Senior Systems Engineer

SAIC; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC in Indianapolis, IN is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead a cross-disciplinary team on government aircraft and military systems programs. You will guide design, development, testing, and documentation from concept through delivery, allocating requirements and performing trades as needed, while ensuring schedule and cost constraints.

A Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship are required; on-site with potential limited remote depending on program.

Qualifications

• Experience generating, managing, allocating, and tracking requirements.
• Proven ability to lead engineering development project teams.
• Experience with embedded systems testing, test planning, and documentation.
• Ability to obtain Secret clearance; U.S. citizenship required.
• Experience with design review processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-disciplinary team to deliver aircraft and military system concepts.
• Perform design, development, and debugging of embedded hardware/software.
• Conduct trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definitions.
• Ensure compliance with customer requirements and project constraints.

Skills

Requirements management

Engineering leadership

Embedded systems testing

Design reviews

System integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant engineering discipline

Master's degree in engineering field

Job description

Minimum Clearance Required None

Job ID 2618312

Location Indianapolis, IN, US

Date Posted 2026-10-22

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
• Strong background in developmental and qualification testing of embedded systems, to include test planning, documentation, set up, and execution
• Strong background in developmental and qualification testing of depot and repair, to include test planning, documentation, set up, and execution

Target salary range $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.