# Engineering and Analysis Branch Chief **Company:** [United States Space Force](https://zerogtalent.com/space-companies/us-space-force) **Location:** Los Angeles, California **Work mode:** On-site **Seniority:** C-Level **Employment type:** Full Time **Salary:** USD 104K–161K/yr **Category:** Engineering **Department:** Department of the Air Force **Listed:** 2026-11-13 [View and apply on Zero G Talent](https://zerogtalent.com/space-jobs/us-space-force/engineering-and-analysis-branch-chief-892727400) ## What you'll do - Define and maintain portfolio-level engineering governance processes - Sustain portfolio technical baseline and systems-engineering models - Prepare senior leaders with critical pre-briefs and voting positions - Deliver cyber, ground-, and space-based combat-power capabilities - Lead teams through uncertainty and deliberate trade-offs ## What you need - Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering - Active Top-Secret clearance with SCI eligibility - SAP briefing capability - Experience with engineering governance and portfolio technical baselines - Systems-of-systems, integration, and mission engineering expertise ## Job description 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. ### Major Duties The United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) Systems Delta 89 (SYD 89) at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California is searching for an Engineering and Analysis Branch Chief (NH-0801-03, GS 12/13 equivalent). Description: Serving as the Engineering and Analysis Branch Chief, you will support the Space Control Power (SCP) Program Acquisition Executive (PAE), under the Director of Engineering, in delivering cyber, ground-, and space-based combat-power capabilities to contest and control the space domain through fires, movement, and maneuver, thereby preserving U.S., Allied, and commercial freedom of action. In this leadership role, you will define and maintain portfolio-level engineering governance processes-including engineering, risk, and configuration control boards-integrate these with enterprise forums and prepare senior leaders with critical pre-briefs and recommended voting positions. Furthermore, you will sustain the portfolio technical baseline, systems-engineering models, and configuration-item databases for risks, issues, gaps, opportunities, and requirements to ensure all technical decisions remain fully traceable and aligned with strategic national security priorities. The ideal candidate for the Engineering and Analysis Branch Chief role is a decisive subject matter expert and leader with a Bachelor's degree or higher and an active Top-Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and SAP briefing capability, possessing strong mentoring, communication, and collaboration skills to engage effectively with mission partners up-and-out and down-and-in across multiple PEOs, PAEs, SYDs, MDs, and the SSIO. They must excel at leading teams through uncertainty, prioritizing critical efforts by making deliberate trade-offs, and executing systems-of-systems, integration, and mission engineering. Additionally, they must bring proven experience managing engineering governance processes, maintaining portfolio technical baselines, and supporting systems-engineering models to ensure alignment across the Space Enterprise. Knowledge Skills and Abilities: Professional knowledge of general engineering policies, theories, principles and concepts, and familiarity with other engineering disciplines to carry out conventional engineering assignments. Ability to analyze, interpret and apply general engineering rules and procedures in a variety of situations and recommend effective solutions to senior engineers. Skill in working with customers to assess needs, provide assistance, resolve problems, and satisfy expectations. Ability to persuade others to accept recommendations, work toward an agreement, and negotiate mutually acceptable solutions. Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships and to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing. 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. Ability to identify problems and use sound judgment and decisions to generate and evaluate alternatives and make recommendations. ### 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. ### Promotion Potential NH-None ### 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. ### Benefits [View benefits details ↗](https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/benefits/) ### Who Can Apply - Open to the public ### Required Documents 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: 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. ### How to Apply Do not email applications. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here. PLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. ### What to Expect Next For additional information on other USSF direct hire opportunities visit the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on LinkedIn. ### Other 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. ### About the Agency IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This Job Opportunity Announcement (JOA) will be used to form a pool of qualified applicants who will be considered for direct hire vacancies as they become available. 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