CareerPlan

Navy Action Officer (Directed Energy/Railgun) - Clearance Required

Washington D.C., DC, USFull-time2026-07-01 → 2026-11-09
On-siteSecurity clearance required

Core

Provide on-site programmatic, technical, requirements, and acquisition support to the OPNAV N96C1 Weapons Branch for Navy surface warfare weapons, combat systems, directed energy, and railgun concepts.

Role type

Senior IC program manager (defense acquisition)

Builds

Navy surface combatant capabilities, directed energy systems, and railgun modernization efforts

Domain

Defense / Naval Surface Warfare / Directed Energy & Railgun

Required skills

JCIDS, PPBE, program requirements management, cost/schedule/performance analysis, acquisition strategy, systems engineering design, tradeoff studies, budget cycle management (POM), Congressional/DoD briefing

Preferred skills

Navy surface combatant weapons experience, Resource Sponsor level expertise, Integrated Product Teams (IPT) coordination, concept of operations (CONOPS) development

Technologies

HELIOS, ODIN, JLWS, JCIDS, PPBE, NMRP, NCEA, FMS

Responsibilities

Provide program requirements management support at the Resource Sponsor level for Afloat Navy directed energy systems; Prepare briefs, outlines, and documentation to support Flag level technical and financial briefings; Monitor programs and projects to measure progress towards objectives; Assist in the development of proposals for Program Objective Memorandum (POM) budget cycles; Participate in acquisition processes to include JCIDS processing and PPBE management; Provide analysis regarding requirements and assist in the evaluation of Analysis of Alternative (AoA) reports.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC