Systems Engineer/Integrated Product Team Lead(IPT)

Science Applications International Corp.; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced benefits

Job summary

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) seeks an Integrated Systems Engineer/IPT Lead to join the NSS sector in the Denver area.

You will lead a multi-disciplined team on space and counter-space programs, delivering timely, high-quality products and technical guidance to senior government customers. You will decompose problems, plan tasks, mentor SMEs, and present analyses in briefings and documents.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 14+ years experience; Master's with 12+; PhD/JD with 9+.
• In-depth knowledge of orbital analysis, satellite comms, space surveillance, radar and/or optical systems.
• Active Secret Clearance. US Citizenship is required.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional teams of scientists and engineers.
• Experience coordinating with the intel community and delivering technical briefings.
• Experience using satellite mission analysis software.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of multi-disciplined engineers and analysts in program-specific analyses and development.
• Oversee tasking, timelines, status, and deliverables across the IPT.
• Maintain communications with end-customer offices and coordinate information needs and deliveries.
• Present project status and risk assessments to government management at reviews.
• Identify blockers and elevate issues to keep projects on track.
• Participate in government/contractor meetings and reviews (PMR, PDR, CDR, etc.).
• Develop deep understanding of satellite systems, operations, and counter-space threats.
• Coordinate with Program Office, Prime and Subcontractors to ensure objectives are met.

Skills

Technical leadership

Team mentoring

Senior briefings

Problem decomposition

Program planning

Written & verbal comms

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical skills

SME coordination

Security clearance: Secret

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD/JD

Tools

STK

Job description

SAIC is seeking an Integrated Systems Engineer/Integrated Product Team Lead (IPT) to join the National Security and Space Sector (NSS). You would work on a joint Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) crown jewel program providing highly specialized space/counter-space engineering, scientific, and analytical services from Denver/Auora, Colorado. We support the Nation's leading-edge IC and DoD space programs and offer compelling, deep-technical work that has direct influence and impact on program development and operations. Our team has Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) across a variety of disciplines, including physics, math, RF, optics, space acquisition and operations, and intelligence collection and analysis.

This IPT Lead will work in a collaborative team-focused environment of U.S. Government civilians and contractors solving applied technical problems and developing usable solutions for multiple space-related capabilities and threats.

The ideal candidate will:

Demonstrate the ability to provide technical leadership to teams of SMEs to include providing technical guidance and oversight, mentoring team members, integrating and delivering timely, quality products

• Have excellent written and oral communication skills
• Have experience briefing and interacting with senior government customers
• Have experience creating, writing, integrating, and presenting technical briefings and documents
• Have the ability to decompose problems into analytical tasks
• Have experience with program planning, task decomposition, and resource assignments

This position qualifies for enhanced benefits.

Duties and responsibilities include:

• Lead a team of multi-disciplined engineers and analysts in program-specific analyses, foreign threat capabilities and development and research
• Tasking, timelines, status, and deliverables for the IPT across the analysis, threat and phenomenology functions
• Maintain communications and schedule meetings with end-customer offices, coordinate information needs, product delivery timelines and status
• Provide status of IPT projects, tasks, and deliverables to program and immediate government customer management at periodic reviews
• Identify, remove, and/or elevate blockers to team tasks or deliverables
• Participating in intelligence or cross-team product production meetings as required
• Achieving detailed understanding of multiple satellite systems, designs, operations and classifications
• Identifying gaps and prioritizing recommendations to achieve program protection objectives
• Author, review, and coordinate documents to facilitate Government decision making;
• Repeated use and application of technical standards, principles, theories, concepts and techniques
• Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of U.S. national security space capabilities, foreign space capabilities, and counter-space threats;
• Participate and represent the customer in various Government and contractor meetings and attend contractor programmatic and technical reviews (e.g. PMR, PDR, CDR, etc.) to provide technical recommendations and risk assessments;
• Frequently interacting with program managers, SETAs, FFRDCs and external stakeholders;
• Developing productive relationships with the Program Office, Prime, and Subcontract counterparts, functional IC or DoD counterparts, and other SMEs;

TYPICAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD or JD and nine (9) years or more experience

• In-depth technical expertise in at least two of the following areas: orbital analysis, satellite communication systems, space surveillance technologies, radar systems, and/or optical systems
• Experience with satellite acquisition, development, and operations
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience interacting with the intel community to include reading and applying intel assessments and coordinating with intel community experts
• Experience using STK or similar satellite mission analysis software
• Active Secret Clearance. US Citizenship is required
• Demonstrated record of effective individual and group work behaviors, with abilities to proactively initiate and operate in dynamic and incompletely defined environments
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams of scientists and engineers through adaptive leadership and high emotional intelligence
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience conveying technical concepts, results, and summaries to internal customers, external customers, and stakeholders of diverse technical backgrounds

Strongly Desired Skills :

• Masters or Doctorate Degree in Physics, Engineering, or Mathematics
• TS/SCS with Special Access eligibility and consent to set to a poly
• Experience in space system acquisition or space technology development
• Experience with project or task technical leadership
• Working knowledge of radar and/or optical technologies
• Familiarity with Nationa