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Systems Engineer

SAIC

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Top Secret/SCI
Unspecified
Polygraph
IT - Software
Colorado Springs, CO (On-Site/Office)

Description

DESCRIPTION: SAIC is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) services in a dynamic, multi-organizational environment in Colorado Springs, CO. Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with current polygraph is required to start and must be maintained. Target compensation is $145,000.00 to $150,000.00.

The successful candidate will :
  • Understand and perform general program management functions, to include milestone/status tracking, inter-organizational coordination and liaison, prepare and provide briefings/presentations, and review/edit/update classified documentation.
  • Provide technical leadership for the integration of requirements, design, and technologies to deliver mission capabilities.
  • Analyze user requirements, concept of operations documents, and high-level systems architectures to develop system requirements.
  • Conduct technical reviews and assessments of program development and readiness activities; coordinate recommendations with government stakeholders and supports program status reviews.
  • Identify and communicate system engineering risks, issues, opportunities, assumptions, mitigations, and dependencies.
  • Collaborate with SETA team members, development contractors, and customer forums.
  • Effectively communicate and collaborate with engineers from various contractors and government organizations.
  • Develop assessments and briefings for a variety of audiences, must be able to convey information in a clear and articulate manner to Government leadership.


Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:
  • U.S. Citizenship.
  • Active TS/SCI clearance with current adjudicated polygraph.
  • Contract requirement: Bachelor of Science degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) or relevant field required and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience.
  • Knowledge of overall space and ground architecture including ground terminal equipment (satellite antennas), telemetry/tracking/control, and/or mission processing functions.
  • Program lifecycle experience from concept development through decommission.
    Experience with CONOPS and requirements development, interface control documentation, technical specification review, architecture development.
  • Experience with mission readiness process, familiar with control gates and associated documentation, entry/exit criteria.
  • Experience in requirements definition, analysis and engineering, systems and data architecture, system analysis and design, systems development; validation and verification.
  • Experience developing and providing oversight of Plan of Actions and Milestones (POA&Ms) and detailed program schedules.
  • Self-starter, proactively addresses customer requirements with no supervision; expert at defining solutions for broad, abstract topics.
  • Polished communicator (written/verbal); impeccable interpersonal skills and personal judgment.
  • Master at collaboration and coordination with multiple stakeholders -- consensus builder.
  • Proficient with MS Office (Word, PowerPoin t, Excel), MS Outlook, MS Project.


Desired:
  • Familiar with mission operations environment - ops tempo, launch and initialization, performance characterization, utility analysis, system calibrations.
  • Familiar with satellite system sustainment.
  • Project management tools to include JIRA and Confluence.
  • Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) experience a plus.

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
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SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500 mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets include secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives. We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.
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IT - Software
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Top Secret/SCI
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