SETA Systems Engineer

SAIC•Sterling, VA

About The Position

SAIC has an immediate opening for an innovative Systems Engineering Technical Advisor (SETA) to provide direct customer support on a critical development effort. This opportunity is part of a dynamic team where your engineering expertise and solution-oriented mindset will drive key system development projects from inception through delivery. Join SAIC and lead the charge in a pivotal role that rewards initiative, innovation, and mission drive. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about driving projects to success, we want to hear from you!

Requirements

Systems Engineering Technical Advisor (SETA) experience
Engineering expertise
Solution-oriented mindset
Experience with MS Project
Experience with Confluence
Experience with developing system requirements
Experience analyzing mission-level objectives
Experience translating CONOPS into technical system requirements
Experience reviewing system designs
Experience with verification and validation test plans
Experience providing status reports, risk assessments, and identification of opportunities

Responsibilities

Translate system-level requirements into government authored ICDs, retain full control over content, versioning, and distribution, verify that every ICD conforms to the approved architecture and requirements baseline
Serves as the program point of contact for all industry partner technical inquiries, schedule-change requests, and interface clarifications
Work closely with other SETA to confirm that each ICD, change request, and integration activity aligns with the system architecture and the established requirements baseline before release
Build, maintain and update the integrated master schedule (IMS) in MS Project to reflect all vendor contract milestones and cross-vendor dependencies; refresh the schedule weekly with vendor inputs and highlight any open integration issues or milestone shifts
Maintain the project Confluence space that houses all program documents; enforce version control, access permissions, and ensure the repository remains updated
Maintain the official program calendar; schedule all required program meetings, circulate agendas, ensure appropriate participants are invited, record minutes, and distribute action items promptly
Capture every action item generated in meetings or change control discussions in a centralized tracker; assign owners, set due dates, monitor status weekly, and report outstanding items in the integration-status briefing to the Program Manager
Chair the project Interface Working Group with responsibilities including setting the agenda, capturing actions/minutes, and controlling vendor participation to protect competitive equity
Facilitate stakeholder contribution by distributing draft deliverables early enough to allow substantive feedback; capture, track, and document all stakeholder inputs, dispositions, and rationales; maintain transparent communications so that stakeholder concerns are addressed promptly and incorporated into deliverables
Develop system requirements in collaboration with SMEs and stakeholders
Analyze mission-level objectives and translate into clear, stakeholder-oriented operational plans (CONOPS)
Derive stakeholder CONOPS into technical system requirements for delivery to system development vendors
Strategically review developer's systems designs throughout all phases, including conceptual, preliminary, and detailed designs
Collaborate on verification and validation test plans and reviews to ensure systems meet customer objectives
Provide insightful status reports, risk assessments, and identification of opportunities for multiple customer stakeholders