Requirements Engineer

Job Description

Description

SAIC’s Horizon 2 contract is seeking you our next Requirements Engineer in support of Operational Test and Training Infrastructure (OTTI) in Colorado Springs, CO. This opportunity allows SAIC to push the boundaries of technological advancement and mission integration. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity, and bringing your whole self to work — and our team has an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. 

You will support a team of multi-disciplined engineers and analysts to coordinate with government and partner space operations and technical experts to develop OTTI and range strategies focused on capabilities-based requirements.  Additionally, you will work with other systems engineers/teams to utilize developed requirements in support of architecture development, managing technical baseline processes and documentation, and aligning mission requirements for test, training, and tactics development purposes. 

We are looking for self-motivated, enthusiastic people who are excited about taking on a variety of challenges as we continue to develop a test, training, and tactics development enterprise solution to support the USSF and Joint warfighting community. We know you do well working under only very general supervision, working across diverse groups, demonstrating a high attention to detail, and quality product delivery. Occasional travel may be required to engage with key stakeholders.

Responsible for:

• Coordinating with STARCOM, the Integrated Program Office (IPO), users, and other organizations on understanding and eliciting user needs and use cases.
• Analyzing customer needs to translate into and refine high-level capability requirements through STARCOM processes and recommending allocation to IPO Senior Materiel Leader/Materiel Leaders.
• Supporting IPO in plan development for requirement validation, verification, and test.
• Managing capability requirements and providing oversight / coordinating requirements management across IPO throughout lifecycle.
• Coordinate development of IPO Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).

Qualifications

This is you:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field of study or related field with 14+ years of systems engineering experience (4 additional years of experience may be used in lieu of degree).
• Experience with requirements analysis and engineering
• Experience with requirements engineering tools (JAMA, DOORS).
• Experience with DoD or government technical and mission requirements and documentation across test, training, and tactics development (TACDEV) elements.
• Must have an in-scope security background investigation (T5 or SSBI), adjudicated for SCI eligibility and enrolled in the Continuous Evaluation program (if applicable).
• Must be willing to be nominated for access to Sensitive Compartment Information and Special Access Programs and willing to consent to a Polygraph examination.

You will wow us even more if you have these skills:

• 8+ years of Space experience or supporting Space domain mission organizations
• Understanding of model-based and/or software engineering tools and practices and how they relate to requirements management.
• Demonstrable experience with DoD or NRO space and ground requirements analysis and decomposition.
• Understanding of DoD and USSF range operations, standards, and policies.
• Professional certification (e.g., Professional Engineer, INCOSE CSEP, ITEA CTEP, Agile PM/PO, etc.).

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.