Marine Energy Ocean Engineer

over 1 year ago
Full time role
$80k-$110k/Year
Washington, DC, US... more
Washington, DC, US... more

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BGS supporting the U.S. Department of Energy’s, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) to support our nation’s clean ...

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Job Description

Boston Government Services has an open Marine Energy Ocean Engineer Position.

BGS is an engineering, technology, and security firm helping to advance missions of national importance for government programs, national laboratories, national security facilities, nuclear operations, and complex projects. We support clients at every stage, from strategic planning and program management to the execution of engineering and technical activities. We work to attract and retain the best talent because the best talent delivers the best results for our clients. Our capabilities are based on our experience in complex, secure, and highly regulated environments. We leverage our experience and capabilities to provide mission-driven solutions tuned to our client’s mission needs and strategic direction.

This position will help directly support the Department of Energy’s (DOE) office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) marine energy foundational R&D portfolio. Information on the Foundational R&D portfolio can be found in the WPTO Multiyear Program Plan (MYPP) found here (https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2022-03/wpto-mypp-2022-1.pdf), beginning on page 93. This position involves activities, including, but not limited to, Funding Opportunity Announcements, project management, and technical support for competitively selected cooperative agreements. Support involves daily interactions with internal parties such as legal, contracting, NEPA, and communications, as well as external communication with project recipients in academia, private industry, and National Laboratories.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Review Marine Energy research projects to date in controls, codesign, and numerical modeling to Technical and engineering analysis:
    • Be a merit reviewer evaluating engineering and programmatic strengths and weaknesses.
    • Support design reviews and go no go reviews of funded R&D projects.
    • Review and evaluate deliverables from R&D projects the WPTO has funded.
  • Manage R&D projects, including awards with industry, the national labs, and academia.
  • Support marine energy strategy development.
  • Support writing technical descriptions for funding opportunity topic area.
  • Communicating complex technical concepts to both highly technical audiences as well as general management audiences.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Ocean Engineering
  • 10 plus years of industry experience applying electrical or mechanical, or ocean engineering
  • Hands-on engineering R&D experience
  • Hands-on R&D testing experience
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance
  • Successful drug screening.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience in commercializing an engineering product or technology.
  • Experience in:
    • electrical generation.
    • ocean and marine systems.
    • renewable energy generation.
    • Wave tank testing.
  • Coursework or experience in ocean wave mechanics.
  • Familiarity with PRIMRE.org contents and some of the software in the PRIMRE.org code catalog https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Code_Catalog.
  • Experience conducting cost estimation, cost realism evaluation and generating cost rough order of magnitudes (ROMs).

Salary Range: $80-110,000

Boston Government Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

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