GEOINT Ground Systems Engineering & Operations Thread Engineer

SAIC•Chantilly, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

SAIC is seeking a GEOINT Ground Systems Engineering & Operations Thread Engineer to join SAIC’s Prime SETA program supporting the NRO in Chantilly, VA. As the GEOINT Ground Systems Engineering & Operations Thread Engineer, you will serve as a mission-thread integrator, ensuring that GEOINT ground capabilities—from tasking to collection to processing to dissemination—operate coherently across programs, contractors, and enterprise stakeholders. You will work daily with senior Government leads, SETA teammates, and development contractors to baseline new capabilities, assess emerging technologies, shape architectural decisions, and ensure readiness of mission-critical ground services.

Requirements

GEOINT ground systems engineering and operations experience
Experience with mission-thread integration
Familiarity with GEOINT ground capabilities (tasking, collection, processing, dissemination)
Ability to work with senior Government leads, SETA teammates, and development contractors
Experience in baselining new capabilities
Experience assessing emerging technologies
Experience shaping architectural decisions
Experience ensuring readiness of mission-critical ground services
Experience with requirements definition, decomposition, and baselining
Experience with CONOPS, interfaces, sequencing, and dependency mapping
Experience providing technical oversight of contractor development, integration, and verification
Experience analyzing operational workflows and identifying performance gaps
Experience recommending enhancements for mission throughput, resiliency, and automation
Experience supporting technical reviews, test events, readiness milestones, and enterprise integration activities
Experience maintaining cognizance of mission projects, including baselines, schedules, interdependencies, risks, and cost drivers
Experience conducting trade studies
Experience shaping future GEOINT ground architectures, including cloud-native modernization and service-based designs
Experience evaluating impacts to cost, schedule, performance, and risk
Experience recommending mitigation strategies
Experience reviewing contractor proposals, technical reports, design artifacts, and program plans
Experience coordinating across Government, SETA, FFRDC, and contractor teams

Responsibilities

Support end-to-end engineering and analysis across GEOINT ground mission threads, ensuring technical and operational coherence from collection tasking through mission processing and product delivery.
Support definition, decomposition, and baseline of GEOINT ground capabilities, including requirements, CONOPS, interfaces, sequencing, and dependency mapping.
Provide technical oversight of contractor development, integration, and verification activities to ensure alignment with Government requirements and architectural direction.
Analyze operational workflows, identify performance gaps, and recommend enhancements to improve mission throughput, resiliency, and automation.
Support technical reviews, test events, readiness milestones, and enterprise integration activities to validate capability delivery and operational suitability.
Maintain cognizance of GEOINT mission projects, including baselines, schedules, interdependencies, risks, and cost drivers across the Ground Enterprise.
Conduct trade studies, evaluate emerging technologies, and shape future GEOINT ground architectures, including cloud-native modernization and service-based designs.
Evaluate impacts to cost, schedule, performance, and risk across mission threads and recommend mitigation strategies.
Review contractor proposals, technical reports, design artifacts, and program plans for feasibility, compliance, and alignment with enterprise priorities.
Coordinate across Government, SETA, FFRDC, and contractor teams to ensure alignment with strategic priorities, operational needs, and enterprise performance standards.