SECURITY NOTICE:
You must be a U.S. citizen to be eligible for this position. You must also be able and willing to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance. A non-disclosure agreement is required upon hire.
Open Dates 16 OCT 2026 and closes 29 OCT 2026
Job advertisement: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/888972200 or click apply on LinkedIn and it will take you to the USAJOBS applications.
About Us:
NASIC is the national source for air, space, and cyberspace intelligence. As a NASIC employee, you will be part of a multi-disciplinary team of experts working together to solve technical challenges. By working with us, you’ll help discover and characterize the capabilities, limitations, and vulnerabilities of our nation’s enemies.
Primary Purpose of this Position:
- The Principal Intelligence Analyst (PIA) will proactively lead the analytic enterprise for the assigned mission area & define the scope of the intelligence Program of Analysis (POA) for their analytical team.
- The PIA position is responsible for managing intelligence production tasks for the assigned mission areas, negotiating deadlines and response content with customers, and ensuring tasks are completed in a timely manner.
- The PIA position performs all-source S&TI analysis using intelligence means, engineering methods and computer models/simulations to best estimate the current characteristics, capabilities, limitations and vulnerabilities of foreign airborne EW systems and their ability to impact US military operations as well as predict future design improvements/upgrades.
- The PIA provides analytical leadership and professional coaching to their team. Assists Flight Director in developing and executing a training program for each team member to advance their technical skills, ICD tradecraft, knowledge of foreign threat systems and professional development.
Qualifications:
This is a GG-14 position in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). The GG-14 duties for the "Professional" work category are at the "Full Performance" work level and are equivalent to those at the GS-14 level. The selectee's salary will be set within the 14 grade equivalent to a GS/GG grade based on the selectee's qualifications in relation to the job.
In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Professional and Scientific Positions.
Basic Requirement:
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.
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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. Click the following link to view occupational requirements for All Professional Engineering Positions, 0800: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf
In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:
- Professional knowledge of engineering principles and practices demonstrated through the attainment of a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent in electrical engineering or related engineering fields.
- Experience and knowledge in conducting system engineering assessments of electromagnetic warfare systems using electromagnetic engineering, physics, computer-based modeling and simulation tools, and scientific means. Background knowledge of aircraft avionics, airborne electromagnetic and laser/radar systems is necessary; working understanding of various airborne electromagnetic warfare systems is highly desired.
- Knowledge of intelligence production requirements process, tasking methods, S&Tl analyses, source evaluations, interpretations, reporting, collection requirements processes, tradecraft production and dissemination is necessary. Knowledge of the Flight's databases, models and customer interfaces is desirable.
- In depth knowledge in the following areas: radio frequency (RF) transmission theory, to include DSP principles, electromagnetic signal reception, electromagnetic signal analysis, laser physics, optics engineering, electro-optical systems, cognitive emitters, photonics and emerging EW technology, directed energy weapons, as well as electromagnetic attack (EA) concepts and effects of EA techniques on victim systems depending on specific topics assigned. Able to create predictive roadmaps on foreign EA equipment; engineering modeling and simulation of EW threats to determine design trade-offs to determine the most likely foreign design options selected; and foreign employment tactics, techniques and procedures for EW systems.
- Skill and ability to independently carry out assigned projects from inception through completion, meeting all reasonable deadlines.
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing, tailor presentations and publications for specific customer set; and maintain good working relationships with local analysts as well as intelligence community and Allied intelligence analysts.
Resume Requirements:
- Resume must be attached and saved as a Word Document or PDF titled with your First Name/Last Name.
- When including a part-time position on a resume, you must list the hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as insufficient, and you will not receive consideration for this position.
- Resumes must include unique experiences for each position held and should not merge all experiences into a single section.
- Current Federal civilian employees must list the pay plan, series, and grade (i.e. GG-0132-12) for all Federal civilian positions held.
- Current Federal Civilian Employees should list any relevant performance related rating (given within the last three years) and/or incentive awards in your resume
- Do NOT include photographs (or links to social media such as LinkedIn), inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on the resume.
