Systems Engineer/Integrated Product Team Lead(IPT)

SAIC•Denver, CO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

SAIC is seeking an Integrated Systems Engineer/Integrated Product Team Lead (IPT) to join its National Security and Space Sector. The role supports a joint Intelligence Community and Department of Defense program, providing specialized space and counter-space engineering, scientific, and analytical services. The work is based in Denver/Aurora, Colorado, and involves collaborating with government civilians and contractors to solve technical problems and develop solutions for space-related capabilities and threats. The IPT Lead provides technical leadership to multidisciplinary teams of engineers, analysts, and subject matter experts. The role coordinates analysis, threat, and phenomenology work; manages team tasks, schedules, and deliverables; communicates status and recommendations to government customers and program leadership; and supports customer decision-making through technical documents, briefings, meetings, and program reviews. The position requires developing detailed knowledge of satellite systems and national security space capabilities, foreign space capabilities, and counter-space threats. It qualifies for enhanced benefits.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 14 or more years of experience, or master’s degree and 12 or more years of experience, or PhD/JD and 9 or more years of experience.
In-depth technical expertise in at least two of these areas: orbital analysis, satellite communication systems, space surveillance technologies, radar systems, or optical systems.
Experience with satellite acquisition, development, and operations.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Experience interacting with the Intelligence Community, including reading and applying intelligence assessments and coordinating with IC experts.
Experience using STK or similar satellite mission analysis software.
Active Secret clearance.
U.S. citizenship.
Demonstrated effective individual and group work behaviors, including the ability to initiate work proactively and operate in dynamic, incompletely defined environments.
Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams of scientists and engineers through adaptive leadership and high emotional intelligence.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including conveying technical concepts, results, and summaries to internal and external customers and stakeholders with diverse technical backgrounds.
Ability to provide technical leadership to subject matter experts, including technical guidance and oversight, mentoring, and delivery of quality products.
Experience briefing and interacting with senior government customers.
Experience creating, writing, integrating, and presenting technical briefings and documents.
Ability to decompose problems into analytical tasks.
Experience with program planning, task decomposition, and resource assignments.

Nice To Haves

Master’s or doctorate degree in Physics, Engineering, or Mathematics.
TS/SCS clearance with Special Access eligibility and consent to set to a poly.
Experience in space system acquisition or space technology development.
Experience with project or task technical leadership.
Working knowledge of radar and/or optical technologies.
Familiarity with National Security Space architecture (IC and/or DoD).
Experience using STK, MATLAB, Linux, Python, or COAST/FIST.
Demonstrated proficiency with program-planning processes and tools such as Jira, Confluence, or MS Project.

Responsibilities

Lead multidisciplinary teams of engineers and analysts conducting program-specific analyses of foreign threat capabilities, development, and research.
Manage IPT tasking, timelines, status, and deliverables across analysis, threat, and phenomenology functions.
Maintain communication with end-customer offices and coordinate information needs, product timelines, and status.
Report project, task, and deliverable status to program management and immediate government customer management during periodic reviews.
Identify, remove, or escalate blockers affecting team tasks and deliverables.
Participate in intelligence or cross-team product-production meetings as required.
Develop a detailed understanding of multiple satellite systems, their designs, operations, and classifications.
Identify gaps and prioritize recommendations to meet program protection objectives.
Author, review, and coordinate documents that facilitate government decision-making.
Apply technical standards, principles, theories, concepts, and techniques.
Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of U.S. national security space capabilities, foreign space capabilities, and counter-space threats.
Represent the customer at government and contractor meetings and attend programmatic and technical reviews, including PMR, PDR, and CDR, to provide technical recommendations and risk assessments.
Interact frequently with program managers, SETAs, FFRDCs, and external stakeholders.
Develop productive relationships with Program Office, prime and subcontractor counterparts, functional IC or DoD counterparts, and other subject matter experts.
Provide technical guidance and oversight, mentor team members, and integrate and deliver timely, quality products.
Decompose problems into analytical tasks and support program planning, task decomposition, and resource assignments.
Create, write, integrate, and present technical briefings and documents; brief and interact with senior government customers.