OPEN: 28 October 2026
CLOSE: 16 November 2026
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The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) is seeking a full-time General Engineer [redacted]M to work on the Air Force Nuclear Red Team (AFNRT) in the Mission Assurance Division of the Nuclear Technology and Integration Directorate (NT) at Kirtland Air Force Base, in Albuquerque, NM.
Value of Position (VoP): NH-0801-03 (83) which has a typical 2026 basic salary range of $76,463-$118,204, which does not include the 18.33% locality for Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM.
**Value of Position: If your current basic salary is within the band, but above the stated Value of Position, your basic salary will not be reduced if you are selected for the position.
*Recruitment, Relocation, Retention, and Student Loan Incentives may be authorized.
This position is not eligible for full-time telework; situational-based agreements may be available at the discretion of the hiring manager.
The primary purpose of this position is to serve as project lead for multidisciplinary projects executing strategic system capability assessments. This position will also support the AFNRT ICBM system lead in developing future study plans, providing guidance to analysts, coordinating nuclear mission thread modeling, and communicating findings to senior leaders.
DUTIES:
• Serve as technical project lead for strategic system capability assessments, including scoping studies, completing in-house project analyses, and leading mission partner teams to execute studies
• Lead multidisciplinary mission partner teams to execute technical analyses of strategic systems, including but not limited to capability analyses, threat assessments, nuclear effects analysis, modeling and simulation, test events, subject matter expert analyses, and architecture analyses.
• Collaborate with relevant system program offices, COCOMs, operators/users to support concerns regarding strategic systems.
• Work with other project/team leads to provide inputs to a larger body of studies being executed, develop team strategy, and plan specific project directions for out-year execution.
• Proactively establish relationships with relevant organizations within the DOW and DOE in order to share relevant information and study results in a timely and effective manner.
• Clearly and effectively communicate technical results, strategies, and team objectives to program stakeholders and senior leaders.
• Mentor junior engineers and scientists on test and analysis execution, project proposals, and senior leader briefs.
SKILLS:
• Candidates should have a strong background in problem definition, model development, and hypothesis testing and investigation, with a strong ability to gather, assemble, analyze, and interpret data and results to provide support to decision-makers.
• Candidates should have demonstrated experience in working effectively with multiple DoD, academic, and private industry organizations.
• Experience in analytical red-teaming, vulnerability analysis, root cause analysis, or risk analysis and associated analysis tools/techniques (e.g. STPA, fault tree analysis, FMEA) is highly valued.
• Operational strategic weapon system experience is highly valued.
• Candidates should have experience using analytical engineering tools, writing technical products, and presenting technical results and strategy.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POSITIONS:
• U.S. Citizenship
• A professional engineering degree (B.S.) from an ABET-accredited institution is required. Background in nuclear or electrical engineering is desirable.
• Employee must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance and will be required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations.
• Employee must meet Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) requirements, which includes achieving Engineering and Technical Management "Practitioner" certification category within required timeframe after appointment.
• Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft. Travel away from the duty station may require up to 30% of the time.
