Space Enterprise System Engineer Sr Principal

Description

Description

Join a winning team! Be part of a dynamic team that delivers excellence and quality for a Systems Engineering organization. SAIC is seeking to fill an opening for a Space Enterprise System Engineer to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) services to an IC customer. The customer organization we support provides the system enterprise architecting, analysis, and system of systems engineering solutions that determine the current and future national space systems. Make a difference in securing our nation’s security through quality engineering and innovation.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Coordinating and supporting enterprise requirements, CONOPS, and architectures in various domains; supporting enterprise and system level requirements development for future systems; overseeing the allocation and closure of acquisition-level requirements with developers; participation in readiness events in support of enterprise, system and acquisition-level ground milestones; leading and supporting project planning; assessing schedule and risk; generating and presenting engineering briefings; and interfacing with numerous customers

Working across multiple Directorates and Offices to identify and define future space capability needs

Frequent interaction with government, SETA, FFRDC, and external stakeholders

Identifying and defining future space capability needs

Identifying key architecture and system level trades

Developing strategies in support of IC and Department of Defense (DoD) architectures

Assessing the performance of current and future architecture concepts

Providing technical and programmatic guidance to the architecture and system level requirements process

Developing system architecture models to capture the holistic perspective within the context of a larger enterprise

Preparing briefings for senior decision makers

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in STEM (science, technical, engineering, math) or related discipline with at least ten (10) years of relevant experience with five (5) being at the Chantilly IC Customer

Active TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph

Understanding of the intelligence community and customer domain, along with a strong focus on core systems engineering processes in support of end-to-end mission and services closure

Proven experience with technical fundamentals in IC space collectors, command and control, mission control, and mission processing

Expert-level proficiency with use of system architectures to support senior level enterprise decision making

Experience with lifecycle readiness from architecture concept development and trade-offs, through system decommissioning

Expertise in mission technical capabilities and system performance analysis and assessment

Experience identifying user needs and gaps, identifying potential solutions, and assessing/analyzing alternatives

Experience in supporting Requirements Engineering, CONOPS development, and system integration to accommodate End to End Systems Engineering

Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and energetic environment

Strong oral and written communication skills

Customer focused and capable of representing the customer in community forums

Desired Qualifications

Advanced degree in STEM (science, technical, engineering, math) or related discipline

Experience with IC customer’s Request for Change (RFC) process and the Engineering Review Board process

Expert-level understanding of core systems engineering and analysis disciplines and processes

Knowledge of SIGINT and GEOINT remote sensing systems, protection, and overall space and ground architecture including mission management and/or mission processing functions

Integration and enterprise closure experience within overall customer domain

Detailed knowledge of customers mission and overall space and ground architecture

Experience in UAF and SysML applications

Prior US military and/or IC customer experience

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.
REQNUMBER: 2413274

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