COMPUTER ENGINEER/COMPUTER SCIENTIST-DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY

Air Force Materiel Command; Edwards Air Force Base (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Force Materiel Command seeks a Computer Engineer/Computer Scientist to perform professional engineering duties involved in telemetry data processing and analysis for Test and Evaluation missions. The role includes planning, real-time mission support, and leading/mentoring teams in engineering tasks related to telemetry systems.

The position requires an engineering degree (ABET-accredited) and may involve professional licensure or equivalent certification pathways.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (ABET-accredited) required.
• Professional registration/licensure or exam pathways acceptable as per standard.
• 40+ credit hours in engineering/physics relevant to engineering disciplines acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Performs professional engineering duties including requirements gathering, design, test, upgrade and deployment of telemetry data processing products for T&E missions.
• Supports planning and real-time telemetry mission execution of Central Control Facility activities.
• Mentors junior engineers in real-time and post-flight telemetry systems and data processing workflows.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Telemetry systems

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

ABET-accredited program

Job description

COMPUTER ENGINEER/COMPUTER SCIENTIST-DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY

Key Responsibilities

Performs professional engineering duties such as requirements gathering, design, test, upgrade and deployment of telemetry data processing and analysis products to support Test and Evaluation (T&E) missions.

Serves as a Range Control Squadron, Range Group and Air Force Test Wing authority in providing for the planning, mission support setup, and real-time telemetry mission execution of the Central Control Facility (CCF) missions in accordance with established 96 RNCS procedures, processes, and checklists.

Individually or as a team lead evaluates procedures, initiate innovative techniques, and maintain various forms of engineering and technical guidance, engineer reviews, and technical justifications, such as, procedures, checklists, engineering and analysis tools, special projects, technical briefings, technical reports, memorandum and other documentation in clear, concise, and logical form suitable to management.

Attends professional/technical conferences with representatives from industry, other government agencies and universities to exchange information to maintain currency in state-of-the-art test and evaluation technologies.

As an expert and team lead, trains/mentors junior scientists and engineers in the operation and theory of real-time and post-flight telemetry systems, telemetry signal processing systems, and those processes having to do with data acquisition, display, production, reduction, and troubleshooting. The incumbent performs technical and engineering work using classified information in various media and formats.

Requirements & Education

Basic requirements for 0854 :A. Degree: Engineering.

To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.

OR B. Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: 1.

Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.

Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. 2.

Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. 3.

Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. 4.

Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance.

Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. Basic Requirements for 1550: Bachelor's degree in computer science or bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science.

At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus. All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions. Evaluation of Education: Applicants should have sufficient knowledge to understand the fundamental concepts and techniques of computer science.

Courses designed to provide an introduction to computer science techniques and methodologies, to problems of system design, and to other specialized fields are acceptable. Courses or experience in teaching elementary, business, or shop mathematics are not acceptable. ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? If position has a positive degree requirement or education forms the basis for qualifications, you MUST submit transcripts with the application.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Air Force Materiel Command, Department of the Air Force.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $89508 – $138370/yr.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Top Secret security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-19.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.