SS
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.
['The United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) Mission Delta 8 (MD8) 8th Space Sustainment Squadron (8STS) at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado is searching for a Deputy Chief Engineer (NH-0855-04, GS 14/15 equivalent). Description: As the Deputy Chief Engineer for Mission Delta 8/8th Sustainment Squadron, you will serve as a Supervisory Electronics Engineer playing a pivotal role in delivering and sustaining joint warfighting satellite communication (SATCOM) capabilities to defend the nation and its allies while disrupting adversaries. In this critical leadership position, you will guide a diverse, multi-disciplined team of military, civilian, and contractor personnel to provide direct support for SATCOM operations, oversee the transition of newly fielded MILSATCOM systems, and drive the modernization of vital ground and space assets. You will function as the senior technical authority for assigned systems, responsible for evaluating design alternatives, managing technical baselines, and ensuring the Operational Safety, Suitability, and Effectiveness (OSS&E) program complies with all legal and regulatory requirements. Furthermore, your duties will include converting strategic goals into actionable programs, formulating budgets, optimizing resource allocation, and representing the squadron in high-level technical forums with Program Executive Officer, Field Command, DoW, and international partners to resolve complex requirements and priority conflicts. The ideal candidate is a seasoned professional with a minimum of 10 years of experience in DoW Acquisition and Engineering, complemented by at least 8 years of direct domain expertise with space systems and/or communications electronics. We are seeking a proven servant leader with significant experience building, leading, and providing technical direction to teams at the program or multi-program level, including prior experience supervising subordinates and holding an APDP Engineering Practitioner-level certification. This individual must possess a thorough understanding of the DoW acquisition lifecycle, a working knowledge of the PPBE process, and familiarity with safety, security, personnel management, and EEO regulations. As a highly effective communicator known for strict technical accuracy, the candidate will be adept at inspiring and coaching others, adapting their leadership style to diverse situations while modeling integrity and trust. The successful candidate will have a strong technical aptitude for evaluating new technology insertions for efficiency and risk and will be an innovative problem-solver who thrives in a dynamic environment, successfully balancing support for current operational systems with the simultaneous integration of new SATCOM services to maintain space superiority. Key Skills and Abilities: Knowledge of system engineering to manage extensive technical work performed by subordinates in the workforce. This includes knowledge of the physical and disciplined engineering sciences and mathematics, and the processes, techniques, and practices of electronics engineering. Knowledge of and ability to apply procedures, requirements, regulations, and policies related to specialized expertise in the work of the unit (such as engineering, cost accounting, logistics supply, etc.) including the ability to maintain credibility with others on technical matters. Knowledge of resource management, planning, programming, budgeting, appropriation, funding, and accounting processes and their implication for effective mission accomplishment. Ability to inspire, motivate and guide others toward goal accomplishments. Leadership ability, including the ability to coach, mentor and challenge integrated product team members; ability to adapt leadership style to variety of situations, and ability to model high standards of honesty, integrity, trust, openness, and respect for the individual by applying these values to daily behavior. Knowledge of safety, security, personnel management, and EEO regulations, practices, and procedures. Ability to communicate effectively, clearly, concisely and with technical accuracy both orally and in writing with technical accuracy. Use computers and a variety of software programs and databases, gather and analyze a variety of program information, make sound judgments concerning program progress, and effectively communicate recommendations orally and in writing to higher organizational management and contractors. Ability to evaluate insertion of new technology for design efficiency, cost reasonableness and developmental risks.']
The 0855 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.
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.