Afrl Mission Integration Team (mit) Engineers

Job Overview

This job announcement will be accepting candidate submissions through Sunday, 3 November 2024.

The AFRL Integrated Capabilities Directorate (RS), Architecture Division (RSA), Architecture Design Branch (RSAD) is seeking to fill 10 mid to senior-level engineering vacancies at the DR-02 through 04 grade levels to provide technical expertise and support to the Department of the Air Force (DAF) Command, Control, Communications, for Battle Management (C3BM). Candidates selected from this recruitment effort will be aligned to 1 of 5 Mission Integration Teams (MITs) duty stationed at either Hanscom AFB, MA or Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. The five mission areas are; Air, Maritime, Land, Homeland Air Defense, and Cross Cutting.

Members of the MITs manage the DAF C3BM MIT Process for their respective MIT. The DAF C3BM MIT Process receives operational and functional requirements from the Operational Community and conducts an:

• Operational Analysis to translate operational and functional requirements into technical requirements.
• Architecture Definition to design the capability’s architecture while ensuring integration/interoperability with the broader DAF C3BM enterprise architecture.
• Risk assessment of the capability, and if risk needs to be mitigated, the MIT works with the Science & Technology Community to address.
• Execution management strategy providing the capability’s requirements to the Acquisition Community.
• Test and Evaluation Strategy with the Acquisition Community to work with the Test and Evaluation Community for exercise and experimentation activities before delivery to the Operational Community.

Position duties will include, but may not be limited to:

• Serves a Mission Integration Team (MIT) system of systems architecture design and senior development engineers or leads.
• Reviews current Department of Defense (DoD) architecture models and designs a migration path to a future state that enables seamless sensor-to-shooter connectivity.
• Drives interconnectivity between represented PEOs and weapon systems.
• Captures as is and to be states driven by MIT stressing engagement scenarios.
• Engages the joint and coalition community to design and evaluate an architecture that will connect any sensor to any shooter irrespective of service or coalition.
• Identifies, assesses, and matures innovative and affordable concepts meeting current and future AF needs through multi-domain expertise, analytics, and modeling, simulation & analysis tool development.

Telework

Yes, this position is eligible for situational telework; as determined by agency policy

Remote Work (CONUS)

No, this position is not approved for remote work.

Required Qualifications

• United States Citizenship
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance
• Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience (SES) related to the position duties. For DR-02 consideration, applicants must have a minimum of GS-11 equivalent SES. For DR-03 consideration, applicants must have a minimum of GS-13 equivalent SES. For DR-04 consideration, applicants must have a minimum of GS-14 equivalent SES.
• This is an interdisciplinary Engineering (08XX) position. Applicants must be able to meet the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for Professional & Scientific positions and the Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) for All Professional Engineering Positions. OPM Qualification Standards can be found at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards
• This interdisciplinary position has a positive education requirement. Applicants must provide transcript(s).
• The incumbent may be subject to random drug testing.
• PCS may or may not be paid.
• This position has been designated as an acquisition position and is covered by the Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP). Applicants must list all APDP certification(s) on the resume and will have 60 months to meet APDP requirements.
• Incumbents may be required to submit an initial and annual SF-450 (Financial Disclosure) in accordance with the Joint Ethics Regulation.
• Position is eligible for situational telework but incumbents must live within the commuting area of the assigned duty station (Hanscom AFB, MA or Wright-Patterson AFB, OH).

Desired Qualifications

• An advanced academic degree in a related science or engineering (S&E) discipline from an accredited institution is highly desired (i.e., systems engineering).
• To be successful in this position, candidates will need experience in integrating different systems and integrating existing technology.
• Seeking candidates with past experience in systems to systems modeling and architecture.
• Past positions with exposure to PACAF or INDOPACOM theater or past collaboration with the National Reconnaissance Office should also be highlighted in a candidate's experience.
• When uploading documents, please utilize the naming convention listed below. The Requisition Number for this announcement is 98909.
  • Resume: Req No_Last Name_First Name_Resume
  • Transcripts: Req No_Last Name_First Name_Transcripts
  • Acceptable file types: .doc,.docx,.pdf

Series

08XX