SYSTEMS ENGINEER Job Listing at SAIC in Chantilly, VA (Job ID 2611977)

Description

Description

SAIC is seeking a Systems Engineer with National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) experience to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) support to a space program office in Chantilly, VA.  The ideal candidate must have systems engineering experience and the ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and team environment.  As a member of the systems engineering division you will coordinate across other divisions with a focus on our payload division in support of the acquisition of systems that advance the NRO's space resiliency posture.  This position supports a System Program Office (SPO) in a technical capacity for planning, execution, monitoring, and oversight of satellite system development and acquisitions in a government/contractor team environment providing opportunities for energetic individuals with a strong desire to expand their knowledge.   

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain an in-depth understanding of system level requirements for assigned systems and the design features that satisfy these requirements
• Develop documents and briefings to communicate work status; briefs to government and industry as required
• Support full lifecycle engineering reviews to demonstrate the design meets all specifications and customer requirements
• Review Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) deliverables to ensure content, technical accuracy, and sufficiency of design details to meet program requirements and objectives
• Participate in technical interchange meetings between developers and COTR
• Evaluate vendor proposals and review technical reports, design artifacts, and program plans
• Serve as a system engineering liaison to the payload division

Qualifications

•  TYPICAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience.
• Proven experience in systems integration and systems engineering
• Extensive experience using systems engineering processes, methods, and tools to develop, implement, and deploy solutions for satellite systems
• Recent and relative experience with space radar payload design, development, manufacturing, and testing
• Recent and relative experience  with radar system design, operations, and data processing
• Notable experience with large systems acquisition
• Effective communication, coordination, and customer engagement skills
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, team building and problem-solving skills with a demonstrated ability to be effective in a government/contractor team environment
• Self-motivated professional capable of executing tasks with minimal guidance
• Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance with current polygraph