{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"f7a705c8cd354ff7fe4c88a5","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/f7a705c8cd354ff7fe4c88a5","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/f7a705c8cd354ff7fe4c88a5","title":"Aerospace Engineer, SLD 45","description":"Summary\nDo not email applications. To 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) at Patrick SFB FL is searching for an Aerospace Engineer, for Space Launch Delta 45 Safety Office (NH-0301-03, GS-12/13 equivalent).\n\nDescription:\nConducts special studies to address unique launch vehicle design, launch support, or data development issues of advanced difficulty and complexity. Formulates and develops new or substantially improved mathematical models, algorithms and computer code to perform flight safety analysis assessments and resulting quantitative risk calculations requiring the routine use of ingenuity and creativity. Evaluates, generates, and assembles information needed for flight safety analysis assessments and quantitative risk assessments. Performs flight safety analysis and resulting quantitative risk assessments in support of space launch/landing missions and real-time launch support.\n\nKnowledge, Skills & Abilities:\n1. Professional Engineering Degree - ABET Accredited\n2. Employee must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.\n3. May be required to travel by military or commercial aircraft in the performance of TDY assignments.\n4. May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.\n5. Must exhibit a high degree of judgment, resourcefulness, originality, and the ability to foresee and adapt to the impact of changing technology.\n6. Must be able to work irregular and prolonged hours of work.\n7. Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise.\n\nIdeal Candidate:\nTechnical expert on engineering and application of the flight safety analysis tools used to assess launch and reentry hazards and risks. Serving as an aerospace engineer performing flight safety analysis and\nquantitative risk assessments for space launch/landing, and reentry operations.\n1. Knowledge of quantitative techniques and methods used to develop, adapt, modify, and apply models to resolve problems or define and clarify alternative solutions. Required to work in areas where precedent, data, criteria, methods, or techniques are inadequate, controversial, or contain critical gaps.\n2. Knowledge of the processes, tools, and criteria used to evaluate and manage flight safety hazards and risks due to debris impacts, dispersion of toxic substances, explosions, and distant focusing overpressure.\n3. Knowledge of launch vehicle subsystems and components (structural, propulsion, electrical, avionics, staging), flight operations, and performance characteristics relating to explosive overpressures, distant focusing overpressure, debris impacts, and the release of toxic substances.\n4. Ability to apply advanced engineering concepts, practices and principles of a broad range of engineering disciplines (e.g., mechanical, aerospace, structural, and reliability) as they relate to rocket and advanced aerodynamic lifting bodies to the modeling of launch safety hazards.\n5. Ability to develop and utilize appropriate data collection techniques for flight safety hazards and risks due to debris impacts, dispersion of toxic substances, explosions, and distant focusing overpressure.\n6. Ability to facilitate effective coordination of launch safety issues with user agencies/contractors and to provide advice/guidance to ensure that health and safety features/precautions are considered in recommendations regarding testing/operations of launch vehicles.\n\nRequirements\nConditions of employment\nU.S. Citizenship Required\nMust be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.\nRequired to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise.\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.\nMust exhibit a high degree of judgment, resourcefulness, originality, and the ability to foresee and adapt to the impact of changing technology.\nMust be able to work irregular and prolonged hours of work.\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.\nSubject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 15 days per year.\nQualifications\nThe 0861 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\nPosted today · Apply by 08/06/26\nDue by 11:59 p.m. ET on August 6, 2026\nLocation\n3 vacancies 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\nNo\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\n0861 Aerospace 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-FY26-6S-NH-0861-3-SPLASH\nControl number\n878668600","company":"Us Space Systems Command","rawCompany":"us space systems command","city":"Patrick Air Force Base","state":"FL","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-05T01:27:44.058Z","occupations":[{"code":"17-2011.00","title":"Aerospace Engineers","slug":"aerospace-engineers"},{"code":"17-3021.00","title":"Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians","slug":"aerospace-engineering-and-operations-technologists-and-technicians"},{"code":"55-3012.00","title":"Aircraft Launch and Recovery Specialists","slug":"aircraft-launch-and-recovery-specialists"}],"industries":[{"code":"927110","title":"Space Research and Technology","slug":"space-research-and-technology"},{"code":"336419","title":"Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing","slug":"other-guided-missile-and-space-vehicle-parts-and-auxiliary-equipment-manufacturing"},{"code":"336414","title":"Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing","slug":"guided-missile-and-space-vehicle-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Aerospace Engineer, SLD 45","description":"Summary\nDo not email applications. To 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) at Patrick SFB FL is searching for an Aerospace Engineer, for Space Launch Delta 45 Safety Office (NH-0301-03, GS-12/13 equivalent).\n\nDescription:\nConducts special studies to address unique launch vehicle design, launch support, or data development issues of advanced difficulty and complexity. Formulates and develops new or substantially improved mathematical models, algorithms and computer code to perform flight safety analysis assessments and resulting quantitative risk calculations requiring the routine use of ingenuity and creativity. Evaluates, generates, and assembles information needed for flight safety analysis assessments and quantitative risk assessments. Performs flight safety analysis and resulting quantitative risk assessments in support of space launch/landing missions and real-time launch support.\n\nKnowledge, Skills & Abilities:\n1. Professional Engineering Degree - ABET Accredited\n2. Employee must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.\n3. May be required to travel by military or commercial aircraft in the performance of TDY assignments.\n4. May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.\n5. Must exhibit a high degree of judgment, resourcefulness, originality, and the ability to foresee and adapt to the impact of changing technology.\n6. Must be able to work irregular and prolonged hours of work.\n7. Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise.\n\nIdeal Candidate:\nTechnical expert on engineering and application of the flight safety analysis tools used to assess launch and reentry hazards and risks. Serving as an aerospace engineer performing flight safety analysis and\nquantitative risk assessments for space launch/landing, and reentry operations.\n1. Knowledge of quantitative techniques and methods used to develop, adapt, modify, and apply models to resolve problems or define and clarify alternative solutions. Required to work in areas where precedent, data, criteria, methods, or techniques are inadequate, controversial, or contain critical gaps.\n2. Knowledge of the processes, tools, and criteria used to evaluate and manage flight safety hazards and risks due to debris impacts, dispersion of toxic substances, explosions, and distant focusing overpressure.\n3. Knowledge of launch vehicle subsystems and components (structural, propulsion, electrical, avionics, staging), flight operations, and performance characteristics relating to explosive overpressures, distant focusing overpressure, debris impacts, and the release of toxic substances.\n4. Ability to apply advanced engineering concepts, practices and principles of a broad range of engineering disciplines (e.g., mechanical, aerospace, structural, and reliability) as they relate to rocket and advanced aerodynamic lifting bodies to the modeling of launch safety hazards.\n5. Ability to develop and utilize appropriate data collection techniques for flight safety hazards and risks due to debris impacts, dispersion of toxic substances, explosions, and distant focusing overpressure.\n6. Ability to facilitate effective coordination of launch safety issues with user agencies/contractors and to provide advice/guidance to ensure that health and safety features/precautions are considered in recommendations regarding testing/operations of launch vehicles.\n\nRequirements\nConditions of employment\nU.S. Citizenship Required\nMust be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.\nRequired to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise.\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.\nMust exhibit a high degree of judgment, resourcefulness, originality, and the ability to foresee and adapt to the impact of changing technology.\nMust be able to work irregular and prolonged hours of work.\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.\nSubject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 15 days per year.\nQualifications\nThe 0861 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\nPosted today · Apply by 08/06/26\nDue by 11:59 p.m. ET on August 6, 2026\nLocation\n3 vacancies 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\nNo\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\n0861 Aerospace 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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