Lead General Engineer

About the role

The Air Force Civilian Service (AFCS) is seeking a full-time Technical Expert Lead General Engineer (emphasis on Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test) to work in the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC), Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Systems Directorate, Digital Capabilities Division at Hill Air Force Base near Layton, Utah.

Responsibilities

• Guides and leads a diverse team of government employees, government support contractors, and other stakeholders in developing, integrating, and implementing technical solutions to diverse, highly complex problems, promoting teamwork, and solving broad organizational issues to ensure a technically rigorous, flexible, and low-risk approach to ensure digital system capabilities are available to meet program milestones and events.
• Provides program leadership and technical guidance on systems engineering artifacts (requirements and architecture), establishes modeling standards/approaches, and defines and oversees governance and development activities.
• Engages in engineering; concept planning; design and development; integration, evaluation, and auditing of SEIT artifacts/documents/products; identifies and resolves highly complex technical problems related to the design and development of digital systems and capabilities.
• Leads technical development of team and contractor work products.
• PARTNERS WITH MISSION TEAM MEMBERS AND CONTRACTORS TO DEVELOP SYSTEMS DESIGNS IN SUPPORT OF MISSION REQUIREMENTS.
• Participates in technical review boards and reviews contractor designs/work products.
• Provides guidance on systems engineering and digital engineering methodologies; mentors team members to consider multiple aspects of the system and how they might impact system performance and integration.
• ENGAGES WITH EXTENDED AND GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSED STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FROM ACROSS THE ICBM SYSTEMS DIRECTORATE, AIR FORCE GLOBAL STRIKE COMMAND, SUPPORT CONTRACTORS, AND DAF AND DOF ENTERPRISE PARTNERS TO ENSURE TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES ARE SUCCESSFULLY PLANNED, COORDINATED, AND EXECUTED.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship: Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance and will be required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise.
• Specialized Experience: Must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) All Professional Engineering Positions, 0800, Individual Occupational Requirements: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf
• Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Requirements: Employees must meet DAWIA requirements, which includes achieving Engineering and Technical Management “Practitioner” certification category within required timeframe after appointment.