Senior Systems Engineer

SAIC; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer in Indianapolis, IN to lead a cross-disciplinary team on aircraft and military systems. You will guide design from concept through validation and interface with government programs across the lifecycle.

You must have a bachelor’s (or master’s) in engineering with 5+ years (3+ with a Master) of experience and the ability to obtain a Secret clearance; US citizenship is required. On-site role with up to 10% travel is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant engineering discipline and 5+ years of experience, or Master’s degree with 3+ years of experience.
• Experience with requirement generation, management, allocation and tracking.
• Strong background in managing engineering development project teams and risk/schedule/cost tracking.
• Experience with development and qualification testing of embedded systems including test planning and execution.
• Familiarity with design review processes and presenting material in a structured environment.
• U.S. citizen and ability to obtain Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary team of EEs, MEs, programmers and others to deliver concepts and products for aircraft and military systems.
• Support Government programs as a systems engineer and project lead throughout the lifecycle.
• Translate customer requirements into hardware/software specifications and conduct analyses.
• Perform trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition.
• Ensure design outputs meet schedule, cost and technical constraints.

Skills

Requirement management

Project team leadership

Embedded systems testing

Design reviews

Security clearance eligibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Master’s degree in engineering

Job description

Minimum Clearance Required None

Job ID 2617615

Location Indianapolis, IN, US

Date Posted 2026-10-05

Category Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory Systems Engineer

Schedule Full-Time

Shift Day Job

Travel Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain Secret

Potential for Remote Work ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC is seeking a well-rounded Systems Engineer Senior to lead a team of EEs, MEs, programmers and other project personnel to deliver concepts and products related to aircraft and other military systems. The candidate will directly support Government program(s) as a systems engineer and/or project lead throughout the entire program lifecycle. The candidate will support all aspects of design to include, but not limited to, design, development, documentation, test and debug of embedded systems and other hardware and software systems. Candidate will be expected to perform engineering investigations, integrate hardware/software components, and is expected to possess excellent communication skills to interface to multi-disciplinary design team. Candidate will also perform detailed trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software or engineering specifications. Candidate will also perform fault analysis and will author analyses to document system compliance with customer requirements. As part of daily duties, candidate ensures the effective team implementation of product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.

Qualifications

• Minimum of Bachelors degree in relevant engineering discipline and five (5) years or more experience, or Masters degree and three (3) years or more experience
• Experience with requirement generation, management, allocation, and tracking
• Strong background with managing engineering development project teams and familiarity with project tracking to assess risk, costs, schedule, and team performance
• Strong background in developmental and qualification testing of embedded systems, to include test planning, documentation, set up, and execution
• Strong background in product design review processes, to include preparation of review documentation and products, and presentation of material in a structured development environment (i.e. defense, medical, automotive, etc)
• Must be able to obtain a minimum of a Secret security clearance; Must be a U.S. citizen