee, you may be subject to disciplinary action up to and including removal from Federal service. 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 05/14/2026 to 05/21/2026 Salary $121,785

• $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Alexandria, VA 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 13 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

IG-26-12961272-EVAL-DHA

Control number 869304600