{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"59d49eafc3b2d8bc47da01f8","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/59d49eafc3b2d8bc47da01f8","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/59d49eafc3b2d8bc47da01f8","title":"Range Safety Engineer","description":"Summary\nTo submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here.\n\nFor additional information on other USSF direct hire opportunities visit the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on LinkedIn.\nLearn more about this agency\n\nThis job is open to\nThe public\nU.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.\n\nDuties\nThe United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) Space Launch Delta 45 (SLD 45) Safety Engineering Analysis Launch (SEAL) (vehicle and ground systems) at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida is searching for a Range Safety Engineer (NH-0803-03, GS 12/13 equivalent).\n\nDescription:\nAs a critical technical authority within the Space Launch Delta safety infrastructure, the Range Safety Engineer acts as the primary Point of Contact (POC) for assigned programs-including launch vehicles, Flight Termination Systems (FTS), payloads, ground support equipment, and facility operations-while directly coordinating comprehensive safety activities such as technical interchange meetings, program introductions, statement of capability evaluations, procedural reviews, incident resolutions, and FAA/AST coordination. Serving as a Subject Matter Expert (SME), this engineer operates as the Program Lead Systems Safety Engineer to oversee end-to-end system safety, tailor complex AFSPCMAN 91-710 Range Safety User Requirements, and evaluate non-compliances to determine the operational boundaries of deviations or waivers. Maintaining high-level technical expertise in critical fields-ranging from high-pressure systems and composite overwrapped pressure vessels (COPVs) to ordnance, toxic propellant diffusion modeling, explosive overpressure modeling, and lightning protection-the engineer cross-functionally leads multi-program safety initiatives and actively identifies when to leverage specialized engineering equivalents to guarantee the uncompromised safety of national security space launch operations.\n\nThe ideal candidate for this critical national security role possesses a Bachelor of Science degree in an engineering field or related science and must possess the immediate capability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance. They demonstrate a comprehensive, working knowledge of health, safety, and environmental mandates outlined in SPFCMAN 91-710 Range Safety User Requirements, alongside a deep operational familiarity with Eastern Range launch vehicles, Flight Termination Systems (FTS), payloads, ground support equipment, facilities, and their corresponding organizational and contractual frameworks. Crucially, the candidate exhibits an exceptional level of professional judgment, resourcefulness, and technical originality, proving themselves uniquely capable of anticipating, navigating, and adapting range safety operations to the rapid pace of changing aerospace technology and administrative processes.\n\nKey Skills and Abilities:\n1. Professional knowledge of multidiscipline engineering concepts, principles, consensus standards, and practices.\n2. Knowledge of engineering standards, methods, practices, and techniques, materials, and equipment to determine compliance with federal, state, and local codes and regulations.\n3. Knowledge of health, safety, and environmental requirements as outlined in SPFCMAN 91-710 (formerly AFSPCMAN or EWR 127-1) and other applicable standards, regulations, and/or technical orders.\n4. Knowledge of risk management techniques and cost-benefit analyses.\n5. Skill in determining and negotiating acceptable resolutions to complex engineering problems which require considerations of safety, cost, and schedule.\n6. Skill in operating a computer and common applications, and learning new applications and systems.\n7. Ability to analyze, interpret, and apply rules, regulations, and procedures in a variety of situations and recommend timely and economical solutions.\n8. Ability to plan and organize programs and coordinate with other engineering disciplines, other personnel, and organizations as required.\n9. Ability to communicate effectively by speech, in writing, and in the virtual environment, maintaining good working relationships.\n10. Knowledge of Eastern Range launch vehicles, flight termination systems, payloads, ground support equipment, facilities, organizations, and contracts.\n\nRequirements\nConditions of employment\nU.S. Citizenship Required\nMust be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.\nRequired to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise.\nA professional engineering degree at the bachelor’s level from an ABET accredited institution, or in a closely related technical field as desired by the hiring organization, is required.\nMust exhibit a high degree of judgment, resourcefulness, originality, and the ability to foresee and adapt to the impact of changing technology and administrative processes.\nEligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.\nSubject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 15 days per year.\nMay be required to travel by military or commercial aircraft in the performance of TDY assignments.\nMay be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.\nPCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at: https://afciviliancareers.com/regulatory/.\nDepending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period.\nUpon completion of your probationary/trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.\nIncentive is not authorized.\nThis position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.\nQualifications\nThe 0803 series has an individual occupational requirement that 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.\nAdditional information\nEmployed 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 information.\n\nDisabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click here.\n\nCandidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.\nBenefits\nA 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 that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.\nReview our benefits\nEligibility 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 information on the specific benefits offered.\n\nHow you will be evaluated\nYou will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.\nKnowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:\n\nInterviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.\n\nRequired Documents\nResume:You must submit a resume that 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, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:\nPersonal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number\nEducation information - the name of the school and the dates you attended\nWork experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:\nJob title\nDetailed duties and accomplishments\nEmployer's name and address\nSupervisor's name and phone number\nStarting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)\nHours per week\nSalary, if applicable\nOther qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses\nCollege Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.\nIf you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:\nEducation must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.\nFailure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.\n\nHow to Apply\nDo not email applications. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here.\n\nPLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application 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.\n\nAgency contact information\nUS Space Force Enterprise Talent Management\nEmail\nHQ.USSF.TalentAcquisition@spaceforce.mil\nAddress\nUSSF - Space Systems Command\n1670 Space Force Pentagon\nWashington, DC 20330\nUS\nNext steps\nFor additional information on other USSF direct hire opportunities visit the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on LinkedIn.\n\nOverview\nAccepting applications\nLocation\n1 vacancy in the following location:\nPatrick AFB, FL\nNo matching locations found.\nWork site options\nTelework eligible\nYes—as determined by the agency policy.\nRemote job\nNo\nRelocation expenses reimbursed\nYes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.\nSalary\n$90,173 - $139,398 per year\nPay scale & grade\nNH 3\nPromotion potential\nNone\nLearn more about pay scale and grade\nPay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.\nWork schedule\nFull-time\nTravel Required\n25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.\nAppointment type\nPermanent\nOccupations and job series\n0803 Safety Engineering\nSupervisory status\nNo\nFederal service type\nThis job is in the Competitive Service\nRepresented by a union\nNo\nDrug test\nNo\nSecurity clearance\nSecret\nPosition sensitivity and risk\nNoncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Moderate Risk\nJobs require a background check and some require a security clearance. The type depends on the job.\nBackground check type\nNational security\nFinancial disclosure required\nNo\nSome jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests.\nAnnouncement number\nSF-F26-NH0803-03-SPLASH1\nControl number\n879588500","company":"Us Space Systems Command","rawCompany":"us space systems command","city":"Patrick Air Force Base","state":"FL","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-10T15:25:45.763Z","occupations":[{"code":"17-2011.00","title":"Aerospace Engineers","slug":"aerospace-engineers"},{"code":"17-2199.00","title":"Engineers, All Other","slug":"engineers-all-other"},{"code":"17-2111.00","title":"Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors","slug":"health-and-safety-engineers-except-mining-safety-engineers-and-inspectors"}],"industries":[{"code":"927110","title":"Space Research and Technology","slug":"space-research-and-technology"},{"code":"928110","title":"National Security","slug":"national-security"},{"code":"336414","title":"Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing","slug":"guided-missile-and-space-vehicle-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Range Safety Engineer","description":"Summary\nTo submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here.\n\nFor additional information on other USSF direct hire opportunities visit the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on LinkedIn.\nLearn more about this agency\n\nThis job is open to\nThe public\nU.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.\n\nDuties\nThe United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) Space Launch Delta 45 (SLD 45) Safety Engineering Analysis Launch (SEAL) (vehicle and ground systems) at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida is searching for a Range Safety Engineer (NH-0803-03, GS 12/13 equivalent).\n\nDescription:\nAs a critical technical authority within the Space Launch Delta safety infrastructure, the Range Safety Engineer acts as the primary Point of Contact (POC) for assigned programs-including launch vehicles, Flight Termination Systems (FTS), payloads, ground support equipment, and facility operations-while directly coordinating comprehensive safety activities such as technical interchange meetings, program introductions, statement of capability evaluations, procedural reviews, incident resolutions, and FAA/AST coordination. Serving as a Subject Matter Expert (SME), this engineer operates as the Program Lead Systems Safety Engineer to oversee end-to-end system safety, tailor complex AFSPCMAN 91-710 Range Safety User Requirements, and evaluate non-compliances to determine the operational boundaries of deviations or waivers. Maintaining high-level technical expertise in critical fields-ranging from high-pressure systems and composite overwrapped pressure vessels (COPVs) to ordnance, toxic propellant diffusion modeling, explosive overpressure modeling, and lightning protection-the engineer cross-functionally leads multi-program safety initiatives and actively identifies when to leverage specialized engineering equivalents to guarantee the uncompromised safety of national security space launch operations.\n\nThe ideal candidate for this critical national security role possesses a Bachelor of Science degree in an engineering field or related science and must possess the immediate capability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance. They demonstrate a comprehensive, working knowledge of health, safety, and environmental mandates outlined in SPFCMAN 91-710 Range Safety User Requirements, alongside a deep operational familiarity with Eastern Range launch vehicles, Flight Termination Systems (FTS), payloads, ground support equipment, facilities, and their corresponding organizational and contractual frameworks. Crucially, the candidate exhibits an exceptional level of professional judgment, resourcefulness, and technical originality, proving themselves uniquely capable of anticipating, navigating, and adapting range safety operations to the rapid pace of changing aerospace technology and administrative processes.\n\nKey Skills and Abilities:\n1. Professional knowledge of multidiscipline engineering concepts, principles, consensus standards, and practices.\n2. Knowledge of engineering standards, methods, practices, and techniques, materials, and equipment to determine compliance with federal, state, and local codes and regulations.\n3. Knowledge of health, safety, and environmental requirements as outlined in SPFCMAN 91-710 (formerly AFSPCMAN or EWR 127-1) and other applicable standards, regulations, and/or technical orders.\n4. Knowledge of risk management techniques and cost-benefit analyses.\n5. Skill in determining and negotiating acceptable resolutions to complex engineering problems which require considerations of safety, cost, and schedule.\n6. Skill in operating a computer and common applications, and learning new applications and systems.\n7. Ability to analyze, interpret, and apply rules, regulations, and procedures in a variety of situations and recommend timely and economical solutions.\n8. Ability to plan and organize programs and coordinate with other engineering disciplines, other personnel, and organizations as required.\n9. Ability to communicate effectively by speech, in writing, and in the virtual environment, maintaining good working relationships.\n10. Knowledge of Eastern Range launch vehicles, flight termination systems, payloads, ground support equipment, facilities, organizations, and contracts.\n\nRequirements\nConditions of employment\nU.S. Citizenship Required\nMust be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.\nRequired to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise.\nA professional engineering degree at the bachelor’s level from an ABET accredited institution, or in a closely related technical field as desired by the hiring organization, is required.\nMust exhibit a high degree of judgment, resourcefulness, originality, and the ability to foresee and adapt to the impact of changing technology and administrative processes.\nEligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.\nSubject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 15 days per year.\nMay be required to travel by military or commercial aircraft in the performance of TDY assignments.\nMay be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.\nPCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at: https://afciviliancareers.com/regulatory/.\nDepending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period.\nUpon completion of your probationary/trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.\nIncentive is not authorized.\nThis position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.\nQualifications\nThe 0803 series has an individual occupational requirement that 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.\nAdditional information\nEmployed 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 information.\n\nDisabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click here.\n\nCandidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.\nBenefits\nA 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 that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.\nReview our benefits\nEligibility 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 information on the specific benefits offered.\n\nHow you will be evaluated\nYou will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.\nKnowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:\n\nInterviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.\n\nRequired Documents\nResume:You must submit a resume that 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, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:\nPersonal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number\nEducation information - the name of the school and the dates you attended\nWork experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:\nJob title\nDetailed duties and accomplishments\nEmployer's name and address\nSupervisor's name and phone number\nStarting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)\nHours per week\nSalary, if applicable\nOther qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses\nCollege Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.\nIf you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:\nEducation must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.\nFailure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.\n\nHow to Apply\nDo not email applications. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here.\n\nPLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application 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.\n\nAgency contact information\nUS Space Force Enterprise Talent Management\nEmail\nHQ.USSF.TalentAcquisition@spaceforce.mil\nAddress\nUSSF - Space Systems Command\n1670 Space Force Pentagon\nWashington, DC 20330\nUS\nNext steps\nFor additional information on other USSF direct hire opportunities visit the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on LinkedIn.\n\nOverview\nAccepting applications\nLocation\n1 vacancy in the following location:\nPatrick AFB, FL\nNo matching locations found.\nWork site options\nTelework eligible\nYes—as determined by the agency policy.\nRemote job\nNo\nRelocation expenses reimbursed\nYes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.\nSalary\n$90,173 - $139,398 per year\nPay scale & grade\nNH 3\nPromotion potential\nNone\nLearn more about pay scale and grade\nPay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.\nWork schedule\nFull-time\nTravel Required\n25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.\nAppointment type\nPermanent\nOccupations and job series\n0803 Safety Engineering\nSupervisory status\nNo\nFederal service type\nThis job is in the Competitive Service\nRepresented by a union\nNo\nDrug test\nNo\nSecurity clearance\nSecret\nPosition sensitivity and risk\nNoncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Moderate Risk\nJobs require a background check and some require a security clearance. 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