Lead Systems Engineer – DoD Weapon & Aircraft

Saic; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC seeks a Systems Engineer to lead a team of engineers and professionals delivering weapon system concepts and products for government programs across the full lifecycle.

You will interface with diverse design and logistics teams, perform trade studies, allocate requirements, and prepare interface definitions to meet customer specifications, ensuring on-time, within-budget deliveries.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline and 2+ years of experience, or Master's degree
• Experience with requirement generation, management, allocation, and tracking
• Strong background in managing engineering development project teams and tracking risks, costs, schedule, and team performance
• Experience with MIL-STD-810 testing, documentation, setup, and execution
• Experience with product design review processes and presenting material in a development environment (defense, medical, automotive, etc.)
• Experience writing and interpreting technical reports and interface documents
• Ability to obtain a minimum of a secret security clearance and must be a U.S. citizen
• Desired: Life Cycle Management tools, production transition, QA, procurement, and logistics experience
• Experience with DoD weapons integration, aircraft systems and related test equipment

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers and technicians to deliver weapon system concepts and products.
• Interface with multi-disciplinary design and logistics teams to translate requirements into engineering specifications.
• Perform trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition studies.
• Author system compliance documents aligned with customer requirements.
• Ensure effective team execution of product requirements within schedule and cost constraints.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Project leadership

MIL-STD-810 testing

DoD weapons integration

Security clearance

U.S. citizen

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

SAIC seeks a Systems Engineer to lead a team of engineers and professionals delivering weapon system concepts and products for government programs across the full lifecycle.

You will interface with diverse design and logistics teams, perform trade studies, allocate requirements, and prepare interface definitions to meet customer specifications, ensuring on-time, within-budget deliveries.