Satellite Communications Senior Engineer, NSIC

Summary Do not email applications. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here. For additional information on other USSF direct hire opportunities visit the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on LinkedIn. Learn more about this agency Duties The United States Space Force (USSF) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is searching for a Satellite Communications Senior Engineer for NSIC (GG-0861-13) Description: The 1st Intelligence Analysis Squadron is seeking a Senior Engineer, the team's senior technical expert on adversary next-generation communications satellites in the INDOPACOM AOR. The primary focus of this role is applying your deep engineering expertise to perform complex, problem-centric analysis of foreign satellite communications systems and technologies in all orbital regimes. As a senior expert, you will help uphold the team's analytic excellence. Your duties will include delivering impactful briefings, representing the flight in military exercises and working groups, mentoring junior analysts with advanced tools, and providing rigorous technical and analytic tradecraft review of products as needed. A key supporting responsibility is to drive Beam and Transponder Assessment Report (BaTAR) production and software innovation. This involves improving the flight's BaTAR-related production by standardizing publications, tracking and prioritizing production, and liaising with development teams to implement software improvements. Ideal Candidate: The ideal candidate is a mission-oriented engineer with a profound understanding of satellite communications and a passion for solving complex intelligence puzzles. You are a recognized expert who finds fulfillment in direct customer engagement and in collaborating with other offices to create new assessments. You have a proven ability to apply engineering principles to all-source intelligence analysis and are skilled in overseeing the improvement of analytical tools. As a senior expert, you excel at synthesizing complex, all-source data to produce predictive intelligence assessments and can confidently deliver these findings in key customer briefings. Requirements Conditions of employment Must be a U.S Citizen. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret /SCI security clearance. Safeguards classified or sensitive budget-related information and/or files. May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis. Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”. This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first. Employee may be required to perform travel by military or commercial passenger aircraft in the performance of temporary duty assignments. PCS / relocation funding is not authorized. Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): 15 days a year. This is a drug testing position. Qualifications The 0861 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. 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 here for more information. Disabled veteran leave 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 here. Expand Hide  additional information Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution. Benefits 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. Review our 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.