Principal Systems Engineer

SAIC; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer onsite in Colorado Springs, CO, to join the PNT SE&I Team, delivering engineering and SME support to the US Space Force.

You will work with government personnel and systems engineers to enable system development, enterprise and system architecture, testing, operations, and sustainment across space and ground segments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, mathematics or related technical field.
• 9+ years of systems engineering experience in space operations, sustainment, or acquisitions.
• Active Secret Clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI.

Responsibilities

• Ensure requirements integration across space and ground segments, hardware and software.
• Translate requirements into tasks for hardware/software sustainment and development.
• Develop, document, execute, and evolve SE processes for SSC/PNT Enterprise.
• Assess impacts of proposed changes on operational requirements and capabilities.
• Support lifecycle activities from pre-contract to operations and sustainment.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements integration

Risk management

Architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, mathematics

Job description

SAIC is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer onsite in Colorado Springs, Colorado with experience in space operations, space system sustainment or space acquisitions to join the Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) Team.

PNT SE&I provides engineering, integration, technical analysis, and subject matter expertise (SME) support to the US Space Force. As a member of our PNT SE&I Team, you'll work in a fast-paced environment with Government personnel and systems engineers to provide systems engineering and analysis services to include system development, enterprise and system architecture, acquisition, testing, operations, and sustainment support for existing and new capabilities.

Duties

• Ensuring effective requirements integration across operational space and ground, hardware and software, and all other aspects of systems and organizations for control segment capabilities
• Understanding multiple system requirements and capability baselines, and producing visualization products identifying the capability insertion activities for individual system baselines
• Supporting the customer in defining, capturing, and maintaining the technical, schedule, cost, and risk data throughout the system lifecycle, as well as developing risk mitigation courses of action and assessing impacts of risks and proposed changes
• Identifying derived requirements from government specifications and interface control documents, and assisting with translating requirements into tasks for hardware and software sustainment and development
• Developing, documenting, executing, integrating, and evolving systems engineering processes as required to enable effective SSC/PNT Enterprise systems engineering and integration efforts
• Assessing proposed Enterprise baseline changes for impacts to operational system requirements and capabilities, and future sustainability
• Support integrating activities over the lifecycle of systems within the Enterprise including pre-contractual, requirements development, as well as operations and sustainment capabilities
• Participating in Integrated Product Teams, Product Support Manager meetings, and other programmatic and sustainment activities

Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, mathematics, or a related technical field; advanced degree preferred.

Significant experience (9+ years) in systems engineering for space operations, space system sustainment, or space acquisitions, including requirements development and integration across space and ground segments.

Active Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI

Demonstrated expertise in lifecycle systems engineering (requirements, architecture, test, operations, and sustainment), including risk management, baseline management, and interface control.

Proven ability to work with government customers and prime/support contractors, including participation in Integrated Product Teams and development of technical briefings, plans, and decision-support documentation.

Strong analytical, communication, and visualization skills, with the ability to interpret complex technical baselines and convey impacts to enterprise capabilities and sustainment.

Desired

• GPS and/or USSF experience
• Active Top Secret security clearance