Space Vehicle Systems Engineer

Job ID: 2400903

Location: CHANTILLY, VA, US

Date Posted: 2024-01-18

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Systems Engineer

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Poly

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

SAIC is seeking a Space Vehicle Systems Engineer with NRO experience to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) services to a rapidly expanding Government Intelligence Community (IC) customer. 

This position supports a System Program Office (SPO) in a technical capacity to advance the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) resiliency posture. In addition, the ideal candidate has demonstrated experience within NRO acquisition.  This position is ‘downward facing’ in its responsibility for requirements as flowed down and collaborates with the ‘upward facing‘ Enterprise requirements counterpart.

The system engineer will join a team of on-site SETAs working a major system acquisition (MSA) with responsibilities that may include but not limited to the following:

• Providing oversight of acquisitions, with specific focus on the system engineering processes to ensure end-to-end system closure and satisfaction of mission need

• Maintain system baselines

• Manage system Configuration Management process including Engineering Change Proposal, Engineering Review Board/Configuration Control Boards (ECP, ERB/CCB)

• Ensure requirements that evolve through the change management process remain true to the overall government need

• Conduct full lifecycle engineering reviews including System Requirements (SSRs) and Lead and/or Support Lifecycle readiness reviews to demonstrate the design meets all specifications and customer requirements

• Lead SPO’s Systems Engineering Branch team to ensure proper requirement Verification and Validation methodology is codified and executed by the developer, including determining test strategy and coverage based on a technical risk assessment for each use case or functionality

• Support risk management processes and methods for identifying, assessing, and adjudicating program risk; Conduct analysis to identify program risk areas and recommend/implement mitigation approaches

• Represent the government client to development contractors and ensure proper messaging

• Support Contract Officer/Contract Officer Technical Representatives (CO/COTRs) and Developers by coordinating with other technical domain Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and program stakeholders to achieve a detailed understanding of the systems, designs, and interfaces necessary to satisfy mission requirements

• Reviewing Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) deliverables to ensure content, technical accuracy, and sufficiency of design details to meet program requirements and objectives

• Develop briefings and assessments for a variety of audiences

• Participate in technical interchange meetings between developers and COTR

Qualifications

Required Qualifications: 

• Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph

• Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience; PhD and four (4) years or more experience.

• Experience in systems integration and Systems Engineering throughout the lifecycle

• Proven knowledge in Requirements Management, Quality Control, and Configuration Management

• Effective communication, coordination, and customer engagement skills

• Strong written and interpersonal skills

• Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and team environment

• Experience in large systems acquisition

• Experience in Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) construct and Earned Value processes

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.