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SAIC SmallSat Ground Systems Engineer in CHANTILLY, Virginia

Description

SAIC seeks an Experimental Satellite Ground 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 Experimental Satellite Ground solutions. This position provides Systems Engineering & Technical Advisory (SETA) support services. Your responsibilities include some or all of the following depending on your personal desires and capabilities:

· Satellite Ground expertise to help USG Program Office implement a shared, common ground architecture for experimental satellites

· Implementation of advanced satellite ground concepts, systems, technologies, designs, architectures, interfaces into space and ground systems

· Feasibility and applicability of common satellite ground techniques to future spacecraft, payloads, communication systems, and operations concepts

  • Support Agile SAFe program development processes and activities

· Assist USG Program Office with analysis of alternatives to optimize technical, cost, and schedule performance considerations and improve knowledge and understanding of system, 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 deployment

· Work with government technical and contracts staff developing program acquisition packages

· 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

· Provide acquisition advisory services during technical and cost evaluations of proposals

Qualifications

· Active TS/SCI clearance with Poly

· Must have bachelor’s degree with minimum of 9 years of relevant work experience or 7 years with master’s degree

· Satellite ground expertise

· Acquisition support experience of 2+ years

· 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 of more of the following:

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

o R&D of satellite ground technologies and systems

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

o Small Satellite (SmallSat) systems (single vehicles, clusters, and/or constellations)

o System modeling & simulation and/or system performance analysis

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

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: 2406573

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

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