Force Design Specialist

Office of Chief of Space Operations • Arlington, VA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Help shape the future of the United States Space Force as a Force Design Specialist, where you will turn emerging threats, operational needs, and future concepts into the vital capabilities, organizations, and investments Guardians require to maintain enduring space superiority. In this highly strategic role, you will research complex security problems, assess mission and enterprise designs, identify critical capability gaps, and develop clear, evidence-based recommendations that directly influence senior leader decisions on how the Space Force plans, resources, acquires, and implements the Objective Force. As a self-starting strategic thinker, you will collaborate daily with Space Force organizations, the Joint Force, intelligence and acquisition communities, and other key mission partners to integrate sophisticated analysis into practical paths forward. By managing priorities, tracking critical milestones, and developing decision-ready products, you will ensure our Force Design recommendations are feasible, affordable, traceable, and fully prepared to transition from concept to real-world implementation-putting you at the absolute center of building the Space Force of tomorrow.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance with SCI access.
• Employee is in a designated position that requires consent and be subject to an initial/periodic/random CI-scope polygraph as a condition of employment.
• Polygraph examinations are considered current when administered within the past 5-years.
• This is a drug testing designated position.
• The incumbent is subject to pre-employment drug testing as a condition of employment, and participation in random drug testing.
• Knowledge of Space Force mission areas, enterprise functions, and associated operational and technical considerations, including Space Domain Awareness; Offensive and Defensive Space Operations; Positioning, Navigation, and Timing; Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance; Satellite Communications; Environmental Monitoring; Missile Warning; Space Operations; Space-lift; command and control; data transport; ground; cyber; test and training; and other cross-mission enabling capabilities.
• Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative methods used to assess and improve mission area designs, enterprise designs, operational effectiveness, technical feasibility, dependencies, gaps, seams, risks, and implementation options.
• Knowledge of the National Security Space, Joint, Intelligence Community, allied and partner, commercial, and interagency enterprise, including how space capabilities enable broader military and national security missions.
• Knowledge of relationships among space, terrestrial, cyber, data, intelligence, command and control, and operational architectures sufficient to assess external dependencies, interoperability, integration requirements, and mission impacts.
• Knowledge of Force Development, requirements, acquisition, and Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) processes, including how Force Design outputs inform Mission Area Designs, Enterprise Area Designs, Objective Force products, requirements development, Program Objective Memorandum inputs, transition planning, acquisition planning, resource prioritization, and implementation activities.
• Ability to gather, assemble, analyze, and integrate information from multiple sources; draw conclusions; conduct analysis; devise recommended solutions; and package the results in briefings, papers, or reports suitable for senior leader review and decision-making.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing, negotiate complex issues, resolve differences across diverse stakeholder groups, and maintain effective working relationships.

Nice To Haves

• Substantial experience within Space Force, Joint, national security space, intelligence, acquisition, or force development environments.
• Proven track record of leading complex analyses and delivering enterprise-level recommendations.
• Expertise in force design, mission or enterprise architecture, operational planning, requirements development, or strategic wargaming.
• Deep understanding of Space Force mission areas and the intricate dependencies among space, cyber, data, and command and control capabilities.
• Strong familiarity with the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) cycle, acquisition processes, resource prioritization, and DOTMLPF-P frameworks.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical, operational, or national security field.
• Advanced education highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Research complex security problems.
• Assess mission and enterprise designs.
• Identify critical capability gaps.
• Develop clear, evidence-based recommendations that directly influence senior leader decisions on how the Space Force plans, resources, acquires, and implements the Objective Force.
• Collaborate daily with Space Force organizations, the Joint Force, intelligence and acquisition communities, and other key mission partners to integrate sophisticated analysis into practical paths forward.
• Manage priorities.
• Track critical milestones.
• Develop decision-ready products to ensure Force Design recommendations are feasible, affordable, traceable, and fully prepared to transition from concept to real-world implementation.

Benefits

• A 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.
• Disabled 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior