Job Description

Description

SAIC is looking to hire a Payload COMSEC Engineer in Chantilly, VA The position requires an engineer with technical expertise in COMSEC design. This person will work part-time with PEB, part time with SE&I. The selected candidate will be an integral participant in COMSEC trades, subsystem design, performance analysis and hardware/software development and certification. 

Key areas of focus include COMSEC implementation trades, performance predictions and/or evaluations, system impact evaluations, security planning and certification.

The following tasks are representative of those that will be accomplished at the request of the customer:

• Support the customer in the oversight of the design, integration, test and certification of COMSEC subsystems
• Provide expert advice and coordination concerning COMSEC equipment for satellite and ground interaction
• Assess feasibility of new digital insertions and digital functionality enhancements
• Review and coordinate on changes to specifications, lCDs and system level requirements documentation pertaining to the functionality and accommodation of COMSEC hardware onto the satellite bus
• Review COMSEC specifications for accuracy and ensure documentation is complete and accurate
• Review drawings, documents and procedures for COMSEC design, manufacturing, integration, security, program planning and execution: provide comments to the contractor and/or government
• Track development issues, significant accomplishments and upcoming events and provide weekly status updates to the customer
• Develop COMSEC models for performance evaluations and predictions as required
• Attend ground and payload level design reviews and program management reviews to assess COMSEC design maturity, requirements compliance and to provide informed technical recommendations to the USG
• ldentífy and assess emerging risks; develop and evaluate proposed burn-down plans
• Review prime contractor readiness to proceed into COMSEC certification, manufacturing and test
• Provide expert advice/analysis on interface considerations for new COMSEC developments
• Coordinate with payload subsystem leads, branch chiefs and division chiefs both within S&L and outward to SE&I/AP and
• CCD in support of new payload and payload subsystem initiatives
• Provide support to launch and satellite on-orbit test as required by the customer
• Attend Payload Engineering branch meetings as appropriate at the request of the customer to coordinate support activities
• Provide technical evaluation of payload efforts in contractor Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs)
• Attend contractor milestone reviews (e.g. PDR, CDR, pre-test, pre-ship and other meetings) to provide technically based recommendations regarding satisfaction of COMSEC related review entrance and exit criteria
• Provide support to factory integration and test activities as required
• Develop productive relationships with prime contractor counterparts, functional counterparts, and other subject matter experts
• Advise and mentor USG Payload and CCD subsystem personnel regarding COMSEC subsystem design elements

Qualifications

• Must currently possess an active TS/SCI + CI polygraph
• Associates degree and 15+ years of experience, OR Bachelor’s degree and 9+ years of related experience
• Education and experience with spacecraft digital design, manufacture, and test
• Basic understanding of DOD/lC satellite systems and architectures
• Experience in DOD/IC acquisition and program management processes
• Available to travel domestically

Desired Qualifications

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