Senior Principal Systems Engineer - TS/SCI Clearance

SAIC; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC seeks a Senior Principal Systems Engineer to support a large SETA program under the NRO Ground Enterprise Directorate in Chantilly, VA. The role requires technical leadership, systems engineering expertise, and the ability to advise government on program activities.

Active TS/SCI with polygraph is required. The candidate will collaborate with government and contractor teams, develop architectures, and deliver clear briefings to diverse audiences.

Qualifications

• Required Education and Experience: Bachelor’s and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience.
• Ability to obtain a Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph
• Proven experience in core systems engineering and analysis disciplines and processes
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Demonstrated ability to work as a team player requiring collaboration and open communication
• Strong oral and written communication skills

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in planning capabilities needed to better support mission operations (e.g. automation, resiliency, situational awareness)
• Analyze user needs, develop concepts of operation, and high-level systems architectures, and define capability needs and system requirements
• Work with government and contractor points of contact across multiple Agencies, Directorates and Offices to refine future ground system capabilities
• Identify and communicate key architecture and system level trades, system engineering risks, issues, opportunities, and dependencies
• Support integration of architectures with other components of the technical baseline
• Collaborate with SETA team members, engineers from various contractor and government organizations, and mission users
• Develop assessments and briefings to a variety of audiences to convey information in crisp, articulate manner

Skills

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

Oral communication

Written communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree +14+ years

Master's degree +12+ years

Tools

JIRA

DevOps

Kanban

Job description

SAIC seeks a Senior Principal Systems Engineer to support a large SETA program under the NRO Ground Enterprise Directorate in Chantilly, VA. The role requires technical leadership, systems engineering expertise, and the ability to advise government on program activities.

Active TS/SCI with polygraph is required. The candidate will collaborate with government and contractor teams, develop architectures, and deliver clear briefings to diverse audiences.