Electronics Engineer, SYD 85

About the Role

Embark on a trailblazing career at the forefront of national security as an advanced-level Electronics Engineer with the United States Space Force’s System Delta 85 (SYD 85) Battle Awareness team in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In this critical, highly autonomous role, you will serve as the organization's foremost technical specialist, working within the Ground Based Radar Digitization (GBRD) program to recapitalize our nation’s most vital missile warning and space surveillance sensors into a resilient, unified digital architecture utilizing cutting-edge signal processing, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), and artificial intelligence. By managing complex ground sustainment projects, resolving unprecedented design challenges, and translating weapon system requirements into robust design criteria, you will directly influence senior leadership decisions, mentor junior engineers, and deliver the decisive modular capabilities needed to maintain our nation's warfighting edge.

Responsibilities

• Lead and sustain complex ground-based space systems within contested warfighting domains.
• Translate weapon system requirements into robust design criteria.
• Troubleshoot integrated ground systems and resolve unprecedented technical challenges.
• Apply standard federal acquisition regulations and DoD policies.
• Mentor junior engineers and draft technically precise documentation.
• Deliver authoritative briefings to senior agency officials and external contractors.

Qualifications

• A professional engineering degree at the bachelor’s level from an ABET accredited institution is required.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance.
• Pass mandatory drug testing.
• Adapt to occasional travel and flexible, irregular duty hours.

Skills

• Mastery-level command of advanced electronics engineering, systems engineering, and developmental test and evaluation principles.
• Knowledge of professional electronics engineering concepts, principles, practices, standards, methods, techniques, materials, and equipment.
• Ability to apply advanced engineering theories, principles, and concepts to project development, execution, and advisory services.
• Knowledge of development testing and evaluation to apply experimental theories and new applications.
• Understanding of integrated air-vehicles, ground systems, and support equipment for planning, designing, testing, troubleshooting, and evaluating electronic systems.
• Proficiency in systems engineering practices, sustainment, modification, logistics, and production management principles.
• Ability to devise and evaluate criteria for design approaches and assess the impact of new technology.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with technical accuracy and proficiency in using computers and software programs.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance.
• Subject to random drug testing.
• Handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information.
• Work extended or irregular duty hours, including evenings, weekends, and during emergencies.
• File an OGE-450, “Confidential Disclosure Report” within 30 days of assuming the position and annually by October 31.
• Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework.
• Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY) of approximately 20 days per year.

Organization

The United States Space Force (USSF) is a military service that organizes, trains, and equips military members and civilians to protect U.S. and allied interests in space and provide space capabilities to the joint force. USSF responsibilities include developing Guardians, acquiring military space systems, maturing the military doctrine for space power, and organizing space forces to present to our Combatant Commands (CCMDs). Launched in 2019, the USSF was created to protect the interests and assets of America and its allies in space, a heavily contested realm vital to the world economy and national security.