Signatures Principal Intelligence Analyst, NSIC

United States Space Force•Dayton, OH 45424, United States• Contract

Posted 3 days ago• Business & Finance

Compensation

$130,461–$169,604/year

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Job Description

Summary

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Open & closing dates

01/13/2026 to 01/20/2026

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) at Wright-Patterson Space Force Base is searching for a Signatures Principal Intelligence Analyst to support the National Space Intelligence Center (GG-0132-14).

Description:
The mission of the National Space Intelligence Center's 1st Intelligence Analysis Squadron is to create actionable, foundational, scientific and technical intelligence on foreign space capabilities to enable military operations, force modernization, and policy making. The Space Engineering Analysis Flight is looking for a Principal Intelligence Analyst to teach, lead, and oversee satellite RF, EO, and IR signatures analysis and modeling and production of satellite signature models.

Candidates should have experience with analysis of satellite systems and demonstrated leadership experience to train, lead, and oversee Satellite Signatures Analysts:
- Researching and analyzing scientific and technical intelligence information on foreign satellites
- Making technical, analytic assessments on designs of those satellites
- Collaborating with others on analysis and assessments of foreign spacecraft
- Reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating signatures generated by signature models
- Identifying information gaps on foreign satellites, submitting gaps, and driving intelligence collection
- Providing scientific and technical information requested by customers
- Providing advice to higher echelon and other government agencies

We desire a candidate who has demonstrated skills training, coaching, and mentoring junior analysts; engaging with customers; collaborating with partners; leading teams; managing intelligence analysis, production, and contract efforts/contractors; and innovating.

Ideal Candidate:
Experience with satellite RF, EO, and/or IR signatures analysis and/or modeling; demonstrated leadership experience; at least a bachelor's degree; and demonstrated skills training, coaching, and mentoring junior analysts; engaging with customers; collaborating with partners; leading teams; managing intelligence analysis, production, and contract efforts/contractors; and innovating.

Key Skills and Abilities:
1. Knowledge of a comprehensive range of intelligence research methods, techniques, and practices using multi-source intelligence information systems to obtain data in order to make recommendations in developing intelligence capabilities, new hypotheses and theories, and threat assessments, with primarily specialized emphasis on satellite designs and EO, IR, and RF signatures of satellites.
2. Knowledge of the intelligence process of requirements, tasking, collection, reporting, analysis, evaluation, production, and dissemination; and knowledge of security practices for ensuring the safeguarding of classified information.
3. Knowledge of advanced analytical principles, concepts, and methods to produce detailed analysis of complex information attained from multiple sources
4. Knowledge of the national intelligence community, Joint DoD structure, organizations and missions/functions, interrelationships and operations.
5. Skill in conducting unbiased complex research, identifying appropriate available systems and data sources, and producing collection requirement assessments that answer specific tasks to link and leverage agency capabilities in support of customers, stakeholders, and Allied partners.
6. Ability to communicate effectively and clearly, both orally and in writing, in order to prepare satellite signatures, computer-aided design models, and finished intelligence reports, and to present 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 authorized.
This position is designated as a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the Air Force Civilian Drug Testing Program.

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.

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