Space Vehicle Flight Test Engineer, SSC/SYD89

Space Vehicle Flight Test Engineer, SSC/SYD89 Department of the Air Force Space Systems Command United Stes Space Force / Space Systems Command / Systems Delta 89 Summary Do not email applicions. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here . For additional informion on other USSF direct hire opportunities the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on . Learn more about this agency Summary Do not email applicions. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here . For additional informion on other USSF direct hire opportunities the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on . Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/04/2026 to 05/11/2026 Salary $41,187

• $98,114 per year Pay scale & grade NH 2 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Albuquerque, NM Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 0801 General Engineering Supervisory stus No Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Critical-Sensitive (CS)/High Risk Trust determinion process Nional security Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

SF-FY26-6S-NH-801-2-SPLASH

Control number 867851800 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Videos Duties Help The United Stes Space Force (USSF) Kirtland AFB, NM is searching for a Space Vehicle Flight Test Engineer to support

SSC/SYD89

(NH-0801-02, GS-05/11 equivalent).

Description:

If you are an engineer who looks the sky and sees not the limit, but the next frontier, we are looking for you. This isn't just another engineering job; it's a chance to be the epicenter of space innovion, working on projects th will define the next generion of space capabilities for the United Stes. We are seeking passione, driven individuals who thrive on solving complex problems and want to see their work launch into orbit. If you're the kind of person who wants to bridge the gap between a bold idea and a tangible, space-faring reality, and you are ready to work with a team dediced to outpacing our nion's thres, then you've found your calling.

Daily requirements:

• Provide technical support to the Space Vehicle Engineering flight regarding existing sellite missions, potential future missions, and reled ground systems.
• Work with the branch's Flight Directors, mission partners, and contractors as the authority regarding space vehicle and ground system interfaces, engineering, and mission objectives.
• Master mission control software, monitor telemetry and support operions and test events.
• Contribute engineering support to testing and anomaly resolution as approprie.
• Understand and improve engineering discipline/rigor across our sellite operions equities (Vehicle/Ground Engineering, Requirements Analysis, Test and Analysis, Systems Engineering)
• Through participion/leadership of technical reviews, help maintain/improve the tech baseline.
• Perform focused technical analyses and trades on subsystems to provide key da for decisions.
• Work with the Technical Director and other flights and branches to ensure activities are in line with the unit's technical roadmap and the organizion's broader technical roadmap.

Ideal Candide:

• Experience working in space vehicle engineering or space ground system engineering.
• General knowledge of sellites and their respective ground systems, cloud computing, and networking.
• Familiarity with cloud computing, networking, the Sellite Control Network (SCN), Commercial Augmention Services (CAS), and ground Telemetry, Tracking & Control (TT&C) systems.

Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S Citizen. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret / SCI security clearance. Safeguards classified or sensitive budget-reled informion and/or files. May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis. Eligible for situional telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed "Unscheduled Telework". This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applicions, whichever comes first. Employee may be required to perform travel by military or commercial passenger aircraft in the performance of temporary duty assignments. PCS / relocion funding is not authorized. Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximely 15 days per year. Non-critical acquisition position. This is a drug testing designed position. The incumbent is subject to pre-employment drug testing as a condition of employment, and participion in random drug testing. Position requires a professional engineering degree the bachelor's level from an ABET accredited institution is required. Advanced degrees are preferred. The employee must meet the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) requirements applicable to the duties of the position. Qualificions The 0801 series has an individual occupional requirement th must be met and can be viewed here . In addition to the above requirements, you can view the experience level requirements here . Please scroll down to the 4th section titled Professional and Scientific Positions. Additional informion Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more informion. Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability ring of 30% or more. For more informion, click here . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualificions evalued on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as reled to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualificions determinions assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualificions Standards found here :

Interviews:

You contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your applicion is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your applicion for the position. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents

Required Documents Help Resume:

You must submit a resume th may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inapproprie merial, inapproprie content, nor personal informion such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such informion you will not be considered for this vacancy.

Your resume must provide:

Personal informion

• your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number Educion informion
• the name of the school and the des you tended Work experience
• paid and unpaid work with the following informion: Job title Detailed duties and accomplishments Employer's name and address Supervisor's name and phone number Starting and ending des (If actual des are not known, provide your best-estimed timeframes.) Hours per week Salary, if applicable Other qualificions
• skills, certificions/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-reled training courses College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Educion section of this announcement for detailed informion about transcripts.

If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Do not email applicions. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here .

PLEASE NOTE

It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accure, and submitted by the closing de. You may verify your documents have been processed with your applicion package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here . Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Agency contact informion US Space Force Enterprise Talent Management HQ.USSF.TalentAcquisition@spaceforce.mil Address USSF

• Space Systems Command 1670 Space Force Pentagon Washington, DC 20330 US Next steps For additional informion on other USSF direct hire opportunities the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on .

Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request

Required Documents Help Resume:

You must submit a resume th may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inapproprie merial, inapproprie content, nor personal informion such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such informion you will not be considered for this vacancy.

Your resume must provide:

Personal informion

• your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number Educion informion
• the name of the school and the des you tended Work experience
• paid and unpaid work with the following informion: Job title Detailed duties and accomplishments Employer's name and address Supervisor's name and phone number Starting and ending des (If actual des are not known, provide your best-estimed timeframes.) Hours per week Salary, if applicable Other qualificions
• skills, certificions/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-reled training courses College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Educion section of this announcement for detailed informion about transcripts.

If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Do not email applicions. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here .

PLEASE NOTE

It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accure, and submitted by the closing de. You may verify your documents have been processed with your applicion package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here . Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion US Space Force Enterprise Talent Management HQ.USSF.TalentAcquisition@spaceforce.mil Address USSF

• Space Systems Command 1670 Space Force Pentagon Washington, DC 20330 US Next steps For additional informion on other USSF direct hire opportunities the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on .

Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/04/2026 to 05/11/2026 Salary $41,187

• $98,114 per year Pay scale & grade NH 2 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Albuquerque, NM Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

SF-FY26-6S-NH-801-2-SPLASH

Control number 867851800