Senior Systems Engineer

Science Applications International Corp.; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC seeks a Senior Systems Engineer onsite in Colorado Springs, CO, to support the PNT SE&I Team. You will work with government personnel and systems engineers on requirements, architecture, and lifecycle activities for space operations and sustainment.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in engineering/physics/mathematics with 5+ years of systems engineering experience in space domains, Active Secret clearance (TS/SCI preferred), and strong analytical/visualization skills for briefing and decision

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, mathematics or related field.
• 5+ years of systems engineering experience in space operations, space sustainment, or space acquisitions.
• Active Secret Clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI.
• Experience with lifecycle systems engineering: requirements, architecture, tests, operations, sustainment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure effective requirements integration across space and ground segments, hardware and software, and related systems.
• Identify derived requirements from government specifications and interface control documents; translate into tasks for hardware/software sustainment and development.
• Develop, document, and evolve engineering processes to enable SSC/PNT Enterprise SE&I efforts.
• Assess enterprise baseline changes for impacts on operational requirements and capabilities.
• Support lifecycle activities from pre-contractual through operations and sustainment.
• Participate in Integrated Product Teams and PM meetings; contribute to briefings and decision-support docs.

Skills

Systems engineering

Space operations

Requirements analysis

Risk management

Technical briefing

Communication skills

Visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/physics/mathematics

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Description

SAIC is seeking aSenior Systems Engineeronsite 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 theUS 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

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, mathematics, or a related technical field; advanced degree preferred.
• Significant experience (5+ 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

Target salary range: $100,001 - $140,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.