Mission Engineer

Job Description

Description

SAIC has a job opportunity for a Mission Engineer to support development of mission analysis for the ABMS Family of Systems in support of Air Force and Combatant Command Business Group. This position is located in San Diego, CA or Arlington, VA. 

Job Summary: The Mission Engineer will take a multi-discipline approach to systems engineering, provide requirements analysis based on mission vignettes, threat analysis, modeling & simulation, and war games. The Mission Engineer must be able to define mission parameters and derive mission requirements from various sources of data. The Mission Engineer will provide mission perspective throughout the design life cycle.

• Define Engineering Requirements based on Mission Vignettes. 
• Serve as bridge between warfighter user needs & design team.
• Ensure SRD requirements are properly implemented to address mission needs.
• Identify technology gaps and provide recommendations.
• Perform Analysis of Alternatives, Trade Studies, Engineering Assessment, and provide Courses of Actions as recommendations to leadership.
• Support development of solutions designs based on analysis of requirements.
• Assists the Government in the capture and translation of mission and customer requirements/needs into systems/capability requirements and solutions.
• Supports the analyses and allocation of requirements to systems architecture components and executing programs.
  • Shall consider both technical and operational points of view.  
  • Shall evaluate the applicability of the designs on other platforms in the Department of Defense Enterprise, and conversely identify when existing designs from other programs should be leveraged for and assess their ability to fulfill original requirements.
• Support for developing and/or executing requirements verification efforts from a mission success perspective.

Qualifications

TYPICAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Bachelors and 18+ years or more experience; Masters and 16+ years or more experience; PhD or JD and 13+ years or more experience.

• US Citizenship and an active Top Secret clearance.

• Expert knowledge in DAF missions and inter-service interoperability.
• Experience identifying user & enterprise needs/requirements and gap identification, analysis and assessment.
• Experience in supporting Requirements Engineering, CONOPS development, and system integration to enable long range kill chain.
• Experience in war games, modeling & simulation, and mission engineering.
• Experience in strategic planning.
• Experience in advance weapon system development, integration, test, and verification.

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.

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.