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Description

SAIC seeks an R&D Systems Engineer to join our team of professionals providing technical and program services to the U.S. Government (USG). SAIC provides research, engineering, design, analysis, acquisition, development, integration, test, and operations support USG Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) customers. We support development and delivery of next generation and generation after next national security systems based on land, at sea, in air, and in space.

The engineer sought here serves a USG Program Office leading Research & Development (R&D) of evolutionary, revolutionary, and transformational space systems and technology. This position provides Systems Engineering & Technical Advisory (SETA) support services.

Job Description:

+ Technical review and assessment of concepts, systems, technologies, designs, architectures, interfaces, and operation of space and ground systems.

+ Feasibility and applicability of relevant systems and technologies to ground systems and machine learning capabilities.

+ Analysis of alternatives to optimize technical, cost, and schedule performance and improve knowledge and understanding of systems, technology, and architecture tradeoffs.

+ Technical and programmatic support through the entire project life cycle including concept development, system definition, acquisition planning, source selection, system design, development, integration and test, system delivery, and mission operations for machine learning systems.

+ Briefings and reports including technical and programmatic assessments presenting analysis, results, conclusions, and recommendations. Brief USG staff and industry partners, as requested.

+ Active member of enterprise R&D, learning, and innovation environment creating, gathering, and sharing knowledge to grow organizational competency and capability.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

+ Active TS/SCI clearance with Poly

+ Bachelor’s degree with five (5) years’ experience; Master’s degree and three (3) years’ experience; PhD and zero (0) years or more experience

+ Knowledge, skills, and abilities in space ground systems

+ Proficient skills using Microsoft Office applications (i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint)

+ Critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills

+ Interpersonal and communication skills for written reports, group discussion, and oral presentations

Desired Qualifications:

+ Knowledge, skills, abilities, and/or experience in one or more of the following:

+ Systems engineering and integration applied to spacecraft, ground, and launch systems

+ R&D of space and/or ground systems

+ System acquisition, design, development, integration, test, and/or flight operations

+ Spacecraft subsystems (power, thermal, attitude control, guidance, navigation, data processing, space-to-ground and/or space-to-space communications, payloads)

+ Overhead space systems collection in one or more domains (signals, imagery)

+ Flight safety and/or Mission Assurance of space systems

+ Artificial Intelligence and/or Machine Learning technologies

+ System modeling & simulation and/or system performance analysis

+ IC mission, organizations, disciplines, systems, and/or processes

REQNUMBER: 2512638

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability