Systems Engineer

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

Job ID 2617205

Location

Indianapolis, IN, US

Date Posted

2026-09-23

Category

Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory

Systems Engineer

Schedule

Full-Time

Shift

Day Job

Travel

No

Minimum Clearance Required None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain

Secret

Potential for Remote Work

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Description

SAIC is seeking a well-rounded Systems Engineer to lead a team of EEs & MEs, and other project personnel to deliver concepts and products related to weapon systems, aircraft and other military systems. The candidate will directly support Government program(s) as project lead throughout the entire program lifecycle. The candidate will support all aspects of design to include, but not limited to, design, development, documentation, testing and production transition. Candidate will be expected to possess excellent communication skills to interface to multi-disciplinary design team and logistics team. Candidate will also perform detailed trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into engineering specifications. Candidate will author documents to 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 two (2) 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 tram members, customers, and managers at all levels
• Must be able to obtain a minimum of a secret security clearance
• Must be U.S. citizen

Desired Skills

• Product Life Cycle Management tools experience a strong plus
• Background in product development through production transition which includes working alongside QA, procurement, & logistics.
• Experience with military QA and Change Management requirements
• Experience with electronic systems and RF systems a plus
• Experience with DoD weapons integration, aircraft systems and weapons control and delivery systems and associated test equipment
• Already possess military security clearance at the Secret or above level