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F-35 LIGHTNING II JOINT PROGRAM OFFICE - LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

Naval Air Systems Command

Department of the Navy

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$102,415 - $158,322

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GS-11/12 Pay Grade(Career Ladder)

Entry salary: $62,107 | Full performance (GS-12): up to $96,770

Career ladder: Start at GS-11 and advance to GS-12 with experience.

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves helping plan and coordinate the setup of support sites and ships for the F-35 fighter jet program in the U.S.

Navy, ensuring everything from initial setup to ongoing maintenance runs smoothly.

You'll work as an analyst and team leader, managing logistics, contracts, and schedules to get the aircraft ready for use.

It's a great fit for someone with experience in military aviation projects who enjoys problem-solving and working with teams across government and industry.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-11/12 level or equivalent in integrated logistics management for aviation programs
  • Strong understanding of logistics principles to support aviation goals and objectives
  • Ability to plan, analyze, and execute supportability policies and procedures for major aviation systems
  • Skills in reviewing plans and products to ensure they meet program needs
  • Experience managing project requirements, objectives, metrics, and resolving conflicts in schedules, funding, and resources
  • Proficiency in identifying process improvements using feedback, audits, and lessons learned
  • Ability to advise on complex problems, conduct studies, propose solutions, and represent the organization

Full Job Description

You will serve as a LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST in the AIR SYSTEMS GROUP, LOGISTICS DEPARTMENT, MAINTENANCE DIVISION, and LOGISTICS INTEGRATION JSF WING BRANCH of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV.

The incumbent will serve as a USN Introduction to Service (ITS) Analyst and Deputy USN Site/Ship Activation Team Lead within the Lightning II Site/Ship Activation (LSA) Directorate of the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO).

The duty location of this position is Arlington, VA.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11/12 grade level or pay band (DA-04) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Demonstrating a thorough understanding of advanced concepts, theories, principles, and practices of integrated logistics management to support aviation program goals and objectives; 2) Planning, analyzing, and executing to create and establish aviation integration supportability policies and procedures for major aviation systems that operate; 3) Reviewing plans and products to ensure that they meet program needs; 4) Managing project/program requirements, objectives and metrics, and resolving conflicts among schedules, funding, and resources; 5) Identifying opportunities to incorporate process improvements and best practices utilizing customer feedback, internal and external audits, self-assessment, and lessons learned activities; and 6) Advising management and colleagues on difficult problems, conducting special studies, proposing options and alternatives, and representing a command.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Major Duties:

  • You will support the acquisition and integration of logistics and sustainment products and processes to enable a coherent F-35 support solution from initial acquisition of the platform to steady-state sustainment at F-35 site(s).
  • You will act as an integrator, planner, coordinator, and liaison for the site planning and preparation required to support the F-35 at USN Sites and Ship.
  • You will support F-35 Partner and FMS ship and shore installation activations as required.
  • You will coordinate requirements to standup test, operational, and training sites for the F-35 aircraft.
  • You will support the coordination of all sustainment contract activity to include: requirements identification, proposal generation, statements of work, technical evaluations, contract negotiations, contract oversight and performance evaluation.
  • You will maintain awareness of aircraft production status, contracting requirements, and bed down plans as they pertain to USN aircraft acquisition and basing.
  • You will prepare and/or contribute to presentations up to the 4 Star level on overall USN site activation status, accomplishments, problems, requirements for support, and promotion of basing objectives to all levels of government and industry.
  • You will assist in development, integration, and management of detailed schedules for needed tasks across the eight cross functional areas to ensure successful and timely standup of the F-35 at USN Sites and Ships.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 4/14/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/14/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12932755-26-AJW