Mission Engineering Portfolio Analyst

OPEN TO CURRENT AFMC CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES ONLY.

This job announcement will be accepting candidate submissions until 11:59 PM EST, 19 May 2026.

The Air Force Materiel Command Integrated Development Office (AFMC IDO) seeks to hire a senior-level DR-03/DR-04, Mission Engineering Portfolio Analyst (Engineer) at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. This position is located within AFRL, Technology Transition Office (RR), Enterprise Integration Division (RRA) which is part of the AFMC IDO.

Position duties include, but are not limited to:

• Responsible for the mission engineering analytical activities underpinning acquisition solutions within the IDO portfolios: Battlespace Awareness, Force Application, Force Protection, Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4)/Cyber, Force Development & Design, and Logistics.
• Involves the creation of strategic plans and timelines for development, integration, evaluation, and deployment of mature technology solutions to the Air Force enterprise to increase readiness and decrease costs.
• Leading engineering teams and will be hands-on in the creation of engineering processes and procedures in the IDO.
• Integrate across programs within their mission engineering portfolios as well as collaboration across mission engineering teams, early system's acquisition, and architecture integration teams as well as the Science and Technology community.

The incumbent is responsible for supporting and contributing to the Capability Development Executive Officer’s (CDEO) technological vision, implementing integrated technology strategies and ensuring engineering resources are aligned with the DoD needs. The incumbent works with stakeholders across the Air Force capabilities integration enterprise to drive data-driven decision-making through validated analytical methods, working closely with program leads and mission integration leads to deliver enterprise/common solutions tied to mission engineering threads.

• United States Citizenship
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance
• Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience related to the position duties at next lower grade (DR-02/GS-13 for DR-03; or DR-03/GS-14 for DR-04), or equivalent experience in other pay systems.
• Applicants must be able to meet the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards of the occupational series assigned when the position is filled. OPM Qual Standards can be found at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf
• This is a drug testing designated position. The incumbent will be subject to random testing.

Candidates should have significant experience in many of the following:

• Systems Engineering
• Combat Effectiveness Analysis
• Acquisition/Sustainment
• Analyzing Alternatives
• Systems Integration & Test
• Validating System Performance

A highly collaborative work style is required, as is the ability to handle changing processes, lack of structure, and other uncertainties that come with building a new organization from scratch. The organization will cross multiple program elements, involve all AFMC centers, and cross all USAF doctrinal mission spaces.

Experience desired in the following engineering competencies:

• Systems Engineering Analysis
• Early Systems Engineering
• Systems Integration
• Digital Engineering

Requisition Number 89526