Sr. NC3 Systems Engineer
The Aerospace Corporation · Hanscom AFB, MA · 1 mo ago
Information Technology$151k–$227k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate.
We need to parse the posting.
Key content:
- Intro about Aerospace Corp, DSG, etc. That's "About the role" maybe? Actually "About the role" could be description of team and mission. We'll include a section About the role with paragraphs summarizing that.
- Responsibilities: bullet list under "What You Will Be Doing". We'll extract each bullet.
- Requirements: "What You Need To Be Successful" includes Minimum Requirements. We'll put under Requirements or Qualifications? The instruction says use headings like Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can map: Minimum Requirements -> Requirements (or Qualifications). "How You Can Stand Out" -> Skills (or Qualifications). We'll decide: Use Requirements for minimum, Skills for preferred.
- Pay: they gave grade-based pay range: $151,300.00 - $226,900.00 Annual. So include Pay section.
- Benefits: they list benefits highlights. So include Benefits section.
- Schedule: they mention full-time, on-site at facilities, travel 20%. Also mention Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options. So we can include Schedule section with info: full-time, on-site at listed locations, approx 20% travel, standard/alternate schedules including telework.
- Also maybe "Leadership Competencies" and "Ways We Reward Our Employees" could be part of Benefits or separate but not required headings. We'll ignore if not matching headings.
We must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Remove.
We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep specifics: list of responsibilities bullet points exactly as given (maybe rephrase? Must preserve all substantive information; we can keep same wording but as list items). Must not omit any.
Let's extract responsibilities bullet list:
From "What You Will Be Doing":
- Capability to work independently in providing communications systems engineering expertise to AFNWC staff and leadership at Hanscom AFB
- Engage with senior AFNWC leadership up to SES-level Portfolio Acquisition Executive
- Primary internal interface for reach-back activities to the Engineering Technical Group (ETG) workforce located in El Segundo, CA and at other Aerospace locations as required
- Provide support to development, evaluation, and validation of system level requirements
- Build bridges across a diverse customer set to achieve enterprise integration and efficiency, i.e. AFNWC/NC, Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC), AFNWC/NI (Sentinel and Minuteman III Program Offices)
- Coordinate tasks and participate in technical interchange and working group meetings along with leading design review support to the AFNWC staff
- Present technical and project status briefings to management and customers
- Provide mission assurance to the program helping assure the Aerospace team is applying expertise to the appropriate aspects of the program
- Prepare technical reports and presentations to capture findings, and provide technical assessments and guidance to the customer
- Build proactive relationships as a liaison for The Aerospace Corporation to Air Force and contractor/FFRDC personnel supporting the NC3 enterprise
- This position requires approximately 20% travel; travel partially predicated on availability of secure voice/video communications.
- Potential to broaden experience by providing support to other Nuclear Operations Division critical programs based on skill set (e.g. Sentinel)
We need to keep all.
Now Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited program in a STEM field.
- 12 or more years of industry or USAF experience
- Familiarity with technical disciplines relevant to Nuclear Command, Control & Communications (terrestrial networks; line-of-sight, beyond line-of-sight and space-based communications systems; nuclear hardness & survivability, EMP effects)
- National Military Command System enterprise architecture, digital engineering, open standards application, and enterprise mission analysis
- Willing to travel domestically approximately 20%
- This position requires an active Top-Secret clearance with SCI access with ability to obtain SAP accesses, issued by the US government. U.S citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.
Now "How You Can Stand Out" (preferred):
- Masters or Ph.D. degree from an accredited program in STEM field
- Active Top Secret clearance and willingness to maintain
- Experience in working with the government and contractor
- Experience in working on network architecture, satellite communications system terminals, cybersecurity, cryptographic technology, modeling and simulation
Now Benefits highlights:
- Comprehensive health care and wellness plans
- Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation
- Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options
- 401(k) Plan — Employees receive a total company-paid benefit of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service and matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested in the plan upon hire
- Flexible spending accounts
- Variable pay program for exceptional contributions
- Relocation assistance
- Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career
- Education assistance programs
- An inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect
Now Pay: grade-based pay range: $151,300.00 - $226,900.00 Annual.
Now Schedule: full-time, on-site at one of facilities: Hanscom Air Force Base, MA; Crystal City or Chantilly, VA; El Segundo, CA; Offut Air Force Base, NE. Approx 20% travel. Also mention standard and alternate work schedules including telework options (but that is also in Benefits). We'll include schedule info: full-time, on-site at listed locations, approx 20% travel.
Now About the role: we need to capture the introductory paragraphs about Aerospace Corp, DSG, etc. Let's extract:
"The Aerospace Corporation is the trusted partner to the nation’s space programs, solving the hardest problems and providing unmatched technical expertise. As the operator of a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), we are broadly engaged across all aspects of space— delivering innovative solutions that span satellite, launch, ground, and cyber systems for defense, civil and commercial customers. When you join our team, you’ll be part of a special collection of problem solvers, thought leaders, and innovators. Join us and take your place in space. The Defense Systems Group (DSG) provides analysis-based decision support to senior leaders on space architectures, policy and strategy, technology development, warfighter capability enablers, systems integration, defense industrial base, and threat reduction to help shape existing and future space missions across the national security space (NSS) enterprise. DSG is unique at Aerospace as it not only directly supports major customers, including the U.S. Space Force, U.S. Space Command, Air Force Material Command, and senior leadership at the Pentagon, but also provides a broad range of technical support across the national space enterprise, maintaining vertical responsibilities with customers’ portfolios as well as horizontal, matrixed responsibilities across the corporation. Additionally, DSG provides deep technical expertise to the Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) in the conception, design, acquisition, launch and operations of satellite, launch vehicle, ground control, and range systems. The Nuclear Operations Directorate seeking a Sr. NC3 Systems Engineer supporting the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) Nuclear Command, Control & Communications (NC3) Portfolio Acquisition Executive Officer and Integration Directorate (AFNWC/NC) on current and future communications systems. AFNWC is responsible for Air Force acquisition of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Long Range Stand-Off, nuclear weapons, and NC3."
We can include that as About the role.
Now we need to output HTML fragment with
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate.
We need to parse the posting.
Key content:
- Intro about Aerospace Corp, DSG, etc. That's "About the role" maybe? Actually "About the role" could be description of team and mission. We'll include a section About the role with paragraphs summarizing that.
- Responsibilities: bullet list under "What You Will Be Doing". We'll extract each bullet.
- Requirements: "What You Need To Be Successful" includes Minimum Requirements. We'll put under Requirements or Qualifications? The instruction says use headings like Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can map: Minimum Requirements -> Requirements (or Qualifications). "How You Can Stand Out" -> Skills (or Qualifications). We'll decide: Use Requirements for minimum, Skills for preferred.
- Pay: they gave grade-based pay range: $151,300.00 - $226,900.00 Annual. So include Pay section.
- Benefits: they list benefits highlights. So include Benefits section.
- Schedule: they mention full-time, on-site at facilities, travel 20%. Also mention Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options. So we can include Schedule section with info: full-time, on-site at listed locations, approx 20% travel, standard/alternate schedules including telework.
- Also maybe "Leadership Competencies" and "Ways We Reward Our Employees" could be part of Benefits or separate but not required headings. We'll ignore if not matching headings.
We must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Remove.
We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep specifics: list of responsibilities bullet points exactly as given (maybe rephrase? Must preserve all substantive information; we can keep same wording but as list items). Must not omit any.
Let's extract responsibilities bullet list:
From "What You Will Be Doing":
- Capability to work independently in providing communications systems engineering expertise to AFNWC staff and leadership at Hanscom AFB
- Engage with senior AFNWC leadership up to SES-level Portfolio Acquisition Executive
- Primary internal interface for reach-back activities to the Engineering Technical Group (ETG) workforce located in El Segundo, CA and at other Aerospace locations as required
- Provide support to development, evaluation, and validation of system level requirements
- Build bridges across a diverse customer set to achieve enterprise integration and efficiency, i.e. AFNWC/NC, Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC), AFNWC/NI (Sentinel and Minuteman III Program Offices)
- Coordinate tasks and participate in technical interchange and working group meetings along with leading design review support to the AFNWC staff
- Present technical and project status briefings to management and customers
- Provide mission assurance to the program helping assure the Aerospace team is applying expertise to the appropriate aspects of the program
- Prepare technical reports and presentations to capture findings, and provide technical assessments and guidance to the customer
- Build proactive relationships as a liaison for The Aerospace Corporation to Air Force and contractor/FFRDC personnel supporting the NC3 enterprise
- This position requires approximately 20% travel; travel partially predicated on availability of secure voice/video communications.
- Potential to broaden experience by providing support to other Nuclear Operations Division critical programs based on skill set (e.g. Sentinel)
We need to keep all.
Now Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited program in a STEM field.
- 12 or more years of industry or USAF experience
- Familiarity with technical disciplines relevant to Nuclear Command, Control & Communications (terrestrial networks; line-of-sight, beyond line-of-sight and space-based communications systems; nuclear hardness & survivability, EMP effects)
- National Military Command System enterprise architecture, digital engineering, open standards application, and enterprise mission analysis
- Willing to travel domestically approximately 20%
- This position requires an active Top-Secret clearance with SCI access with ability to obtain SAP accesses, issued by the US government. U.S citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.
Now "How You Can Stand Out" (preferred):
- Masters or Ph.D. degree from an accredited program in STEM field
- Active Top Secret clearance and willingness to maintain
- Experience in working with the government and contractor
- Experience in working on network architecture, satellite communications system terminals, cybersecurity, cryptographic technology, modeling and simulation
Now Benefits highlights:
- Comprehensive health care and wellness plans
- Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation
- Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options
- 401(k) Plan — Employees receive a total company-paid benefit of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service and matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested in the plan upon hire
- Flexible spending accounts
- Variable pay program for exceptional contributions
- Relocation assistance
- Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career
- Education assistance programs
- An inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect
Now Pay: grade-based pay range: $151,300.00 - $226,900.00 Annual.
Now Schedule: full-time, on-site at one of facilities: Hanscom Air Force Base, MA; Crystal City or Chantilly, VA; El Segundo, CA; Offut Air Force Base, NE. Approx 20% travel. Also mention standard and alternate work schedules including telework options (but that is also in Benefits). We'll include schedule info: full-time, on-site at listed locations, approx 20% travel.
Now About the role: we need to capture the introductory paragraphs about Aerospace Corp, DSG, etc. Let's extract:
"The Aerospace Corporation is the trusted partner to the nation’s space programs, solving the hardest problems and providing unmatched technical expertise. As the operator of a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), we are broadly engaged across all aspects of space— delivering innovative solutions that span satellite, launch, ground, and cyber systems for defense, civil and commercial customers. When you join our team, you’ll be part of a special collection of problem solvers, thought leaders, and innovators. Join us and take your place in space. The Defense Systems Group (DSG) provides analysis-based decision support to senior leaders on space architectures, policy and strategy, technology development, warfighter capability enablers, systems integration, defense industrial base, and threat reduction to help shape existing and future space missions across the national security space (NSS) enterprise. DSG is unique at Aerospace as it not only directly supports major customers, including the U.S. Space Force, U.S. Space Command, Air Force Material Command, and senior leadership at the Pentagon, but also provides a broad range of technical support across the national space enterprise, maintaining vertical responsibilities with customers’ portfolios as well as horizontal, matrixed responsibilities across the corporation. Additionally, DSG provides deep technical expertise to the Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) in the conception, design, acquisition, launch and operations of satellite, launch vehicle, ground control, and range systems. The Nuclear Operations Directorate seeking a Sr. NC3 Systems Engineer supporting the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) Nuclear Command, Control & Communications (NC3) Portfolio Acquisition Executive Officer and Integration Directorate (AFNWC/NC) on current and future communications systems. AFNWC is responsible for Air Force acquisition of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Long Range Stand-Off, nuclear weapons, and NC3."
We can include that as About the role.
Now we need to output HTML fragment with headings and - for lists,
for prose.
We must not include any extra markup like etc.
We'll produce sections in order: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
Check if any section lacks content: all have.
Now ensure we don't repeat job title. Not included.
Now ensure we don't include any boilerplate like EEO etc. We omitted.
Now ensure we preserve all substantive info: we included all bullet points.
Check that we didn't miss any details: In responsibilities we included bullet about "Capability to work independently..." etc. Good.
Now ensure we didn't inadvertently include lines like "This position requires approximately 20% travel; travel partially predicated on availability of secure voice/video communications." That's included as bullet.
Now ensure we didn't include "Potential to broaden experience..." as bullet.
Now ensure we didn't include any duplicate lines.
Now ensure we didn't include "Leadership Competencies" etc. Not needed.
Now ensure we didn't include "Ways We Reward Our Employees" etc. Not needed.
Now ensure we didn't include "Equal Opportunity Commitment". Not needed.
Now ensure we didn't include "We are all unique..." Not needed.
Now ensure we didn't include "During your interview process..." Not needed.
Now ensure we didn't include "Leadership Competencies" etc.
Now produce HTML.
We'll wrap each section:
About the role
... (multiple sentences)
We may need to break into multiple paragraphs for readability but it's okay as one.
Now Responsibilities:
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Now Requirements:
Requirements
- ...
...
Now Skills:
Skills
- ...
...
Now Benefits:
Benefits
- ...
...
Now Pay:
Pay
The grade-based pay range for this position is $151,300.00 - $226,900.00 per year.
Now Schedule:
Schedule
Full-time, on-site position located at one of the following facilities: Hanscom Air Force Base, MA; Crystal City or Chantilly, VA; El Segundo, CA; or Offut Air Force Base, NE. Approximately 20% travel required.
Check if we need to mention standard/alternate work schedules including telework options; that is in Benefits already. Could also add to Schedule but it's okay.
Now ensure we didn't miss any details: In Benefits we included "Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options". Good.
Now check that we didn't inadvertently include any fluff like "Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors..." That's part of Pay description; we could include that as prose. The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we should include that sentence as well. Let's include in Pay section: "Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge and skills." plus the range.
Thus Pay section: The grade-based pay range for this job is $151,300.00 - $226,900.00 per year. Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge and skills.
Now check Benefits: we included list; also maybe we need to include "During your interview process, our team will provide details of our industry-leading benefits." That's not substantive benefit detail; it's just a statement about providing details; we can omit as it's not a benefit.
Now check "We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business." That's also generic; could be omitted as not specific benefit. But it's substantive? It's a statement about compensation philosophy; but we already have Pay
- for lists,
for prose. We must not include any extra markup like etc. We'll produce sections in order: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Check if any section lacks content: all have. Now ensure we don't repeat job title. Not included. Now ensure we don't include any boilerplate like EEO etc. We omitted. Now ensure we preserve all substantive info: we included all bullet points. Check that we didn't miss any details: In responsibilities we included bullet about "Capability to work independently..." etc. Good. Now ensure we didn't inadvertently include lines like "This position requires approximately 20% travel; travel partially predicated on availability of secure voice/video communications." That's included as bullet. Now ensure we didn't include "Potential to broaden experience..." as bullet. Now ensure we didn't include any duplicate lines. Now ensure we didn't include "Leadership Competencies" etc. Not needed. Now ensure we didn't include "Ways We Reward Our Employees" etc. Not needed. Now ensure we didn't include "Equal Opportunity Commitment". Not needed. Now ensure we didn't include "We are all unique..." Not needed. Now ensure we didn't include "During your interview process..." Not needed. Now ensure we didn't include "Leadership Competencies" etc. Now produce HTML. We'll wrap each section:
About the role
... (multiple sentences)
We may need to break into multiple paragraphs for readability but it's okay as one. Now Responsibilities:Responsibilities
- ... ...
Requirements
- ... ...
Skills
- ... ...
Benefits
- ... ...
Pay
The grade-based pay range for this position is $151,300.00 - $226,900.00 per year.
Now Schedule:Schedule
Full-time, on-site position located at one of the following facilities: Hanscom Air Force Base, MA; Crystal City or Chantilly, VA; El Segundo, CA; or Offut Air Force Base, NE. Approximately 20% travel required.
Check if we need to mention standard/alternate work schedules including telework options; that is in Benefits already. Could also add to Schedule but it's okay. Now ensure we didn't miss any details: In Benefits we included "Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options". Good. Now check that we didn't inadvertently include any fluff like "Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors..." That's part of Pay description; we could include that as prose. The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we should include that sentence as well. Let's include in Pay section: "Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge and skills." plus the range. Thus Pay section:The grade-based pay range for this job is $151,300.00 - $226,900.00 per year. Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge and skills.
Now check Benefits: we included list; also maybe we need to include "During your interview process, our team will provide details of our industry-leading benefits." That's not substantive benefit detail; it's just a statement about providing details; we can omit as it's not a benefit. Now check "We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business." That's also generic; could be omitted as not specific benefit. But it's substantive? It's a statement about compensation philosophy; but we already have Pay