INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEER/SCIENTIST
This listing is for an INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEER/SCIENTIST role at Naval Air Systems Command, in China Lake, California, United States. It is listed as a full-time position.
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This listing is for an INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEER/SCIENTIST role at Naval Air Systems Command, in China Lake, California, United States. It is listed as a full-time position.
The listing gives the pay as $146,632 - $197,200 per year.
The advert does not mention visa sponsorship. If you would move to United States for this job, check the official work permit route first (DGJ Insight lists it where we have it).
Dev Global Jobs found this job on USAJobs on Nov 10, 2026; applications close on Nov 16, 2026.
- Employer
- Naval Air Systems Command
- Location
- China Lake, California, United States
- Job type
- Full-time
- Pay
- $146,632 - $197,200 per year
- Found
- Nov 10, 2026 on USAJobs
- Closes
- Nov 16, 2026
- Employer text
- 345 words, about 2 min to read
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This job's listed pay is 98% 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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In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-12/13) or pay band (DP-04) in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional engineer/scientist. Specialized experience includes the following: 1.
Leading multidisciplinary teams in support of Modeling and Simulation and Verification and Validation execution to reduce technical and integration risk; 2. Developing complex system requirements and establishing technical priorities to support program execution; 3. Leading multidisciplinary teams in systems engineering, software integration, distributed simulation, test planning, laboratory operations, and related Airwing or complex weapon-system environments; 4.
Synchronizing programmatic support, including cost, schedule, performance, and technical dependencies across diverse organizations.
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 For 0801: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/general-engineering-series-0801/ For 1310: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/physics-series-1310/ For 1320: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/chemistry-series-1320/ For 1520: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/mathematics-series-1520/ For 1550: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/computer-science-series-1550/ 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 develop and execute the PMA-230 lab campaign and Modeling and Simulation-based Verification and Validation strategy, assigning objectives to lab, ground, and flight venues based on maturity, risk, and schedule.,You will establish recommended entry and exit criteria, test objectives, readiness assessments, and risk-reduction actions to support progression to subsequent test venues and designated approval authority decisions.,You will coordinate the software, hardware, mission planning, threat representation, interface, distributed simulation, and external laboratory connections required for valid laboratory execution.,You will synchronize technical dependencies, schedules, assumptions, and integration activities across PMA-230, NAWCWD, NAWCAD, other government organizations, contractors, and external laboratories.,You will develop technical priorities, laboratory requirements, and tasking recommendations to inform program office resource, contract, and laboratory planning through authorized channels.,You will provide leadership with technical status, readiness assessments, integration risks, shortfalls, mitigations, and workforce needs related to Modeling and Simulation, software integration, and Verification and Validation.
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