Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead

Saic; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 200,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC seeks an IPT Lead within the NSS sector to provide technical leadership for a multi-disciplinary team working on space/ counter-space engineering for IC and DoD programs from Denver/Aurora, CO. You will mentor SMEs, coordinate with government customers, and deliver timely, high-quality products.

The role involves decomposing complex problems, planning resources, and leading cross-functional teams through mission-critical analyses, with extensive interaction across stakeholders and reviews

Qualifications

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics or mathematics with 16+ years of experience; masters or PhD optional.
• In-depth technical expertise in orbital analysis, satellite systems, radar/optical tech.
• Experience briefing and interacting with senior government customers.
• Active TS/SCI clearance and US citizenship.”

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers and analysts in analyses of foreign threat capabilities and space systems.
• Manage IPT tasking, timelines, and deliverables across analysis, threat and phenomenology functions.
• Coordinate with end-customer offices and schedule information needs and product delivery timelines.
• Present technical briefings and risk assessments to government management and stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of national security space capabilities and counter-space threats.

Skills

Technical leadership

Briefing senior customers

Program planning

Analytical problem solving

Team mentoring

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's in engineering/Physics/Math

Master's or PhD preferred

Tools

STK

MATLAB

Linux

Python

COAST/FIST

Jira/Confluence/MS Project

Job description

Description

SAIC is seeking an Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead to join the National Security and Space Sector (NSS). You would work on a joint Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) crown jewel program providing highly specialized space/counter-space engineering, scientific, and analytical services from DenverAurora, Colorado. We support the Nation’s leading-edge IC and DoD space programs and offer compelling, deep-technical work that has direct influence and impact on program development and operations. Our team has Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) across a variety of disciplines, including physics, math, RF, optics, space acquisition and operations, and intelligence collection and analysis.

• Demonstrate the ability to provide technical leadership to teams of SMEs to include providing technical guidance and oversight, mentoring team members, integrating and delivering timely, quality products
• Have excellent written and oral communication skills
• Have experience briefing and interacting with senior government customers
• Have experience creating, writing, integrating, and presenting technical briefings and documents
• Have the ability to decompose problems into analytical tasks
• Have experience with program planning, task decomposition, and resource assignments

This position qualifies for enhanced benefits.

Duties and responsibilities include:

• Lead a team of multi-disciplined engineers and analysts in program-specific analyses, foreign threat capabilities and development and research
• Tasking, timelines, status, and deliverables for the IPT across the analysis, threat and phenomenology functions
• Maintain communications and schedule meetings with end-customer offices, coordinate information needs, product delivery timelines and status
• Provide status of IPT projects, tasks, and deliverables to program and immediate government customer management at periodic reviews
• Identify, remove, and/or elevate blockers to team tasks or deliverables
• Participating in intelligence or cross-team product production meetings as required
• Achieving detailed understanding of multiple satellite systems, designs, operations and classifications
• Identifying gapsand prioritizing recommendations to achieve program protectionobjectives
• Author, review, and coordinate documents to facilitate Government decisionmaking;
• Repeated use and application of technical standards, principles, theories, concepts andtechniques
• Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of U.S. national security space capabilities, foreign space capabilities, and counter-space threats;
• Participate and represent the customer in various Government and contractor meetings and attend contractor programmatic and technical reviews (e.g. PMR, PDR, CDR, etc.) to provide technical recommendations and risk assessments;
• Frequently interacting with program managers, SETAs, FFRDCs and external stakeholders;
• Developing productive relationships with the Program Office, Prime, and Subcontract counterparts, functional IC or DoD counterparts, and other SMEs;

Qualifications

Minimum of abachelor’s degree in engineering, Physics or Mathematics and 16 or more years 14 or more with a Masters,9or more with a PhD) of experience inengineering/scientificfields

• In-depth technicalexpertisein at least two of the following areas: orbital analysis, satellite communication systems, space surveillance technologies, radar systems, and/or optical systems
• Experience with satellite acquisition, development, and operations
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience interacting with the intel community to include reading and applying intel assessments and coordinating with intel community experts
• Experience using STK or similar satellite mission analysis software
• Active TS/SCI Clearance with Special Access eligibility and consent to aCounterintelligence(CI) polygraph. US Citizenship isrequired
• Demonstrated record of effective individual and group work behaviors, with abilities to proactivelyinitiateand operate in dynamic and incompletely defined environments
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams of scientists and engineers through adaptive leadership and high emotional intelligence
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience conveying technical concepts, results, and summaries to internal customers, external customers, and stakeholders of diverse technical backgrounds

Strongly Desired Skills:

• Masters or Doctorate Degree in Physics, Engineering, or Mathematics
• Experience in space system acquisition or space technology development
• Experience with project or task technical leadership
• Working knowledge of radar and/or optical technologies
• Familiarity with National Security Space architecture (IC and/or DoD)
• Experience using Systems Tool Kit (STK), MATLAB, Linux, Python or COAST/FIST
• Demonstratedproficiencywith program-planning processes and tools (such as Jira, Confluence, MS Project)

Target salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.