The United States Space Force (USSF) at Los Angeles AFB, CA is searching for a Chief Test Engineer for SSC/PEO (NH-0801-04, GS-14/15 Equivalent).

Description:
The chief test engineer oversees the test and evaluation activities of the space sensing programs and provides test expertise to the program offices. The chief test engineer manages the independent test activities for the Space Sensing programs to verify operational safety, suitability, and effectiveness. The chief test engineer collaborates with the Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM) to implement integrated developmental/operational testing of the space sensing programs.
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Ideal Candidate:
Professional experience in acquisition, engineering, and test; Practitioner certification in Test & Evaluation; Practitioner certification in Engineering; Experience in a DoD test organization conducting system-level testing; Experience in a DoD acquisition program office; Experience in acquisition, operations, or testing of military satellites; Qualified as 801 General Engineer (bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent); Graduate of Test Pilot School or USAF TPS Space Test Course.

Effective leader; Ability to build and lead teams; Ability to train new personnel in test & evaluation; Ability to collaborate effectively with external organizations; Customer focus; Warfighter focus; Good communicator (written and oral); Good organizational skills.

1. Key Skills and Abilities:
Knowledge of a wide range of advanced multidisciplinary professional engineering concepts, principles, practices, standards, methods, and techniques to apply experimental theories and new developments to problems not susceptible to treatment by accepted methods, and to plan and execute specialized programs of marked difficulty, responsibility, and significance.

2. Knowledge of the mission, roles, functions, organizational structure, and operation of the DoD, Space Force, and organizations that govern, interface with, and/or influence systems acquisition, development, and/or sustainment.

3. Knowledge of planning, programming, and budgeting cycles, financial systems, and restrictions on expenditure of funds.

4. Knowledge of and skill in evaluating state-of-the-art and advancements in theory, application, technology, and policy affecting systems being developed, and in planning, organizing, and directing the functions and staff in critical aspects of development, production, and/or support of systems, subsystems, or equipment.

5. Knowledge of and experience in Technical Standards Development, Configuration Control, Digital Engineering implementation, and Systems of Systems Engineering.

6. Skill in establishing and maintaining effective relationships, building consensus and coalitions, negotiating, and resolving conflicts with a variety of individuals and organizations as well as communicating effectively, both orally and in writing.

7. Ability to plan, organize, and direct the functions of an organization, and mentor, motivate, and appraise the staff through subordinate supervisors as well as analyze, plan, and adjust work operations of one or more organizational segments to meet program requirements and objectives within available resources.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S Citizen.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret 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): Approximately 15 days per year.
• A professional engineering degree at the bachelor’s level from an ABET accredited institution is highly required.
• This is a Critical Acquisition Position (CAP).
• This position may be designated as an acquisition position covered by the Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP).
• This is a drug testing designated position (TDP). The incumbent is subject to random testing for drug use, IAW AFI 90-508.
• The employee is required to submit an initial and annual SF-450 (Financial Disclosure).
• Employee must within 30-days of assuming this position and by 31 October annually thereafter, file an OGE-450, “Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.
• This position is part of the Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP).

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.

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.

Resume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:

1. Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number
2. Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended
3. Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:
   • Job title
   • Detailed duties and accomplishments
   • Employer's name and address
   • Supervisor's name and phone number
   • Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)
   • Hours per week
   • Salary, if applicable
4. Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses

College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.

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