Principal Systems Engineer

SAIC • Colorado Springs, CO

27d • Onsite

About The Position

SAIC seeks a highly experienced and energetic Principal Systems Engineer to support the US Space Force, Space Systems Command, in performing operational maintenance and sustainment of ground-based radars critical to US and Allied strategic missile surveillance, warning, defense, and space surveillance missions. In support of the government customer, the SAIC Program Manager, and the Chief Engineer, the Systems Engineer is responsible for responsive and coherent planning, development and delivery of PARCS and UEWR radar hardware and software modifications in response to change requests and deficiency reports. This position is located on-site in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree with 9+ years’ related experience.
• Active Secret Clearance.
• Ability to design and architect complex, scalable, and resilient enterprise-level systems from concept through deployment.
• The ability to see the "big picture" & understand how all system components interact & how changes in one area impact the entire system.
• Familiarity with SysML and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools such as Cameo Systems Modeler or similar.

Nice To Haves

• Experience sustaining ground-based radar systems (GBRs), or other Strategic Warning and Surveillance radar systems such as UEWR or PAVE PAWS.
• Knowledge of the Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment (ITW/AA) mission and associated enterprise.
• Exceptional ability to diagnose complex technical issues and develop effective, data-driven solutions.
• Experience maintaining national security mission networks.
• Experience with containerization platforms (Docker, Kubernetes) & knowledge of DevOps methodologies/CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Develops requirements and standardizes BOE, SRR, PDR processes.
• Responsible for developing processes, aids in process mapping to ensure standardized and repeatable best practices.
• Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software or engineering specifications.
• Provides specific, detailed information for selection, implementation techniques, and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees