The United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) at B Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX is searching for a Space Experiment Support Engineer to support SYD 89/SDT (NH-0801-03, GS12/13 Equivalent).

Description:
Are you a visionary engineer ready to make a significant impact on the future of our nation's space capabilities? We are seeking a senior General Engineer to join our team as a technical expert in space systems acquisition and integration. In this role, you will be at the forefront of innovation, advancing cutting-edge technologies that enhance the affordability, responsiveness, and resilience of the National Security Space enterprise. If you are a leader who thrives on solving complex challenges and wants your work to directly contribute to a critical mission, this is the opportunity for you. As a key member of our team, your daily mission will involve guiding critical engineering projects through the entire lifecycle. You will apply your expertise to translate customer needs into design criteria, evaluate alternative approaches, and develop specifications for total weapons systems and subsystems. You will serve as the organization's technical specialist, leading analyses, resolving unique engineering problems, and providing expert consultation to senior leadership. This role requires you to be a proactive problem-solver and a collaborative team player, working across disciplines to ensure our space systems are reliable, effective, and ready for the future.

Ideal Candidate:
The ideal candidate for this position is a senior professional engineer holding a bachelor's degree from an ABET-accredited institution, with a strong background in systems engineering, particularly in space systems acquisition and integration. This individual will have extensive experience serving as a technical expert and consultant on complex, multidisciplinary engineering projects that involve electronics, mechanical, and/or aerospace principles. They should be adept at planning, organizing, and directing projects in space systems acquisition, including defining system requirements, evaluating design approaches, and developing system specifications. The candidate must possess or be able to obtain within 24 months an Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP) Level 2 or 3 certification in a relevant area such as Test & Evaluation (T&E) or Systems Planning, Research, Development, and Engineering-Systems Engineering (SPRDE-SE). Essential skills include an expert knowledge of advanced engineering theories, the ability to lead teams, manage resources, build coalitions, and communicate effectively to persuade and negotiate. A proactive approach to problem-solving, strategic planning, and managing customer needs is crucial, as is the ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance.

Key Skills and Abilities:

1. 1. Knowledge of processes and procedures related to program management and strategic planning activities needed to execute projects and/or studies within established financial and time constraints.
2. 2. Ability to encourage new ideas and innovations; manage human, financial and information resources strategically and build coalitions to achieve common goals.
3. 3. Skill in working with customers to assess needs, provide assistance, resolve problems, and satisfy expectations
4. 4. Ability to persuade others to accept recommendations, work toward an agreement, and negotiate mutually acceptable solutions.
5. 5. Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships and to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
6. 6. Ability to organize work, set priorities, and determine resource requirements; determine goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinate with other organizations; monitor progress, and evaluate outcomes.
7. 7. Ability to identify problems and use sound judgment and decisions to generate and evaluate alternatives and make recommendations

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 authorized.
• This is a drug testing designated position. The incumbent is subject to pre-employment drug testing as a condition of employment, and participation in random drug testing.
• Employee must within 30-days of assuming this position and by 31 October annually thereafter, file an OGE-450, "Confidential Financial Disclosure Report." Employee is required to attend annual ethics and procurement integrity training.
• This position has been designated as an acquisition position and is covered by the Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP).
• Subject to TDY approximately 15 days a year.
• Position requires a professional engineering degree at the bachelor's level from an ABET accredited institution is required. Advanced degrees are preferred.

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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