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SUPERVISORY GENERAL ENGINEER-DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY
Air Force Materiel Command · Posted 50 days ago
Hybrid Edwards AFB, CA $126K – $192K Apply by Aug 6, 2026 General Engineering ENTJINTJINTPISTJ Engineering
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Veteran's preference does not apply to DHA recruitment. Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below for more information. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as the Director of the 715th Test Squadron, Hypersonics Systems Test, exercising second level supervisory and managerial authorities of the squadron and supports hypersonic test and evaluation through technology development, investment, ground and flight test, and analysis, supporting all customers within the DoD.
What You'll Do
- →Leads 180-member government/contractor Branch supporting hypersonic test and evaluation through technology development, investment, ground and flight test, and analysis, supporting all customers within the Department of Defense.
- →Oversees test planning, execution, and reporting activities for the Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit (APTU), High-Temperature Arc Heater Facilities (H1, H2, H3) and the stand up of the J-5 Phoenix and DragonFire test facilities at Arnold AFB, TN.
- →Leads the Integrated Development Test team at Eglin AFB, FL Operating Location as a Geographically Separated Unit, supporting the T&E of hypersonic systems across all phases of test from early component and subsystem ground test to aircraft integration and flight test for hypersonic system and aerospace vehicle development.
- →Facilitates integration of the Test Resource Management Center's (TRMC) High-Speed Systems Test (HSST) technology development portfolio into current and future hypersonic testing needs for rapid acquisitions, technology demonstrators, and science & technology advancement.
- →Serves as a consultant and expert in engineering work involved in the application of advanced theories, concepts, and principles related to development or sustainment of hypersonic systems.
- →Provides authoritative technical advice to the higher levels of management on matters of exceptional importance in the continuation or abandoning of objectives, goals, and programs.
- →Represents the organization with a variety of installation and functional area organizations.
- →Serves on special agency and inter-agency committees, coordinating groups, etc., where decisions, commitments, and conclusions have considerable impact on the long-range planning and establishment of future hypersonic projects/programs.
Requirements
- ✓Basic Qualification Requirement: You must meet one of the following qualification requirements by the closing date and provide documentation to support your qualifications (If you are using education to qualify, failure to submit the required documentation will result in you being rated ineligible.
- ✓See sections on "College Transcripts" and "Foreign Education" below for required documentation.): A.
- ✓The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: 1.
- ✓Professional Registration.
- ✓Have current registration as a professional engineer. 2.
- ✓Written Test.
- ✓Specified Academic Courses.
- ✓Have successfully completed at least 60 semester or 90 quarter hours of courses in the Physical, Mathematical, and Engineering sciences and in Engineering that included the courses specified in "A" above. 4.
- ✓Related Curriculum.
- ✓Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions.
- ✓(The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) Basic Qualification Supporting Documentation.
- ✓This position has a specific education requirement.
- ✓If you are using a related curriculum to qualify, failure to submit the following documentation will result in you being rated ineligible.
- ✓You must submit a legible copy of your training plan, performance appraisal and/or a letter from your Professional Engineer Supervisor.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 57a746f9-fa2c-46d8-873c-08ed41e4a4a0
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