Foreign Materiel Program Officer, NSIC

United States Space Force•Ohio, OH, US• Temporary

Posted 2 days ago• Business & Finance

Compensation

$130,461–$169,604/year

Job Description

Summary

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Accepting applications

Open & closing dates

03/11/2026 to 03/18/2026

Salary $130,461 to - $169,604 per year

Salary is dependent upon duty location, grade, step and locality pay.

Pay scale & grade GG 14

Location

Duties

The United States Space Force (USSF) National Space Intelligence Center (NSIC) at Wright Patterson Air Force Base is searching for a Foreign Materiel Program Officer (GG-0132-14).

Description:
The 4th Intelligence Analysis Squadron (4 IAS), within the National Space Intelligence Center (NSIC), is seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to serve as our Foreign Materiel Program Manager and primary consultant on Foreign Materiel Acquisition. This position is responsible for leading a wide variety of complex and non-routine Acquisition Intelligence projects, programs, and teams. These efforts support the acquisition processes, systems, and activities for the Space Force, the Department of the Air Force, the DoW, and other national-level programs. Our team is developing a capability to deliver unique, timely, and detailed foreign materiel exploitation intelligence on space system capabilities and vulnerabilities to support operational efforts, acquisition programs, and policy decisions.

The ideal candidate is a proactive leader with strong knowledge of foreign materiel acquisition policy, its associated guidance, and the role intelligence plays throughout a foreign system's lifecycle. They should have a background in Foreign Acquisition Intelligence analysis missions and strategies and be skilled in judgment, resourcefulness, originality, and the ability to foresee the impact of changing technology. The ideal candidate must also possess the ability to work within teams and communicate tailored results to a variety of audiences, including center, squadron, and flight leadership.

Key Skills and Abilities:
1. Wide range, comprehensive, extensive, and expert knowledge of the intelligence cycle and intelligence policy and guidance, and the structure, organization, roles and missions, and inter-relationship of the national IC, DoW, and USSF/USAF.
2. Wide range, comprehensive, extensive, and expert knowledge of foreign materiel acquisition policy and guidance and the role intelligence plays throughout a foreign system's life cycle, Foreign Acquisition Intelligence analysis mission and strategy.
3. Wide range, comprehensive, extensive, and expert knowledge of a comprehensive range of intelligence research methods, techniques, and practices and advanced analytical principles, concepts, and methods used to identify and analyze complex multi-source intelligence information to produce detailed intelligence capabilities and targeting assessments, identify intelligence deficiencies, and advocate for customer requirements.
4. Wide range, comprehensive, extensive, and expert skill in conducting unbiased complex research, identifying appropriate available foreign systems/data sources, and producing intelligence requirement assessments that answer specific tasks to link and leverage agency capabilities in support of consumers, customers, and clients.
5. Wide range, comprehensive, extensive, and expert skill in communicating clearly, concisely, and with technical accuracy, orally and in writing, as well as work in a professional manner with peers, management, subordinates, contractors, academia, and other agencies to work out solutions to problems, prepare professional level documents and studies, and deliver General Officer (executive) level information and decision briefs.
6. Ability to quickly assimilate disparate data, render knowledgeable and accurate assessments of the implication of such data, and make decisions, estimates, and recommendations under conditions of urgency and competing resource, based on mature judgement and experience and present and/or defend a position effectively.
7. Ability to work independently; plan, organize, manage multiple priorities; adjust to fluctuating assignments and workloads; and meet deadlines.

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship Required
Position is designated special-sensitive and requires eligibility for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), other intelligence-related Special Sensitive information.
PCS is authorized and paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at: https://afciviliancareers.com/regulatory/
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.
The employee may be required to travel in military and/or commercial aircraft to perform temporary duty assignments.
An extensive background in foreign materiel acquisitions is desirable.
Incumbent may be subject to psychological screening/polygraph testing as an inherent primary requirement of their position.
Incentive is not authorized.
This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.
Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period.
Upon completion of your probationary/trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
A non-disclosure agreement must be signed.

The 0132 series does not have an individual occupational requirement that must be met. You can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 3rd section titled Administrative and Management Positions.

Evaluation

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.

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.

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.