Systems Engineer Principal

SAIC•Fort Belvoir, VA

11h•Onsite

About The Position

SAIC is hiring a Ground Systems Engineer to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) services in Springfield, Virginia. The selected candidate will work on multiple ground-system projects and tasks, primarily focused on Mission Ground Terminals and supporting infrastructure. The work spans strategic topics such as policies and concepts of operations, as well as tactical concerns such as near-term schedules, testing, system integration, and transition, in support of operational missions. The role provides technical advice and systems-engineering support across the full program lifecycle, including systems in acquisition. It involves working with government customers and other contractors, advising on operational needs and future mission design, and supporting the integration and transition of mission ground systems and mission IT. Occasional travel outside the continental United States is required.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
Active TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph.
Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field and at least 9 years of experience, or a master’s degree in a STEM field and at least 7 years of experience; stated as a contract requirement.
Expertise across the full systems-engineering lifecycle, from concept, requirements, and design and development through deployment and operational maintenance.
Experience with project management supporting delivery, integration, and transition of mission systems and/or mission applications.
Ability to work independently with multiple government customers and large, complex projects to address organizational needs throughout the system-development lifecycle.
Self-starter who proactively addresses customer requirements without supervision and can define solutions for broad, abstract topics.
Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal skills, and judgment, with comfort briefing or communicating with senior government managers.
Ability to collaborate and coordinate with multiple stakeholders and build consensus.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with ground-terminal systems, remote receive facilities, and infrastructure systems.
Technical knowledge of space-to-ground communications, terrestrial communications, mission data-processing systems, or space-vehicle mission-planning and command-and-control systems.
Real-time operations experience as a SIGINT or GEOINT spacecraft operator, spacecraft engineer, or ground-systems operator; familiarity with space operations and policies.

Responsibilities

Advise on and help shape operational change and future mission-design decisions across engineering, operations, and assurance functional areas, including for systems in acquisition.
Oversee integration and testing of ground-terminal functions and capabilities in delivered systems; analyze schedules and delivered capabilities to determine how well they meet near- and long-term operational needs.
Assist in developing systems architectures and associated requirements, and oversee integration of mission ground systems and mission IT to support operations.
Provide end-to-end systems engineering throughout a program's lifecycle.
Support requirements and statement-of-work development, interface control documentation, technical specification reviews, architecture development, and concept-of-operations development.
Help develop project standards, tools, and procedures, including for risk, issue, opportunity, change, and information management.
Analyze alternatives and provide recommendations to government customers; communicate key information, risks, impacts, and potential improvements to government managers and other contractors.
Review documentation, draft and assist with briefings, and represent the government in forums supporting streamlined delivery of capabilities and standardization of integration efforts.
Assist with program needs and procurement processes, including work to obtain Authority to Operate for IT systems.
Travel occasionally outside the continental United States.