Future OPIR Ground Systems Engineer

Job Description

Description

SAIC, in support of the Remote Sensing (RS) Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) team in El Segundo, CA, has an immediate need for a Future Ground Systems Engineer.  This individual will be a Systems Engineer with experience in Department of Defense (DoD) Space-Based systems.  Candidate will provide SE&I support to Future OPIR Enterprise programs in support of the Space and Missile Systems Center Remote Sensing Directorate (SMC/RS).  Candidate will support FORGE ground architecture development and enterprise integration activities for SMC/RS ground, space, operations, logistics, and sustainment elements to identify and support the management of risks, issues, and interdependencies. Candidate should have experience with ground and space system acquisition.  Duties include:

• Interacting with development contractors and government project engineers to ensure system requirements are coordinated and understood.
• Identifying and assessing technical, schedule, and cost risks and associated impacts to the system and developing courses of action to mitigate the risks.
• Performing technical reviews, and assessments; coordinating analyses efforts, methods, and techniques; developing products and briefings; and performing technical engagement with, and briefings for and to, government customers, stakeholders, and prime contractors. 
• Collaborating with prime contractors, other support contractors, government civilians, and members of the U.S. Air Force.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree is required. BS in Electrical Engineering, Aeronautical, Communications Engineering (technical), Math, Physics, or similar
• 9+ years of strong demonstrated systems engineering experience
• Active Top Secret Clearance
• Experience with the acquisition and deployment of space, Weather, OPIR, and ground systems.
• Proactive engineer who takes the initiative to identify, own and solve customer problems.
• Strong interpersonal skills to enable working, interfacing, and interrelating with diverse personnel and dynamic teams.   
• Experience writing and delivering technical documents and briefings.

Desired Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI

Overview

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability