SAIC

Experiment Design Systems Engineer

SAIC • $120K — $160K *
Chantilly, VA 20152In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Active TS/SCI clearance with Poly
  • Bachelor's degree plus 9 years of relevant experience or Master's degree with 7 years
  • Demonstrated acquisition support experience
  • Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate with stakeholders to design and execute experiments on spacecraft
  • Facilitate interface requirements for experiment execution
  • Analyze data to validate experiment objectives
  • Document experiment findings through reports and presentations
  • Assist in developing program acquisition packages and executive materials
  • Support alternative analysis for optimizing technical and cost performance
  • Engage in the entire project lifecycle from concept development to deployment

Benefits

  • Engagement with cutting-edge artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies
  • Collaboration with diverse teams across government agencies
  • Opportunities for significant impact on defense and space technology
  • Involvement in high-level program acquisition processes
  • Comprehensive systems engineering support experience across project phases
Full Job Description
Job Description

The engineer sought here serves a USG Program Office leading Research & Development (R&D) of evolutionary, revolutionary, and transformational artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms. This position provides Systems Engineering & Technical Advisory (SETA) support services. Your responsibilities include some or all the following:
  • Coordinate with key stakeholders in the design and execution of experiments on residual spacecraft
  • Coordinate with experiment stakeholders on the interfaces required to support experiment execution
  • Support the collection and analysis of collected data to validate experiment objectives
  • Document experiment results and findings in a clear and concise manner through reports, presentations, and publications
  • Work with government technical and contracts staff developing program acquisition packages including but not limited to statement of work, Justification & Approval, development of Request for Contract Action Package (RCAP) artifacts, Request For Information (RFI), Request For Proposal (RFP), and executive briefing materials
  • 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.
  • Support systems engineering activities such as risk management, schedule management, and technical performance management
  • Briefings and reports including technical and programmatic assessments presenting analysis, results, conclusions, and recommendations.
  • Assessment of white papers and vendor marketing materials


Qualifications

Required Qualifications
  • Active TS/SCI clearance with Poly
  • Assist in Interoffice and Interagency coordination and collaboration
  • Must have bachelor's degree with minimum of nine (9) years of relevant work experience or seven (7) years relevant work experience with master's degree
  • Demonstrated acquisition support experience
  • 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:
    • Systems engineering and integration applied to spacecraft, ground, and launch systems
    • System acquisition, design, development, integration, test, and/or flight operations
    • IC mission, organizations, disciplines, systems, and/or processes
  • Experience working as a SETA


About SAIC

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is a technology integrator in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC has approximately 26,000 employees and operates in more than 70 countries. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. SAIC provides services to the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, and civilian agencies. The company also serves commercial customers in the healthcare, energy, and financial services sectors.
Learn more about SAIC
Size
26,000 employees
Market Cap
$6 billion
Industry
Information Technology
Net Income
$206 million
Founded
1969
5 Year Trend
+10.7%
Revenue
$6.8 billion
NASDAQ
SAIC
* Ladders Estimates

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