Mission Delta Engineering Lead

SAIC • Colorado Springs, CO

6d • Onsite

About The Position

SAIC is seeking an experienced engineer to lead the Mission Delta (MD) 31 team within its Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Enterprise Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) team in Colorado Springs, Colorado. SE&I provides engineering, integration, technical analysis, and subject matter expertise to the U.S. Space Force and Department of Defense agencies. MD 31 is the government organization responsible for daily operations and sustainment of the PNT system.

The MD 31 lead is responsible for the overall performance of the PNT SE&I Mission Delta division, including leading staff and managing projects across the team. The role works in a fast-paced environment with government personnel and system developers to help ensure GPS remains the gold standard for positioning, navigation, and timing. The successful candidate collaborates and communicates with SE&I leadership to ensure processes and products are delivered with quality and professionalism.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, or an equivalent technical discipline.
• Eighteen (14) years of systems integration and systems engineering-related or equivalent experience, as stated in the posting.
• Active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.
• Experience serving as a team, project, or program manager on performance-based contracts for the U.S. Government.
• Experience in system operations.
• Demonstrated understanding of systems engineering practices, policies, and techniques.
• Demonstrated experience working with or for the government.
• Demonstrated experience writing and delivering technical and professional documents.

Nice To Haves

• GPS/PNT experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Graduate or doctoral degree in mathematics, science, or engineering.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and direction to meet customer, program, and quality requirements.
• Maintain awareness of relevant technical issues and concerns and provide recommendations.
• Coordinate and lead resolution of enterprise-level technical issues; engage the appropriate SE&I team, document resolutions, and ensure technical baseline updates or corrections are tracked and completed.
• Manage staff and tasks to meet contractual obligations and provide exceptional engineering support to the U.S. Government customer.
• Collaborate with the government team, government leads, external organizations, and prime contractors.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior