NAVAL ARCHITECT
Naval Sea Systems Command is hiring for the position of NAVAL ARCHITECT in Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia, United States. It is listed as a full-time position.
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Naval Sea Systems Command is hiring for the position of NAVAL ARCHITECT in Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia, United States. It is listed as a full-time position.
The advert names procurement as a skill for this role.
The listing gives the pay as $143,913 - $197,200 per year.
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Dev Global Jobs found this job on USAJobs on Nov 5, 2026; applications close on Nov 13, 2026.
- Employer
- Naval Sea Systems Command
- Location
- Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia, United States
- Job type
- Full-time
- Pay
- $143,913 - $197,200 per year
- Found
- Nov 5, 2026 on USAJobs
- Closes
- Nov 13, 2026
- Employer text
- 292 words, about 1 min to read
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This job's listed pay is 96% above the benchmark.
Source: OECD Average annual wages, 2025
- H-1B specialty occupation: Employer petition, bachelor's degree or higher in the specialty; annual cap and lottery
- L-1 intracompany transferee: Employees of a related company abroad transferring to a US office
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About the role
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Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower pay band, NH-03 (GS-13 Equivalent), in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as professional engineer evaluating and incorporating the latest developments in naval structural engineering into technical plans, proposals, and specifications governing subsequent systems design, development, production, procurement, and utilization pertaining to naval ships.
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/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf 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.
You will plan and manage the development and application of navy platform structural requirements, characterizations, predictions and performance assessments for in-service and new acquisition programs and their structural issues as directed.,You will plan and oversee the execution of performance, risk, and affordability tradeoffs for high priority and high visibility structures-related design and Research and Development efforts.,You will coordinate and advocate for program funds needed to provide field activity and contractor technical support to help execute structural reviews and assessments.,You will develop and maintain Navy technical standards concerning ship structural integrity designs and assessments.,You will execute independent technical evaluations and review of structural design requirements, specifications, system designs and analyses, design criteria, design products, design waivers, risk assessments and life cycle engineering efforts.,You will assess the potential of proposed structural work to correct current or projected naval structural integrity deficiencies.,You will resolve controversial or highly complex naval structural integrity problems not susceptible to standard treatment, and apply new theories and new technical developments.
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