Force Design Analyst and Messaging Specialist

KBR•Colorado Springs, CO

10d•$160,000 - $175,000•Onsite

About The Position

KBR Corporation is seeking a Force Design Analyst and Messaging Specialist to support the Space Warfighting Analysis Center (SWAC) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The role supports strategic planning, architecture development, studies, and analysis for U.S. Space Force (USSF) missions. It includes creating, coordinating, and maintaining the Chief of Space Operations Force Design, a strategic planning document that recommends space-system architectures and performance parameters to counter projected foreign threats. The Force Design is updated periodically and undergoes a formal annual coordination cycle. The analyst provides technical leadership in analysis and assessment, applying systems engineering principles, quantitative and qualitative methods, and performance metrics to evaluate mission effectiveness and inform decisions. The role also translates complex technical analysis into clear messaging, visualizations, graphics, and presentations for operators, technical audiences, senior leaders, and other stakeholders. The position evaluates current and projected space forces, identifies capability gaps, assesses proposed changes to USSF infrastructure and architectures, and recommends future architectures and space weapons systems. It addresses a wide range of space capabilities, including command and control, communications, data management, navigation and timing, space domain awareness, missile warning and defense, environmental monitoring, intelligence and reconnaissance, counterspace, and logistics and sustainment. The analyst also conducts trade-space and multi-factor optimization analyses, documents and coordinates requirements, supports annual planning decisions, and maintains rigorous configuration control and traceability across analytical efforts. The role is on-site in Colorado Springs, with minimal travel (0–20%) and standard working hours. The stated schedule is 40 hours per week. The basic compensation range for Colorado is $160,000–$175,000. Candidates joining KBR’s Mission Technology Solutions business before its planned spin-off are expected to transition to Trinzic when the separation is complete without needing to reapply.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI clearance; only U.S. citizens can obtain the required clearance.
Experience providing strategic advice, technical guidance, analysis, and recommendations for mission and program challenges.
Experience with space operations or space acquisition, specifically missile defense and missile warning.
Ability to communicate effectively and concisely using styles and techniques appropriate to the audience.
Ability to create PowerPoint presentations that convey complex ideas and technical data in a consumable manner.
Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or 10+ years of experience.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience at SWAC or on a higher-headquarters, Joint Staff, or combatant command staff.
Previous experience with PPBE, JCIDS, or J/A/S/G-8.
Master’s degree in a technical field.

Responsibilities

Create, coordinate, and maintain the Chief of Space Operations Force Design, including periodic updates and a formal annual coordination cycle.
Base Force Design recommendations on quantitative and qualitative technical analysis.
Provide technical leadership as an Analysis and Assessment subject-matter expert, applying systems engineering, analytical methodologies, and performance metrics to assess mission effectiveness and inform decisions.
Translate complex technical analyses into messaging, visualizations, graphics, and presentation materials for technical and senior leadership audiences.
Support USSF/SWAC strategic planning, requirements analysis, and architecture development across multiple space missions.
Conduct space-related studies and analysis of current and projected space forces, perform capability gap analysis, and use available intelligence to support recommendations for future USSF architectures and space weapons systems.
Apply knowledge of existing, planned, and programmed USSF capabilities across relevant mission areas, including C3, data transportation and management, PNT/NAVWAR, space domain awareness, missile warning, tracking and defense, environmental monitoring, ISR, counterspace, and logistics and sustainment.
Evaluate and integrate new technologies and methodologies into space architectures.
Assess proposed changes to USSF infrastructure and architecture for architectural soundness, requirements and standards compliance, consistency with strategies and guidance, and maintainability.
Perform mission-unique trade-space analysis for on-orbit and associated ground systems, including quantitative analysis of upgrades and enhancements.
Present multi-factor optimization results that balance system performance factors across multiple missions.
Trace, document, and coordinate USSF space-system requirements.
Shape annual planning deliberations and planning-choice selection, and formalize mission and system performance parameters into formal requirements.
Maintain configuration control and attention to detail across analytical studies, ensuring consistency, traceability, and integrity of assumptions, inputs, methodologies, and results.
Develop data-driven messaging that communicates the strengths, tradeoffs, and operational value of proposed force-design Courses of Action to diverse stakeholders and decision-makers.
Apply space policy and doctrine to analytical frameworks and model design, and identify policy or doctrinal gaps, inconsistencies, and emerging requirements affecting force-design assessments.
Coordinate with Delta 10, Delta 4, PA&E organizations, CAPE, and other stakeholders to align analytical approaches, assumptions, and recommendations with operational, doctrinal, and strategic priorities.