The United States Space Force (USSF) at Peterson Space Force Base is searching for a Force Design Branch Chief, Missile Warning, Tracking, and Defense (MWTD) (NH-0801-03, GS-12/13 equivalent).
Description:
We're looking for a Force Design Branch Chief for the Missile Warning, Tracking, and Defense (MWTD) Division of the Space Warfighting Analysis Center's (SWAC) Multi-Domain Sensing Program (MDSP). This person will lead a fast-paced, high-visibility, multi-disciplined team of government, contractor, and Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) members to directly shape the future of the Space Force and advise senior leader decision makers across USSF, DAF, and OSD. This position will direct modeling, simulation, and analysis activities to identify candidate remote sensing space and ground architecture alternatives and evaluate their performance, resiliency, and affordability to create recommendations for future systems. This will require collaboration and coordination across the DoD, intelligence community (IC), other government agencies, defense industry partners, and potentially Allied defense partners to develop authoritative Force Design recommendations for space-based MWTD capabilities that satisfy joint force mission needs.
Ideal Candidate:
- Graduate degree in engineering, computer science, physics, remote sensing, space operations, or related technical field is required.
- Current TS//SCI or current single scope background investigation is required.
- Consent to polygraph is required.
- Experience with space-based overhead persistent infrared (OPIR) capabilities and the application of the capabilities to DoD weapon systems is required.
- Experience with force design, analysis of alternatives, modeling, simulation, analysis to include parametric assessments, scenario-based simulation, and cost assessment is highly desired.
- Ability to guide technical teams to develop and assess remote sensing alternates for DoD missions is highly desired.
- Experience leading multi-disciplinary, highly technical, teams is desired.
- Familiarity with Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) is desired.
- Experience briefing highly technical topics to senior leaders is desired.
- Experience writing, reviewing, and editing technical reports and briefings desired.
- Current (within 5 years) CI polygraph desired.
Key Skills and Abilities:
1: Experience applying space systems engineering concepts, principles, practices, standards, methods, techniques, materials, and equipment to effectively apply advanced engineering theories, principles, and concepts to space system capabilities and architecture definitions.
2: Experience with development engineering methodologies sufficient to apply experimental theories and/or new applications to issues and provide technical advice and direction in support of weapon systems, subsystems, and/or support equipment.
3: Knowledge of systems engineering practices and procedures as they pertain to concept development, trade space exploration, modeling and simulation methods, performance and cost evaluation, and resiliency analysis to execute significant projects which represent an important segment of the agency's operating program.
4: Knowledge of the principles of planning/program management; of standard acquisition regulations, practices, and procedures; and of engineering disciplines used in support of system design, sustainment, modification, and maintenance programs.
5: Ability to devise and evaluate criteria, parameters, characteristics, and interrelationships for design approaches; to assess the impact of new technology on current systems and processes; and to gather, assemble, and analyze facts, form conclusions, and devise and recommend solutions to problems.
6: Ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and with technical accuracy, both orally and in writing, as well as work in a professional manner with peers, management, contractors, academia, and other agencies.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret / SCI security clearance.
Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise.
May be required travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft.
May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.
This position is not eligible remote / telework work.
This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications.
Employee needs to obtain and maintain approval to access the portfolio of Special Access Programs required to perform daily duties.
Employee is in a designated position that requires consent and thereafter be subject to and successfully complete, an initial, periodic and random counterintelligence (CI)-scope polygraph examination as a condition of employment.
This position is designated as a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the Air Force Civilian Drug Testing Program.
The employee must meet the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) requirements applicable to the duties of the position.
An advanced engineering or science degree at the masters level from an ABET accredited institution is highly desired.
Qualifications
The 0801 series has an individual occupational requirement that must be met and can be viewed here. In addition to the above requirements, you can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 4th section titled Professional and Scientific Positions.
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How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:
Interviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
