Satellite Communications Senior Engineer, NSIC

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

Posted 5 hours ago• Electrical

Compensation

$110,401–$143,523/year

Job Description

Summary

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Accepting applications

Open & closing dates

03/20/2026 to 03/27/2026

Salary $110,401 to - $143,523 per year

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

Pay scale & grade GG 13

Location

Duties

The United States Space Force (USSF) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is searching for a Satellite Communications Senior Engineer for NSIC (GG-0861-13)

Description:
The 1st Intelligence Analysis Squadron is seeking a Senior Engineer, the team's senior technical expert on adversary next-generation communications satellites in the INDOPACOM AOR. The primary focus of this role is applying your deep engineering expertise to perform complex, problem-centric analysis of foreign satellite communications systems and technologies in all orbital regimes. As a senior expert, you will help uphold the team's analytic excellence. Your duties will include delivering impactful briefings, representing the flight in military exercises and working groups, mentoring junior analysts with advanced tools, and providing rigorous technical and analytic tradecraft review of products as needed.
A key supporting responsibility is to drive Beam and Transponder Assessment Report (BaTAR) production and software innovation. This involves improving the flight's BaTAR-related production by standardizing publications, tracking and prioritizing production, and liaising with development teams to implement software improvements.

Ideal Candidate:
The ideal candidate is a mission-oriented engineer with a profound understanding of satellite communications and a passion for solving complex intelligence puzzles. You are a recognized expert who finds fulfillment in direct customer engagement and in collaborating with other offices to create new assessments. You have a proven ability to apply engineering principles to all-source intelligence analysis and are skilled in overseeing the improvement of analytical tools. As a senior expert, you excel at synthesizing complex, all-source data to produce predictive intelligence assessments and can confidently deliver these findings in key customer briefings.

Requirements

Must be a U.S Citizen.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret /SCI 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 not authorized.
Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): 15 days a year.
This is a drug testing position.

The 0861 series has an individual occupational requirement that must be met and can be viewed here. Please scroll down to the 4th section titled Professional and Scientific 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.