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The United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado is searching for a General Engineer (NH-0801-03, GS 12/13 equivalent).
Description:
Join our team as a General Engineer and become a key player in pioneering, developing, and delivering sustainable Space Domain Awareness joint warfighting capabilities. You will be instrumental in defending the nation and its allies by directing and supporting sustainment programs for critical radars, optical sensors, software, and platforms. As a General Engineer, you will be responsible for a broad range of multidisciplinary engineering, with a focus on managing sustainment issues, system enhancements, and test and evaluation efforts for assigned programs. Applying your expert knowledge, you will solve complex problems, analyze project findings, and guide the work of your team. This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive, forward-thinking individual who is passionate about making a difference in Space Domain Awareness across a diverse range of technical systems.
The ideal candidate is an engineer with significant hands-on experience in Test and Evaluation (T&E) for space sustainment programs within the aerospace or defense sector. This individual has a proven ability to plan, organize, and execute complex, multidisciplinary engineering test projects from start to finish. Adept at applying systems engineering principles throughout the test lifecycle, they excel at analyzing test data to manage program risk and assess system reliability and readiness. A key part of this role involves authoring detailed technical documentation-such as test plans and engineering reports-and effectively presenting technical findings to peers and leadership. Grounded in a deep knowledge of advanced engineering theories and relevant industry standards, the candidate must also be capable of obtaining and maintaining the required security clearance.
Key Skills and Abilities:
1. Knowledge of a wide range of professional engineering concepts, principles, practices, standards, methods, techniques, materials, and equipment to effectively apply advanced multidisciplinary engineering theories and concepts to test and evaluation activities and advisory services.
2. Knowledge of advanced system/item development testing and evaluation sufficient to apply experimental theories and/or new applications to issues and provide technical advice and direction in support of test activities.
3. Knowledge of the principles of system engineering and program management to ensure system requirements, interfaces, capabilities, and program factors are considered in planning, monitoring, and reviewing tests and test results.
4. Knowledge of security guidelines, safety issues, and relevant government and industry standards, regulations, practices, and procedures.
5. Skill in negotiating and/or defending test results, test program concepts, and in communicating clearly, concisely, and with technical accuracy, both orally and in writing.
6. Ability to execute projects and/or studies within established financial and/or time constraints; together, assemble, analyze facts, form conclusions, devise and recommend solutions to problems; and work in a professional manner with peers, management, contractors, academia, and other agencies.
Requirements
Conditions of employment
The 0801 series has an individual occupational requirement that must be met and can be viewed . In addition to the above requirements, you can view the experience level requirements . Please scroll down to the 4th section titled Professional and Scientific Positions.
Additional information
Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click for more information.
is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click .
The United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado is searching for a General Engineer (NH-0801-03, GS 12/13 equivalent).
Description:
Join our team as a General Engineer and become a key player in pioneering, developing, and delivering sustainable Space Domain Awareness joint warfighting capabilities. You will be instrumental in defending the nation and its allies by directing and supporting sustainment programs for critical radars, optical sensors, software, and platforms. As a General Engineer, you will be responsible for a broad range of multidisciplinary engineering, with a focus on managing sustainment issues, system enhancements, and test and evaluation efforts for assigned programs. Applying your expert knowledge, you will solve complex problems, analyze project findings, and guide the work of your team. This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive, forward-thinking individual who is passionate about making a difference in Space Domain Awareness across a diverse range of technical systems.
The ideal candidate is an engineer with significant hands-on experience in Test and Evaluation (T&E) for space sustainment programs within the aerospace or defense sector. This individual has a proven ability to plan, organize, and execute complex, multidisciplinary engineering test projects from start to finish. Adept at applying systems engineering principles throughout the test lifecycle, they excel at analyzing test data to manage program risk and assess system reliability and readiness. A key part of this role involves authoring detailed technical documentation-such as test plans and engineering reports-and effectively presenting technical findings to peers and leadership. Grounded in a deep knowledge of advanced engineering theories and relevant industry standards, the candidate must also be capable of obtaining and maintaining the required security clearance.
Key Skills and Abilities:
1. Knowledge of a wide range of professional engineering concepts, principles, practices, standards, methods, techniques, materials, and equipment to effectively apply advanced multidisciplinary engineering theories and concepts to test and evaluation activities and advisory services.
2. Knowledge of advanced system/item development testing and evaluation sufficient to apply experimental theories and/or new applications to issues and provide technical advice and direction in support of test activities.
3. Knowledge of the principles of system engineering and program management to ensure system requirements, interfaces, capabilities, and program factors are considered in planning, monitoring, and reviewing tests and test results.
4. Knowledge of security guidelines, safety issues, and relevant government and industry standards, regulations, practices, and procedures.
5. Skill in negotiating and/or defending test results, test program concepts, and in communicating clearly, concisely, and with technical accuracy, both orally and in writing.
6. Ability to execute projects and/or studies within established financial and/or time constraints; together, assemble, analyze facts, form conclusions, devise and recommend solutions to problems; and work in a professional manner with peers, management, contractors, academia, and other agencies.
Requirements
Conditions of employment
- U.S. Citizenship Required
- Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed "Unscheduled Telework".
- PCS is not authorized. Incentive is not authorized.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
- Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise; must obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance for the position.
- A professional engineering degree at the bachelor's level from an ABET accredited institution in (specific discipline of position) or a closely related field is required.
- Employee may be required to work extended or other than normal duty hours to include evenings and weekends and may be subject to recall.
- Incumbent may be required to report to work during base exercises, contingencies, or emergency situations and overtime/comp time/credit hours may be required to accomplish assigned duties.
- This position is designated a NON-CRITICAL APDP position.
- Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period.
- Upon completion of your probationary/trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- Employee must within 30-days of assuming this position and by 31 October annually thereafter, file an OGE-450, "Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.
- Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 20 days per year.
- Employee may be required to perform travel by military or commercial passenger aircraft in the performance of temporary duty assignments.
- This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.
The 0801 series has an individual occupational requirement that must be met and can be viewed . In addition to the above requirements, you can view the experience level requirements . Please scroll down to the 4th section titled Professional and Scientific Positions.
Additional information
Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click for more information.
is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click .
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