# Senior Engineer, SSC/SW

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) in Chantilly, VA is searching for a Senior Engineer to support SSC/SW (NH-0801-04, GS-14/15 Equivalent). Description: In this high-impact senior engineering role, you will serve as a principal technical leader and consultant overseeing the development, production, and long-term sustainment of vital defense space programs across the Department of Defense, the United States Air Force, and the United States Space Force. You will apply advanced, multidisciplinary engineering principles to solve complex, unprecedented technical challenges, evaluate cutting-edge technological advancements, and provide authoritative recommendations directly to senior executive leadership regarding the strategic continuation, redirection, or integration of major defense systems. Acting as a collaborative bridge across military branches, defense agencies, and commercial aerospace industry partners, you will d

- **Id**: 3772693
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/us-air-force-senior-engineer-sscsw>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Chantilly, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T13:49:50Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-04T13:49:50Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 6
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 11296
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Professional development
- **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>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Salary

- **Min**: 142488
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 142488

## Technologies

- **IAM** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 6

## Requirements

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

## Hiring locations

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T22:04:31Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 85
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 0.945
- **Age days**: 5
- **Expected fill days**: 12
- **Reasons**: seen:5, velocity, win:mid
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 142488
- **Is top pay**: no

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