Materials Engineer; Register Security Clearance
Job in
Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County, Virginia, 22060, USA
Listed on 2026-06-25
Listing for:
Department of Defense
Contract
position Listed on 2026-06-25
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Environmental Engineer, Systems Engineer, Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Duties
* Develops comprehensive documents required to advance acquisition of strategic and critical materials mitigation products.
* Develops services, including Statements of Work (SOW), Performance Work Statements (PWS), Statements of Objectives (SOO), and Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCE).
* Provides technical support to acquisition staff during solicitation, proposal, evaluation, negotiation, and post-award proceedings.
* Develops guidelines evaluating the parameters of products and services required to support acquisition, operations, and sales activities.
* Anticipates requirements and provides supporting technical information (specifications, standards, Materiel Safety Data Sheets) for long-range and ad hoc commodity testing projects.
* Assists with evaluation of the technical merits of customer quality complaints, providing recommendations for solutions.
* Serves as Program Manager on material projects and processes for acquisition, disposal, and upgrade.
* Collaborates with other Directorates, Government agencies, and industries. Requirements Conditions of employment
* Must be a U.S. citizen
* Tour of Duty:
Flexible (https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).)
* Security Requirements:
Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access
* Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
* Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA):
Exempt
* Selective Service Requirement:
Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
* Recruitment
Incentives:
Not Authorized
* Bargaining Unit Status:
No
* Pre-Employment Physical:
Not Required
* Selectees are required to have a REAL other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities. See https:// more information.
* Financial Filing:
Required
* This is a Mission Essential (ME) position. The incumbent may be required to report to work in the event of a natural disaster, inclement weather, or crisis.
* You will be a Mission Essential employee. This requires you to work during an emergency to ensure continuation of essential functions. You may be required to work at the designated duty location, a telework site, or an alternate location/facility.
* This position and any future selections from this announcement may be used to fill various shifts located within DLA Strategic Materials in Fort Belvoir, VA.
* Defense Acquisition Workforce position. Must complete DoD certification and other requirements. See Addtl Info. Qualifications To qualify for a Materials Engineer, your resume and supporting documentation must support:
A. Basic Requirement: A bachelor's degree or higher in professional engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; 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. OR A 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 professional 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:
* Professional Registration or Licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), 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.
* Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional…
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