General Engineer (Systems Engineering Execution)

Quick Facts

• Non-supervisory technical execution role
• Collaborates with Chief Engineer, program managers, operators, and industry partners
• Supports end-to-end engineering activities from development through production, test, and fielding

Description

Support a Space Force program as a non-supervisory General Engineer. Apply engineering judgment to improve system performance, resolve technical challenges, and help move space capabilities from development through production, test, and fielding.

Evaluate requirements and interfaces, review contractor analyses and test results, manage engineering risks, and maintain the technical baseline while supporting verification, acceptance, and readiness decisions. Translate complex engineering information into clear recommendations for government leaders and coordinate across multidisciplinary teams to ensure mission capability is technically sound for delivery.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate system and subsystem requirements, interfaces, and design changes
• Review contractor technical analyses and test results
• Assess engineering risks and recommend corrective actions
• Investigate integration and production issues
• Support technical reviews, verification, acceptance, and readiness decisions
• Maintain the technical baseline
• Coordinate across multidisciplinary teams
• Brief technical and nontechnical audiences with clarity and precision

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• Active (or ability to obtain/maintain) Top-Secret clearance with SCI eligibility
• Safeguard classified or sensitive information and files
• Bachelor’s-level engineering degree from an ABET-accredited institution (advanced degree preferred)
• Meet applicable DAWIA requirements
• File OGE-450 Confidential Financial Disclosure within 30 days of starting and annually thereafter
• Attend annual ethics and procurement integrity training
• Drug testing designated position (pre-employment and random testing)
• Eligible for situational telework (Emergency and OPM “Unscheduled Telework”)
• Travel/TDY and overtime may be required

Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides a comprehensive benefits package. Eligibility depends on the type of position held and whether it is full-time, part-time, or intermittent.