Space Operations Wargaming Subject Matter Expert (SME)

National Guard Employment Network • $90K — $130K *
Lompoc, CA 93436In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Minimum of five (5) years in executing military wargames
  • Expert knowledge of basic game designs
  • Demonstrated knowledge in building playable games for space systems
  • Ability to integrate space capabilities into military decision-making processes
  • Knowledge of various wargaming methodologies including tabletop and simulation
  • Strong problem-solving skills in dynamic space environments
  • Ability to communicate complex technical content clearly

Responsibilities

  • Create and facilitate advanced wargames for multiple mission areas
  • Develop realistic training scenarios that challenge student decision-making
  • Manage wargaming events from initiation to after-action review
  • Develop and maintain comprehensive training materials related to wargaming
  • Incorporate lessons learned from space operations into training
  • Collaborate with various stakeholders to integrate wargaming into training programs
  • Assess curricula to adapt to evolving space threats and capabilities

Benefits

  • Contract contingent on award with multiple positions available
  • Collaboration with leading experts in space operations
  • Opportunity to influence military training and operational readiness
  • Involvement in forward-thinking and innovative defense strategies
Full Job Description
Job Type

Full-time, Contract

Description

This position is contingent upon contract award. Multiple positions available.

The Space Operations Wargaming SME is responsible for designing, developing, executing, and assessing wargaming scenarios and exercise events that replicate realistic operational environments. This role ensures students/trainees are prepared to operate in contested, degraded, and operationally limited (CDO) space environments.

Tasks

Wargaming Design & Execution
  • Create and facilitate space operations capstone level wargame in support of 9 mission areas: Orbital Warfare, Space Electromagnetic Warfare, Cyber Warfare, Satellite Communications (SATCOM), Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR), Missile Warning/Missile Defense, C2-CSpOC, C2-NSDC, and Space Domain Awareness (SDA)
  • Create operationally realistic injects, vignettes, and adversarial conditions that challenge student decision-making in space domain operations
  • Execute tabletop exercises, simulation-based wargames, and live-virtual-constructive (LVC) environments
  • Manage wargaming events from concept through after-action review (AAR), ensuring fidelity to real-world USSF operational doctrine and TTPs
  • Develop and maintain wargaming training materials including scenario packages, red team playbooks, facilitator guides, and student assessments
  • Align wargaming objectives with training standards, and Joint doctrine

Administration and Coordination
  • Incorporate lessons learned from operational space units, exercise programs and allied/partner training events
  • Maintain all exercise documentation in the curriculum management system in accordance with training standards
  • Collaborate with course directors, curriculum developers, and subject matter experts to integrate wargaming into formal training pipelines
  • Assess and update wargaming curricula on a recurring basis to reflect changes in adversary capabilities, doctrine, and emerging space threats
  • Support integration of classified operational data and intelligence products into unclassified/classified training scenarios as appropriate
  • Coordinate with higher headquarters, services, and allied partners for joint and combined wargaming opportunities.
  • Support USSF-wide wargaming initiatives and other designated exercises as required
  • Interface with the National Security Space Institute (NSSI), Space Delta training elements, and other USSF training entities to synchronize wargaming efforts
  • Maintain documentation of all wargaming events, scenario libraries, and student performance records


Requirements

Required Qualifications
  • Minimum of five (5) years in executing military wargames
  • Expert knowledge of basic game designs
  • Demonstrated knowledge in building playable but accurate games for space systems
  • Demonstrated knowledge, skills, and abilities to provide graphical representation and abstraction of space movement and maneuvering
  • Ability to integrate space capabilities into the Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP) and Exercise Life Cycle
  • Knowledge of Tabletop Seminar, Role-Based Tabletop Simulation, and Distributed Operations Simulation
  • Demonstrated ability to conduct problem-solving and adaptability to dynamic space operational environments
  • Ability to analyze complex technical content and translate it into clear, sequenced instruction aligned to performance objectives.
  • Ability to communicate technical details to military operational and planning audience
  • Skill in using distributed training systems, simulator platforms, and computer-based training (CBT) tools

Desired Qualifications
  • Minimum of five (5) years in U.S. military Space Operations as military member or civilian
  • Deep understanding of space domain operations, including satellite communications, space surveillance, and space-based sensors
  • Experience in conducting operational or tactical games on US Space Operations to include the nine (9) mission areas
  • Experience in modeling and simulating orbital mechanics and space flight
  • Experience in designing scenarios linking space operations to public policy, cyber, acquisition, and strategic defense
  • Experience in facilitating entry level wargames
  • Experience developing threat scenarios using intelligence community products and red team methodologies

Education Requirements
  • Bachelors degree or Certificate in Wargaming from a military affiliated institution desired

Clearance Level: TS/SCI clearance eligibility is required

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