Systems Engineer

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

Job summary

SAIC in Indianapolis seeks a Systems Engineer to lead a team of electrical and mechanical engineers and other project personnel to deliver concepts and products related to weapon systems, aircraft and military applications.

You will translate customer requirements into engineering specifications, perform trade studies, allocations, and interface definitions, and document system compliance. Strong communication and program management skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering; 2+ years experience, or Master's with 0 years.
• Experience with requirement generation, management, allocation, and tracking.
• Experience leading engineering development project teams with risk, cost, schedule tracking.
• Experience in MIL-STD-810 development, testing, planning, and documentation.
• Experience with product design review processes and presenting material in structured development environments.
• Experience writing and interpreting technical reports and interface documents.
• Experience presenting to peers, project teams, customers, and managers at all levels.
• Must be able to obtain a secret security clearance.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of EEs & MEs and other project personnel to deliver weapon system concepts and products.
• Translate customer requirements into engineering specifications and system compliance.
• Perform trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition studies.
• Author documents to ensure system compliance and manage schedule, cost, and risk.

Skills

Requirements mgmt

Team leadership

System design

DoD MIL-STD-810

Technical documentation

Presentation skills

Security clearance

U.S. citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

Minimum Clearance Required None

Job ID 2618313

Location

Indianapolis, IN, US

Date Posted

2026-10-22

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

REQUIRED

Candidate must possess the following qualifications

• Minimum of Bachelors degree in relevant engineering discipline and two (2) years or more experience, or Masters degree and 0 years
• 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

Not required, but ideal candidate would also possess the following 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

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