Software Systems Engineer

Job Description

Description

SAIC is seeking an Engineer with technical experience to join the Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Enterprise Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) team, to work in El Segundo, CA.  The PNT Enterprise SE&I Team provides engineering, technical analysis and subject matter expertise (SME) support for the Global Positioning System (GPS) supporting the Space Systems Command. The NAVWAR team provides systems engineering and analysis services to include system development, enterprise and system architecture, acquisition, testing, operations and sustainment support for existing and new capabilities.  As a member of our GPS SE&I team, you’ll work in a high-paced environment with Govt personnel and system developers to ensure GPS remains the gold standard for position, navigation and timing.  Major duties of this position include:

·         Support the GPS Enterprise by helping implement GPS capabilities, requirements, architectures, concepts, designs and technologies in software.  The software implementation will help validate, test, and model the current and future GPS architectures.

·         Support SE&I team in creating software analysis tools to enable the GPS Systems Engineering team to verify requirements and support GPS enterprise testing. Update and maintain the software tools to develop and update GPS Enterprise test vectors.

·         Update and maintain software tools that implement the Y-code and M-code cryptographic algorithms, validate National Security Agency (NSA) operational key material, and create Test Data Material (TDM) that looks and feels like operational key material.

·         Create and maintain software that creates the NAVWAR message data for Y-code and M-code and software that supports NAVWAR mission planning.

·         Interact with the Systems Engineering government team, other program government leads, external organizations (e.g. FAA, DOT) and prime contractors to ensure that system-level and software requirements are valid across the GPS Enterprise.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Math, Computer Science or Science

Secret clearance

5+ years of overall experience

Demonstrated experience with developing software or writing software scripts

Demonstrated understanding of System Engineering practices, techniques, and procedures

Demonstrated experience working with or for the government on a government Space systems program

Excellent analytical and organizational skills, specifically attention to detail

Strong interpersonal skills to enable working, interfacing, and interrelating with diverse personnel and dynamic teams

Candidates with these desired skills will be given preferential consideration

Current active Top Secret Clearance

GPS experience is highly desired

Experience with MS Visual Studio C++, VBA scripting and MATLAB

Experience and familiarity working with DoD acquisition organizations

Experience working specifically on a Systems Engineering and Integration contract.

Experience and familiarity working with Space Systems Command

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.