SAIC

Senior Digital Engineer

SAIC • $120K — $150K *
Chantilly, VA 20152In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
11 - 15 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Must be a US Citizen
  • Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
  • Bachelor's degree in STEM and 13+ years experience or Master's in STEM and 11+ years experience
  • Practical experience with digital engineering tools (MBSE, SysML, UAF) and cloud platforms
  • Experience with space and ground systems, and mission data processing
  • Familiarity with mission readiness processes and control gates
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills with experience engaging senior executives

Responsibilities

  • Serve as lead technical advisor for digital engineering projects, setting direction and driving alignment
  • Identify mission needs and influence acquisition and budget efforts
  • Assess integration activities to provide unbiased findings and recommendations
  • Conduct technical assessments of project reviews, identifying risks and opportunities
  • Support systems engineering studies, process design, and project management assessments
  • Provide analysis and take necessary actions on project deliverables
  • Mentor systems engineers on traceability, validation, and digital thread implementation

Benefits

  • Professional development opportunities
  • Collaborative and innovative work environment
  • Ability to impact national security and intelligence missions
  • Mentorship and leadership roles available
  • Opportunity to work with advanced technologies and systems
Full Job Description
Job Description

SAIC seeks a Senior Digital Engineer to own the technical strategy and delivery of advanced digital engineering transformation initiatives supporting national security and intelligence missions. You will drive end-to-end digital engineering efforts, from problem framing and architecture design through production, deployment, and operational excellence-while serving as the trusted technical advisor for mission-critical systems. This is a role for someone who raises the bar across teams through mentorship, technical and thought leadership.

Primary responsibilities:
  • Serve as SAIC's lead technical advisor for digital engineering projects, including model-based systems engineering (MBSE), cloud integration, and digital thread development. Set technical direction and drive stakeholder alignment on architecture decisions that reduce acquisition risk.


  • Identify mission needs, operational concepts, and requirements to influence acquisition and budget efforts.


  • Assess integration activities across technical, resource, and schedule dependencies to present unbiased findings, analysis, and recommendations to government and SAIC managers.


  • Provide technical assessments of project reviews, milestones, and decision gates then identify risks, issues, opportunities, and mitigations to represent interests with stakeholders.


  • Support requests for systems engineering and integration studies, process analysis and design, project management assessments.


  • Provide analysis, recommendations, and take necessary actions.


  • Support development or assessment of system Concept of Operations, Requirements Documents, Test Plans, Contract Statements of Work, Systems Engineering Plans, and contribute to staff work needs (e.g., action items, weekly reports, etc.), including support to acquisitions and source selections.


  • Mentor systems engineers on requirements traceability, design validation, and digital thread implementation. Elevate team capabilities through peer feedback, design review, and technical leadership and actively shape the technical culture of the team.


  • Collaborate proactively with SAIC personnel and other contractors across multiple sites and organizational levels. Drive alignment across concurrent programs on conflicting technical requirements.


Qualifications

Required:
  • Must be a US Citizen.
  • Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
  • Bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM)* and thirteen (13) years or more experience; or master's in STEM field and eleven (11) years or more experience.
  • *STEM degree is a contractual requirement/must have.
  • Technical knowledge and practical experience with digital engineering tools (MBSE, SysML UAF etc.), cloud platforms, Agile development).
  • Experience with space and ground and systems, and mission data processing.
  • Familiarity with mission readiness processes, control gates, and associated entry/exit criteria.
  • Forward-thinking self-starter able to address customer requirements with minimal supervision and define solutions for broad, abstract topics.
  • Polished communicator (written/verbal), master at collaboration and coordination with multiple stakeholders.
  • Impeccable interpersonal skills and personal judgment-demonstrated success in interacting with senior executives.


Desired:
  • Real-time operations experience as a digital engineer, systems engineer, or ground systems operator.
  • Familiarity with space operations, digital policies, and cloud technologies.


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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