Senior Systems Engineer
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Job ID: 2506923
Location: SAN DIEGO, CA, United States
Date Posted: Jul 3, 2025
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: On-Site
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Job Description
Description
SAIC is seeking to hire a Senior Systems Engineer in San Diego, CA. The ideal candidate will provide test and evaluation (T&E) engineering support services for the development, testing, and integration of PMW/A 170 Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) sensors, systems, and associated simulation and test equipment for the GPS-Based Positioning Navigation Timing Service (GPNTS) program. The ideal candidate will need to be local to San Diego, CA as this is an ONSITE position providing direct support to the GPNTS program at NIWC Pacific.
JOB DUTIES:
- Supporting T&E events, including functional and performance IV&V tests, software tests, and other Government Acceptance Tests as directed.
- Conducting technical reviews and analyses of technical test report documentation, to include developmental tests.
- Preparing equipment, coordinating test activities, and facilitating/witnessing assigned test events.
- Providing subject matter expertise during the defense acquisition T&E process, including functional, regression, integration, and user acceptance testing events.
- Developing and executing manual and/or automated tests as required.
Qualifications
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelors degree and five (5) years or more experience relevant in software testing (functional, performance, regression, integration, and/or user acceptance).
- Must be a U.S. Citizen.
- Must have an Active Secret Clearance to start.
- Ability to work on-site in a lab environment at NIWC Pacific.
- Prior knowledge of communications and network engineering.
DESIRED SKILLS:
- Experience with PNT technology such as Global Positioning System (GPS), Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), Anti-Jam Antennas, Inertial Measurement Units (IMU), Inertial Navigation Systems (INS), Bathymetric Navigation, Celestial Navigation, Magnetic Navigation, Atomic Clocks, precise time transfer, sensor fusion and/or other alternative PNT sensors.
- Experience in the RDT&E, installation, operation, and/or maintenance of a broad range of products such as computer systems, navigation systems, communication systems, and defense systems.
Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
Overview
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® mission 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. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.
