Mission Delta Engineering Lead

SAIC; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC in Colorado Springs seeks an experienced engineer to join the PNT SE&I team. Lead MD 31, manage staff and projects, and ensure performance against contractual obligations and quality.

You will provide technical leadership, coordinate resolutions of enterprise issues, and collaborate with government and prime contractors to deliver reliable GPS/PNT systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, mathematics, physics or equivalent.
• 14+ years of systems integration and systems engineering experience.
• Active Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI.
• Experience as a team, project, or program manager on government contracts.
• Experience in system operations.
• Experience writing and delivering technical and professional documents.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to meet customer, program and quality requirements.
• Maintain cognizance of technical issues and provide recommendations.
• Coordinate and lead resolution of enterprise level technical issues.
• Manage staff and tasks to meet contractual obligations and provide exceptional engineering support to the USG customer.
• Collaborate with government teams, government leads, external organizations, and prime contractors.

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, mathematics, physics

Job description

SAIC is seeking an experienced engineer to join the Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Enterprise Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) team in Colorado Springs, Colorado. SE&I provides engineering, integration, technical analysis, and subject matter expertise support to the US Space Force and Department of Defense (DoD) agencies.

This position is the lead of our Mission Delta (MD) 31 team. MD 31 is the government organization responsible for daily operations and sustainment of the PNT system. The MD 31 lead is responsible for the overall performance of the PNT SE&I Mission Delta division by leading the staff and managing projects across the team.

As a member of our PNT SE&I team, you'll work in a fast-paced environment with government personnel and system developers to ensure that Global Positioning System (GPS) remains the gold standard for positioning, navigation, and timing. A successful candidate will collaborate and communicate with the SE&I leadership team to ensure processes and products are delivered with quality and professionalism.

Major duties of this position include:

• Providing technical leadership and direction to meet customer, program, and quality requirements
• Maintaining cognizance of relevant technical issues and concerns and provide recommendations
• Coordinating and leading resolution of enterprise level technical issues, engage with appropriate SE&I team, document resolution and ensure technical baseline updates and/or corrections are tracked and accomplished
• Managing staff and tasks to meet contractual obligations and provide exceptional engineering support to the USG customer
• Collaborating with the government team, government leads, external organizations, and prime contractors

Bachelor's degree in engineering, mathematics, physics or equivalent technical discipline and eighteen (14) years of systems integration and systems engineering related or equivalent experience

Active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI

Experience serving as a team, project or program manager on performance-based contracts for the U.S. Government

Experience in system operations

Demonstrated understanding of System Engineering practices, policies, and techniques

Demonstrated experience working with or for the government

Demonstrated experience writing and delivering technical and professional documents

Desired:

• GPS/PNT experience
• Active TS/SCI clearance
• Graduate or Doctoral degree in math, science, or engineering