Foreign Military Sales Systems Engineer Space Domain Awareness

About the role

The Foreign Military Sales Systems Engineer – Space Domain Awareness (SDE) supports the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of space programs in the Space Systems Engineering Directorate (SAF/SQA) of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Space Acquisition and Integration at the Pentagon.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert advice to senior Space Force leadership regarding program details, acquisition strategies, contracting, and program budgeting for FMS.
• Understand systems that support the US government with space missions and tasks that need to be acquired and/or sustained for security cooperation.
• Support the review, vetting, and approval of FMS documents such as Letters of Request (LORs), Letters of Offer and Acceptance (LOAs), and Acquisition Strategy Documents (ASDs).
• Develop and coordinate staff packages for SAF/SQ signature to assign FMS cases to Portfolio Acquisition Executives.
• Support the development and coordination of LORs for Pricing and Availability (P&As) to respond to foreign requests and coordinate answers to related questions.
• Properly assist the customer with Pentagon staff skills, knowledge, and proficiency. Accurately recommend priority tasks, implement process improvements, and assume lead on government tasks directly assigned.
• Understand FMS timelines and respond to all requests/tasks in a timely manner.

Requirements

• A current/active Top Secret SCI clearance with a current background investigation within five (5) years.
• 10+ years of space experience.
• 3+ years of mission area experience.
• Experience in security cooperation within the DoW or other related experience in planning, programming, budgeting, or acquisition of systems for allies or international partners.
• Experience with MS Office including Word, Excel, Teams, PowerPoint.
• Exceptional oral and written communications for decision makers; Demonstrated ability to work in cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Typical education and experience: Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience.

Pay

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000.

Schedule

Full-time, day shift with some limited telework scheduling.