# Launch Operations Engineer, 5 SLS

Summary Do not email applications. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here. For additional information on other USSF direct hire opportunities visit the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on LinkedIn. Duties The United States Space Force (USSF) at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL is searching for a Launch Operations Engineer to support 5 SLS (NH-0801-03, GS-12/13 Equivalent). Description: Are you an engineer driven by the challenge of assuring access to space for the nation? Do you excel at the intersection of systems engineering, mission assurance, and hands-on technical oversight? The 5th Space Launch Squadron is looking for a Launch Operations Engineer to serve as a technical authority and operations advisor for the world's most advanced commercial and government launch systems. In this critical role, you will be the engineering backbone for our mission, providing the expertise needed to integrate, evaluate, and assure current and emerging spacecraft and launch vehicle activities. This isn't just a desk job; it's a mission-focused opportunity to put your engineering skills to the ultimate test. You will be a key player from the f

- **Id**: 4286634
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/us-air-force-launch-operations-engineer-5-sls>
- **Role**: Aerospace
- **Role family**: Aerospace
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cape Canaveral, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T14:23:56Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T14:23:56Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 10712
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: National Security, Combat Aircraft

## Company

- **Id**: 1753555
- **Name**: US Air Force
- **Domain**: af.mil
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/af-mil>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Salary

- **Min**: 90173
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 90173

## Technologies

- **Inertial Navigation** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T22:04:46Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 13
- **Reasons**: seen:1, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 90173
- **Is top pay**: no

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