• Senior NAVWAR Engineer

    SAIC (El Segundo, CA)


    Description

    SAIC is seeking an experienced engineer to join the Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Enterprise Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) team in El Segundo, California. SE&I provides engineering, integration, technical analysis, and subject matter expertise support to the US Space Force.

     

    As a member of our PNT SE&I team, you’ll work in a high-paced environment with government personnel and system developers to ensure that Global Positioning System (GPS) remains the gold standard for positioning, navigation, and timing. A successful candidate will collaborate and communicate with the SE&I leadership team to ensure NAVWAR processes and products are delivered with quality and professionalism.

    Major duties of this position include:

    Provide engineering expertise to the team to accomplish:

    + Support to the NAVWAR Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

    + Support of GPS enterprise testing.

    + Support of PNT Enterprise: capabilities, requirements, architectures, concepts, designs, and technologies.

    + Implementation of Y-code and M-code cryptographic algorithms.

    + Validation of National Security Agency (NSA) operational key material.

    + Provide guidance and technical support for Crypto Management and NAVWAR.

    + Collaborate with the government team, other program government leads, external organizations, and prime contractors.

    + Actively participate as a Subject Matter Expert in the GPS requirements process.

    Qualifications

    + Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Math, Computer Science, or Science with 14+ years of overall experience.

    + Active Top Secret clearance.

    + GPS experience.

    + Demonstrated experience developing and evaluating software.

    + Demonstrated understanding of System Engineering practices, techniques, and procedures.

    + Demonstrated experience working with or for the government.

    + Demonstrated experience writing and delivering technical documents.

    Desired:

    + Active TS/SCI clearance.

    + Experience with MS Visual Studio C++, Python, and MATLAB.

    + Experience and familiarity working with DoD acquisition organizations.

    + Experience working specifically on a Systems Engineering and Integration contract.

    + Experience and familiarity working with Space Systems Command.

    + Experience and familiarity working with cryptography and cryptographic systems.

     

    Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

    REQNUMBER: 2510408

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