Ground Senior Systems Engineer

Job Description

Description

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator driving our nation's technology transformation. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, digital, artificial intelligence, and mission solutions. Using our expertise and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective, and efficient solutions that are critical to achieving our customers' missions. We are more than 26,500 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a respectful work culture based on diversity, equity, and inclusion that values all contributors. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.1 billion. For more information, visit saic.com.

Job Description

This position will support the Government customer in an NRO Systems Program Office (SPO) with the development of a new satellite and ground system.  It will require a senior Systems Engineer fluent in the NRO acquisition/systems engineering processes in order to assist the customer with a successful acquisition.  This position will support the later phases of the lifecycle starting with system integration and test.  It will require specific knowledge of GEOINT ground systems and software processes.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop and review Requests for Change (RFCs), Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Statements of Work (SOWs), Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), and development contracts
• Foster collaboration amongst team in multi-contractor, FFRDC, and government environment to enable end-to-end enterprise solutions
• Translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications through functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, and interface definition studies
• Develop, plan, and execute enterprise test campaigns for cross-functional teams
• Develop, allocate, and review verification of GEOINT mission management and command and control requirements
• Provide recommendations to government customer for management of ground software acquisitions
• Provide ground software subject matter expertise to teams coordinating CONOPs, interface definitions, and operational procedures
• Brief senior government customer on program status, schedule, enterprise dependencies, and risks
• Facilitate action and risk closure with enterprise Directorates and Acquisition Offices

Qualifications

TYPICAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Bachelors and five (5) years or more experience; Masters and three (3) years or more experience; PhD and 0 years related experience

• Fluent in NRO systems engineering processes
• Bachelor’s Degree and 7 years of experience
• Master’s Degree and 5 years of experience
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, team building and problem solving skills with a demonstrated ability to be effective in a government team environment
• Must possess an active TS/SBI security clearance with CI poly

Overview

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator driving our nation's technology transformation. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, digital, artificial intelligence and mission solutions. Using our expertise and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective and efficient solutions that are critical to achieving our customers' missions.

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 $6.9 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.