General Engineer, SYD 89/OWI

About the role

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What you will do

• The United States Space Force (USSF) at Los Angeles AFB, CA is searching for a General Engineer to support SYD 89/OWI (NH-0801-03, GS-12/13 Equivalent).
• Description: If you're looking for a high impact job where you are empowered to work and empowered to find creative solutions to tough engineering problems, then SYD89/OWI is the place to be!
• OWI delivers cutting-edge technology to meet the nation's defense needs, and does so with small teams of driven, skilled, and talented individuals.
• Working alongside the Chief Engineer, program managers, operators, and industry partners, you will apply engineering judgment to improve system performance, resolve technical challenges, and help move space capabilities from development through production, test, and fielding.
• This is a non-supervisory technical execution role with meaningful ownership of engineering work.
• Your day-to-day work will include evaluating system and subsystem requirements, interfaces, contractor technical analyses, design changes, test results, and engineering risks.
• You will help maintain the technical baseline, investigate integration and production issues, assess corrective actions, and support technical reviews, verification, acceptance, and readiness decisions.
• You will turn complex engineering information into practical recommendations for government leaders and coordinate across multidisciplinary teams to ensure mission capability is technically sound and ready for delivery.
• Ideal Candidate: Possessing an active or able to maintain Top-Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and a solid foundation in Special Access Programs (SAP), this accomplished Systems Engineer offers extensive experience in the design, development, delivery, and operational management of complex space systems.
• Highly adept at executing rigorous requirements analysis, end to end traceability, interface management, and comprehensive verification and validation (V&V) protocols to ensure absolute mission assurance.
• Fully versed in DoD acquisition processes, defense development methodologies, and up to date engineering concepts, this candidate brings direct expertise in managing government oversight of contractor engineering deliverables, conducting crucial design and manufacturing readiness reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, MRR), and executing structured risk, configuration, and anomaly management.
• This technical background is fully backed by a Bachelor's or higher degree in engineering or science.
• To be successful in this position, a candidate should be a technical expert and mission focused self-starter who owns assigned engineering actions through to resolution, with the ability to document technical findings and brief both technical and nontechnical audiences with clarity and precision.
• They must be a strong systems thinker with deep familiarity with engineering products, tools, and methodologies, actively evaluating system requirements, interfaces, technical tradeoffs, and integration risks to inform space system development and delivery.
• Rather than managing personnel, the individual serves as a high-velocity action officer and subject matter expert, an analytical problem solver who leverages data, sound judgment, and root cause analysis to resolve emergent issues and advance critical path milestones.
• The candidate must be adaptable and detail oriented, comfortably balancing engineering rigor with delivery schedules while creatively navigating DoD acquisition regulations and collaborating seamlessly with the Chief Engineer, PMs, operators, and industry partners.
• A candidate must have the confidence to challenge Senior Leaders and advise them on sound technical and funding decisions.
• Critical to success will be the ability to cultivate and engage a network of cross functional teammates and mission partners to navigate complex engineering challenges, championing agile ways of doing business that inject clarity, speed, and efficiency into system delivery and sustainment.

How you will be evaluated

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.

Documents you must provide

• 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: Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended 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 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.

What to expect next

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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.