Job ID: 2309942
Location: CHANTILLY, VA, United States
Date Posted: Nov 25, 2024
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Poly
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: On-Site
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Description
Acquisition Engineer to provide project engineering and acquisition Systems Engineering Technical Advisory (SETA) support to assist the Government Program Office Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR) in planning, acquiring, developing, and monitoring engineering development and procurement contracts. This position requires an active TS/SCI with Poly and is located in Chantilly, Virginia.
SAIC is seeking personnel with experience performing the following roles:
- Provide support to the COTR in acquiring ground systems and providing oversight of Contractor’s program execution. Monitor performance requirements and compliance with contract technical requirements.
- Develop acquisition and contracting strategies and plans and associated documents for procurement acquisitions
- Develop Statements of Works (SOWs) and Request for Proposal packages to include bidder instructions and evaluation criteria
- Support development of product technical requirements and prepare System Requirements Specifications/ Technical Requirements Documents for procurement acquisitions.
- Support Concepts of Operations (CONOPS) development for Space-Ground systems
- Provide recommendation of specifications and standards to be placed as program compliance/reference documents in contract.
- Serve as advisor for technical evaluation of Contractor proposals.
- Review contractor technical design documentation and data deliverables. Provide feedback to the COTR on documentation. Documentation includes:
o Proposed architecture and design
o Requirements functional analysis and allocation results
o Test Program, Test Plans, Test Procedures, Test Reports
o Systems Engineering Master Plan (SEMP)
o System/Subsystem Specifications (Hardware and Software)
o Hardware/Software Build Plan
o Integrated Master Schedules
Qualifications
:Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD or JD and nine (9) years or more experience
- Participate as part of Government Program Office Team reviewing and participating in Contractor formal design reviews (SRR, SDR, PDR, CDR, TRR).
- Witness Contractor conducted testing based upon technical expertise.
- Conduct risk and opportunity management analysis.
- Ability to independently work through all stages of tasking.
- Strong written, communication, and presentation skills
- Acquisition and/or project engineering experience required
- BS in engineering or technical field strongly desired
- Must have TS/SCI with Poly clearance.
- Experience with grounds systems, ground terminals/antennas and associated site facility infrastructure, or other space/ground (satellite communications/SATCOM) systems desired
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Overview
SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.
We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion, which is core to our values and important to attract and retain exceptional talent. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.4 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.