Senior Systems Engineer - Defense Programs, On-site

SAIC; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC in Indianapolis, IN is seeking a Systems Engineer to lead a team of EEs and MEs in delivering weapon and aircraft systems across the program lifecycle. You will support government programs as a project lead from design to production transition, interfacing with cross-disciplinary teams and performing trade studies and interface definitions.

The role requires strong communication, experience with requirements allocation, and the ability to produce technical documents showing compliance to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant engineering discipline and two years or more experience, or Masters degree.
• 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, to include test planning, documentation, set up, and execution per MIL-STD-810.
• 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…).
• Experience writing and interpreting technical reports and requirements and interface documents.
• Experience preparing presentation material and presenting to peers, project team members, customers, and managers at all levels.
• Must be able to obtain a minimum of a secret security clearance
• Must be U.S. citizen

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of EEs & MEs and other project personnel to deliver concepts and products related to weapon systems, aircraft and other military systems.
• Interface with multi-disciplinary design and logistics teams to translate customer requirements into engineering specifications.
• Perform trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies.
• Author documents to ensure system compliance with customer requirements.
• Ensure effective team implementation of product requirements within technical, schedule, and cost constraints.

Skills

Requirements management

Project leadership

MIL-STD-810 testing

System design reviews

Technical reporting

Technical presentations

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree

Job description

SAIC in Indianapolis, IN is seeking a Systems Engineer to lead a team of EEs and MEs in delivering weapon and aircraft systems across the program lifecycle. You will support government programs as a project lead from design to production transition, interfacing with cross-disciplinary teams and performing trade studies and interface definitions.

The role requires strong communication, experience with requirements allocation, and the ability to produce technical documents showing compliance to