Operational Readiness and Assessment Engineer

Bachelor’s degree in science, mathematics, or engineering discipline preferred
Twelve or more years of dynamically responsible professional experience applicable to the position
Demonstrated and exceptional interpersonal, teambuilding, strategic, leadership and communication skills
Background or experience in planning and executing multiple level of service and combatant command exercise development and execution
A strong technical background and experience in operations, systems engineering, or testing from a range of perspectives and domains
Functional awareness/working knowledge of USSF warfighting capabilities, requirements, and operations
Familiarity with space combat power, command and control, and battle management
Familiarity with force generation and force employment processes and able to assist in standing up these processes inside of various USSF organizations
Ability to influence outcomes with both strong verbal and written communications using objective facts, analysis, modeling & simulation, and testing results
This position requires a current TS-SCI security clearance, which is issued by the US government. U.S citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance
Ability to work in the office, this position is not compatible with telecommuting
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to travel domestically

Translate mission threads and readiness measures into meaningful scenarios and campaign plans for exercises, test, and training of the space enterprise
Create a flexible and comprehensive system of exercises that enable advanced training and collaboration across a broad range of scope and needs from tactical to strategic levels
Support development of requirements for infrastructure with focus on integration of live and virtual capabilities to build warfighting confidence
Independently perform expert-level analysis; prepare general officer level reports and briefings
Interface with various technical team leaders daily to exchange information and coordinate related tasks
Develop documentation in government formats

Education and/or experience with Operations Research
Experience working large, complex issues and the ability to break down problems into meaningful steps to accomplish with a team
Experience planning for training that includes ‘thinking adversary’ (e.g., Aggressors) emulating realistic threat systems
Experience with Service or Joint Event Life Cycle planning
Experience with data-based assessments, readiness, or lessons learned
Deep technical experience with one or more specific USSF capability areas
Experience with systems engineering in other (non-USSF) DoD/IC agencies and organizations
Experience with operations of space systems
Experience with command and control in a joint warfighting environment
Current applicable SAP/SAR accesses
Advanced degree in engineering, mathematics, science, computer science, or other technical discipline
Familiarity with Department of the Air Force/National Security Space enterprise architecture
Working knowledge of Aerospace Engineering and Technology Group (ETG) skills and capabilities